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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