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Matt Miller, Manager K-12 Education Programs
SAE International
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• Rate of Science & Engineering Retirements and Demographic Shifts
• US Reliance on Foreign Born Talent
• Status of STEM Workforce in the US
• Performance of US Students in STEM
STEM Workforce & Education
An Emerging Crisis
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• Established in 1905 as a non-profit educational and technical organization
• Global network of 115,000+ engineers and professionals working together to share technology to advance the mobility industry
• Global repository of knowledge on mobility engineering; disseminates information through meetings, books, standards, reports and continuing
education
A Mission to Educate
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• Integrated Curriculum
• Hands-on Learning
• Engineering Design Experience
• Physics, Motion, Flight & Electronics
• Industry Volunteers
• Education Standards
• Cooperative Learning
The AWIM Program
National Science Foundation 2008 Public Service Award Winner!
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Elementary SchoolSkimmerJetToy
Electricity & Electronics
Middle SchoolMotorized Toy Car
GliderElectricity & Electronics
High SchoolElectricity & Electronics
Provided at NO COSTto classroom teachers!
The Challenges
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Elementary School
Gravity Car(Fall 2009)
Middle School
Fuel Cells(January 2009)
The Challenges – Coming soon…
Primary Grades
K-3 Curriculum(Fall 2010)
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• Set Goals
• Build Knowledge
• Design
• Build and Test
• Present
The Engineering Design Experience
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National Education Standards
AWIM correlates to standards such as:
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards promoting mathematical connections through real world problems.
National Research Council's National Science Education Standards.
American Association for the Advancement of the Sciences Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy
International Technology Education Association Standards for Technological Literacy
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AWIM Partnerships
Organizations realize tremendous value in partnering with AWIM.
NSBESEEK Camps
SWEEducation
Outreach Expo
HENAACViva’ Technology
SMEGateway Camps
Governor & FirstLady of Montana
Math & Science Initiative
SECMESummer Institute
DAPCEPAcademy for Young
Scientists
Urban LeagueUrbaneers Program
AIAAPassport to Future
Conference
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• Mentors
• Experts
• Teachers
• Scientists
• Engineers
• Real
AWIM Volunteers are…
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3MAeroJetAisinAlcoaAllison TransmissionArgonneArvinMeritorAVLBoeingBombardierBorgWarnerBoschCAECaterpillarCessnaChevronChryslerCumminsDana CorpDelco
DelphiDensoDetroit DieselEatonEDSExxonFEVFordGeneral ElectricGeneral MotorsGoodyear TireHewlett PackardHondaHoneywellJohn DeereJohnson ControlsKarmannKelly ServicesLockheed MartinLubrizol
McDonnell DouglassMetaldyneNASANavistarNissanPACCARPeterbiltPratt & WhitneyRockwellSiemensSuzukiTimkenToyotaTRWUS Air Force/Army/NavyWoodward GovernorYazaki…
Thousands of Companies…with Tens of Thousands of Volunteers
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• Personally rewarding for volunteer
• Students enjoyed volunteer’s involvement
• Students were excited about AWIM because of volunteer involvement
Volunteers’ Perceptions: Intended Outcomes Achieved
Perceived Student Reactions to Volunteer
1 2 3 4 5
Better understanding of STEMtopics
Excited to learn about STEMtopics
Excited to have professional inclassroom
Increased student excitementabout activities
Scale: 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Quite a bit)
Impact of Volunteers
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Teachers’ Perceptions:Intended Outcomes Achieved
• Volunteers helped teachers conduct the AWIM activities
• Volunteers helped students make real-world connections
• Volunteers served as role model for students
Results of Volunteer Involvement
1 2 3 4 5
Taught value of teamwork
Volunteer was role model
Students made real-worldconnections
Taught about engineeringcareers
Novice Veteran Retrospective
Scale: 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Quite a bit)
Impact of Volunteers
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Teachers’ Perceptions: Intended Outcomes Achieved
• AWIM activities were more interesting for students
• Students were more aware of STEM-related career opportunities
• Students were more excited to learn about STEM topics
Perceived Student Reactions to Volunteer
1 2 3 4 5
Taught value of teamwork
More aware of STEM-related careeropportunities
More excited to learn STEM topics
Better understood STEM topics
AWIM Challenge was more interesting
More interested in studying STEM
Novice Veteran Retrospective
Scale: 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Quite a bit)
Impact of Volunteers
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• A little over half of the students had teachers who partnered with a volunteer in Year 1
• 49% of students remembered having a volunteer visit the classroom during AWIM
– 71% of them learned what engineers do– 54% of them became more interested in engineering– 29% of them wanted to find out more about engineering
Students’ Perceptions:One Year after Intervention
Impact of Volunteers
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Reaching more than 4 Million Students…Across the U.S. and Canada…
Schools using AWIM by state
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Impact by the numbers…
•18,000 schools
•65,000 AWIM kits
•Over 4,000,000 students
•More than 20,000 volunteers
Last year more than 250,000 new studentsused AWIM!
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Building BridgesBusiness /Industry
IndustryProgram
Coordinator
IndustryVolunteers
School District
School / DistrictProgram
Coordinator
Educator / Classroom Teachers
• Curriculum Development• Professional Training• Materials (Orders/Shipping)• Relationship Building
Free 1-year SAE International Membership to all volunteers!
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Workforce Goals and Commitments for America’s Aerospace Industry
Goal 1. Revitalize the U.S. aerospace and defense workforce.
Goal 4. Make government a partner in achieving the future technical workforce.
Goal 2. Motivate and inspire young Americans to study and pursue careers in STEM disciplines.
Goal 3. Endorse, financially support and promote STEM education, workforce activities and policies that have proven successful.
AIA (2008). Launch into aerospace: Industry’s response to the workforce challenge.
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Where SAE and AWIM Fit…
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Where SAE and AWIM Fit…
AWIM SAE CDS
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AWIM Video
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