participate and collaborate with teachers and STEM and STEAM( science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) coordinators as well as local and national workforce partners to better understand employment gaps and needs while also providing students with new opportunities for their future employment plans.
“ The students believe,‘ Yes’ I can be an engineer or a technician or an industrial maintenance technician and make a good wage,” said Pritchett, Research, Technology, Innovation Specialist with the Career, Technical and Agricultural Education( CTAE) for GaDOE.“ They realize they can achieve these skill sets out of high school or in post-secondary training whether it’ s a two-year or four-year setting. Club Car has been a great partner and allowed us to listen to their needs as an employer, and it’ s helped our educators focus on how we can help bridge that gap to better prepare students for their industry and other industries’ needs.”
Since Club Car began hosting the program, its employees who serve as mentors or participants in STEM Day are rewarded from the experience as much as the students are.
“ That common phrase,‘ what do you want to be when you grow up’ has changed,” added Pritchett.“ Today, instead we’ re asking students‘ what problems do you want to solve in the future’? We’ re changing the dialogue, and we’ re changing the focus by empowering students with new tools and giving them a reason for persistent motivation. They are starting to realize they can be a real contributor and there’ s a place for them in the STEM / STEAM world and the STEM / STEAM economy.”
The National Science and Math Initiative claims STEM job creation over the next 10 years will outpace non- STEM jobs significantly, growing 17 percent, as
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Since Club Car began hosting the program, its employees who serve as mentors or participants in STEM Day are rewarded from the experience as much as the students are.
compared to 9.8 percent for non-stem positions. Jobs in computer systems design and related services – a field dependent on high-level math and problem-solving skills – are projected to grow 45 percent between 2008 and 2018.
To learn more about Club Car, visit www. clubcar. com
To learn more about STEM / STEAM Georgia, visit www. stemgeorgia. org or contact Felicia Cullars fcullars @ doe. k12. ga. us or Meghan McFerrin mmcferrin @ doe. k12. ga. us
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