Rebranding Technical Programs To Attract the Non-Traditional Millennials
Session Abstract
This program highlights a purposeful endeavor– the regional workforce development program -- to close the chasm that now exists between the skills of the labor market and the needs of business and industry which in turn will support community stabilization and individual prosperity.
Target Audience
This session is best suited to adult educators whose population is millennial or young Gen Y's as well as for those who work with non-traditional students who hope to be redeployed in trades such as electronics.
Session Description
Attendees will be introduced to a state-wide initiative to prepare the workforce of the future (today’s high schoolers) for STEM-heavy careers. In particular, attendees will learn how synergy was created when Higher Ed officials teamed up with K12 officials and partnered with business and industry to create a best practice scenario to introduce teens to higher education programs, map the programs to careers with a variety of real-world jobs and levels of income, develop study and work ethics through mentoring pods, and graduate high school and college certificate programs simultaneously.
Attendees will learn about the UAFS Cyber Systems and the UAFS Robotic Automation programs and why more than 130 teens signed up. Attendees will be encouraged to take the model back to their own institutions for consideration of implementation.