DETROIT – A one-week training program is now offered to middle and high school STEM teachers to expose them to valuable lessons in physical science and chemistry, from an engineering perspective, to use for new STEM courses in their schools or to integrate into existing curricula.
The program is offered through Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT), ASM International and the ASM Educational Foundation. STEM is short for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
“Employers in the 5-state LIFT region including Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee will need to fill nearly 500,000 manufacturing-related job vacancies created by an aging workforce in the coming decade,” said Larry Brown, executive director, LIFT. “Many of these jobs will require more highly skilled workers who understand new technologies like those being developed in our manufacturing innovation institute.”
Curriculum content on the use of lightweight metals and new technologies will be integrated into the programs at 45 camps around the nation, including 12 camps throughout Michigan, Ohio and Indiana scheduled for the summer of 2015. The program teaches high school and middle school teachers to use every-day materials to provide hands-on and meaningful learning experiences that are proven to engage and inspire students in science, engineering, technology and mathematics.
“Teachers are our most valuable resource to build an educated and skilled manufacturing workforce,” said Emily Stover DeRocco, Workforce and Education Director, LIFT. “The cultivation of workers in the coming decade will be instrumental in the success of manufacturing in the region.”
Professor Glenn Daehn of Ohio State University will serve as the Materials Camp technical advisor. Program education and industry partners include 38 host educational institutions, 200 Master Teachers and faculty, ASM Educational Foundation, ASM International, and local ASM chapter industry volunteers.
“These camps will help provide a skilled workforce to meet current and future workforce demands,” said Daehn. “Our goal is to increase the supply of technically capable young people entering the general arena of engineering and applied science in STEM careers through continued outreach and promotion of lightweighting-related career opportunities.”
For more information on the ASM-LIFT Materials Camp and other LIFT education and workforce development initiatives, please visitwww.lift.technologyor contact LIFT Workforce & Education Director, Emily DeRocco, at[email protected].
Author: Staff Writer
Source: MITechNews.Com
Date: 6/18/2015
