EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEECOMMITTEE

MEETINGMEETING

Hank Okraski, Chairman Hank Okraski, Chairman 10 February201610 February2016

EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING

Wednesday,10 February 2016, 3-5 PM Orange Technical College, Mid Florida Campus,( Launch Site-Building 1600),

2900 W Oak Ridge Rd., Orlando, FL 32809 AGENDA

TOPIC FACILITATOR

Welcome & Introductions (5) Hank Okraski (NCS Board) Welcome to the M&S Launch Site (5) Dr. Cap Jadonath (OCPS)

Committee Activities(10) Hank Okraski Seminole County M&S Implementation (15) Lindsey Spalding (SCPS)

TechPath/ STEM Connect (10) Dr. Jeff Bindell (UCF/FHTCC)Rollins College- Veterans MBA Program (15) Joshua Snyder (Rollins)

Michael Kazazis (Rollins)Central Florida Scouting & Opportunities (15) Brandon Gawel (District Ex.BSA)

ZORA! STEM Activities (10) Dr. N.Y. Nathiri (P.E.C.)Old Business (I/ITSEC Feedback ) (10) All

New Business & Announcements (10) Hank Okraski & AllSTEMulation EXPO Plans Dr. Cap Jadonath

Central Florida STEM Council CarolAnn Dykes (UCF)Tour of OTC Launch Site (30) Alan Lynch (OCPS)

Adjourn

Committee Actions and EventsCommittee Actions and Events Participated in I/ITSEC techPATH/America’s Teachers Session and STEM Booth : Participated in I/ITSEC techPATH/America’s Teachers Session and STEM Booth :

featuring Golfview ES & M&S Certification Programfeaturing Golfview ES & M&S Certification Program Contract awarded Certification Partners (CP) Exam questions (100) provided CP. Contract awarded Certification Partners (CP) Exam questions (100) provided CP.

Exam on line for Florida students . Cost is $50.00/student (CAPE Funding). No cost to Exam on line for Florida students . Cost is $50.00/student (CAPE Funding). No cost to teachers first year. Next year, plan to go nation-wideteachers first year. Next year, plan to go nation-wide

Attended techPATH/ FHTCC Annual Meeting at Lake Nona Attended techPATH/ FHTCC Annual Meeting at Lake Nona Met with Rollins College (Crummer School) regarding MBA Program for Veterans-Met with Rollins College (Crummer School) regarding MBA Program for Veterans-

involving simulation industryinvolving simulation industry Hardware/Software needed at Daytona State College (DSC)Hardware/Software needed at Daytona State College (DSC) Preparing for Crooms AOIT TechFest X in March 2016 (NCS a Support Preparing for Crooms AOIT TechFest X in March 2016 (NCS a Support

Organization) ECS FeaturedOrganization) ECS Featured Working with Zora!!STEM planners (NCS a Support Organization)Working with Zora!!STEM planners (NCS a Support Organization) Planning for Launch Site Expo on 26 Feb 2016(NCS Support)Planning for Launch Site Expo on 26 Feb 2016(NCS Support) Served on various Advisory BoardsServed on various Advisory Boards Working closely with Hagerty High School and Orange Technical CollegeWorking closely with Hagerty High School and Orange Technical College Met with UCF Modeling & Simulation Knights (MaSK)/Hagerty HS & SCPSMet with UCF Modeling & Simulation Knights (MaSK)/Hagerty HS & SCPS Preparing for 2016 M&S Hall of Fame( Gen Sullivan, Bill Waite & Ralph Baer)Preparing for 2016 M&S Hall of Fame( Gen Sullivan, Bill Waite & Ralph Baer)

MiddleSchools

High Schools

Four YearBachelors

Degree

Masters & DoctorateDegrees

Modeling & Simulation Industry

NCS CertifiedInterns

TechniciansProgrammers &Technologists

Engineers & Scientists

Modeling &SimulationCurriculum

STEMPrograms

Defense Health Care Entertainment Transportation Homeland Security Education Aerospace

Certified Modeling & Simulation Professional (NTSA)

Florida’s Modeling & Simulation Workforce Pipeline

Two YearAssociates

DegreeElementary

Schools

STEMIntroduction

Out of School Programs

Career & Technical

Manufacturing

4985Total

30210.Lake

3369. Seminole

3608. Broward

4037. Osceola

4576. Hillsborough

5445. Miami-Dade

5774. Palm Beach

6083. Volusia

6822. Lee

7161. Orange

Top 10 Florida Counties with High School M&S Programs

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Notes:1) M&S includes simulation, animation, gaming & visualization courses2) Seminole County added 183 Students in 2015at Hagerty High School (not shown)3) Data provided by Florida DoEd4) Compiled by the National Center for Simulation

Total number of Florida High SchoolM&S students = 6,389.(2014-2015 data)

CHALLENGESCHALLENGESTeachers with skill-sets to teach STEM/ Teachers with skill-sets to teach STEM/ M&SM&SIntroducing STEM/M&S in teacher Introducing STEM/M&S in teacher undergraduate programsundergraduate programsIncentives for teachers to stay in K-12 Incentives for teachers to stay in K-12 EducationEducationIndustry acceptance of the new model to Industry acceptance of the new model to include interns, co-ops and teacher part-include interns, co-ops and teacher part-time employmenttime employment