Engaging young people in STEM careers: be the role model for tomorrow

Webinar for Companies - 10 November 2017

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Time Topic

12:30 About the STEM Alliance and its three pillarsAim, benefits (Maïté Debry)

12:35 Professionals Go Back to School: tips and tricksAim of the Scheme and support proposed by the STEM Alliance (Maïté Debry)How to organise a visit with a STEM teacher : the booklet (Silvia Giacon)How to get in touch with STEM teachers: STEM Alliance support (online tool, etc) (Silvia Giacon)Spread the word about the Professionals Go Back to School: the communication material (Giacomo Galardini)

12:50 Testimonials: Industry representativeAnne-Gret Ituarriaga Abarzua – Head of Communications – INEOS Köln -Germany

13:15 Testimonials: STEM teacherSvetlana Dotsenko, ICT Manager & Teacher Trainer – Lasnamae Gymnasium Tallinn - Estonia

13:25 Q/A session

13:30 End of the webinar

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STEM careers situation in Europe

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STEM Alliance – a Multistakeholder platform

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About the STEM Alliance

• Builds on inGenious project (2011-2014)

• STEM Education – careers, Promotion of STEM jobs, in all industry sectors

• STEM-skilled-workforce

Join forces to support & promote:

• existing industry-education STEM collaboration

• development of new ways to teach STEM

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About the STEM Alliance – Results

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About the STEM Alliance - Three actions

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1) Professionals Go Back to School2) Teacher Discovery Placement3) Building knowledge

Action 1 - Encouraging STEM Professionals Going Back to Schools

http://www.stemalliance.eu/pgbs

Action 2 - Advancing Teachers Placements in Industry

http://www.stemalliance.eu/teacher_placement

Action 3 - Building knowledge, providing trainings and resources

Observatory Trainings Resources

STEM Professionals Go Back to School

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What is it?

- Initiative that facilitates matching of companies and school through online tool

- Once matched school & company receive info package / preparation material

- The STEM Professionals go to the school for half a day to talk to students & teachers about their career etc.

STEM Professionals go back to school

Why should you engage?

- Get connected to schools and teachers on the ground

- Inspire your own STEM employees and give them opportunity to share their passion for STEM

- Have a direct impact on young people

- Low investment from your side, big impact.

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STEM Professionals Go Back to Schools #PGB2S

http://www.stemalliance.eu/PGBS

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School

The booklet

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School – The Booklet

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School – The Booklet

Step 1 – Preparation

• Identify the person that will keep the contacts with the school

• Choose the right professional – Be sure he/she is an expert in STEM, he/she is young or can good relate

with students; he/she is passionate about his/her job; he/she is a good communicator

• Get inspired – Take a look at the STEM Alliance repository of practices, www.stemalliance.eu/practices

• Decide on the main objectives – topic, link with curriculum, key messages and expected outcomes

• Obtain consent – picture and video permission

• Spread the word about the visit – social media, etc..

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Step 2 – Align expectations with the school

• Contact the school and define the objectives and the contents of the visit

• Agree on the timeline and logistics for the visit – discuss with the school the details of the agenda they previously sent you

• Discuss with the teacher the follow up of the event

STEM Professionals Go Back to School – The Booklet

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Step 3 – Prepare your presentation• Prepare the content of you lesson in line with the objectives agreed with the school

• Ask yourself some questions – What is the purpose of PGB2S? How did I structure mypresentation? What will be my audience? Etc etc

• Be sure to show the link between your job and STEM subjects

• Use some examples of your daily life to support your story

• Please remember you are not advertising your company – you are there as a STEM professional

STEM Professionals Go Back to School – The Booklet

STEM Professionals Go Back to School – The Booklet

Step 4 – Go Back to School

• Plan ahead – schedule, logistic, etc..

• Make it easy for the pupils – remember that you are speaking to pupils aged between 6 and 18 years old.

• Immerse them in practical activities– it will be easier to catch their attention for a longer period of time

• Be a model – you are dealing with your students, therefore you behaviour can influence them

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School – The Booklet

Step 5 – After the event• Collect feedback and impressions from students – use the STEM Alliance feedback form for the PGB2S

(www.stemalliance.eu/pgbs)

• Debrief call– to the school to further discuss the feedback and agree on next steps

• Share your experience about the visit – using social media, etc…

• Follow up on what you agreed on the debrief call

• Keep in touch with the school– For more collaborative activities

• Keep using the tool to share your experience and create new activities

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School – The Booklet

STEM Professionals Go Back to School

The Tool

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School –The Tool

Create a STEM Alliance profile

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STEM Professionals Go Back To School –The Tool

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School –The Tool

Access the tool

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STEM Professionals Go Back to School

The Communication material

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STEM Professionals Go Back To School#PGB2S COMMUNICATIONS MATERIAL

Informative brochure for companies and professionals

How to spread the

word about

#PGB2S?

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STEM Professionals Go Back To School#PGB2S COMMUNICATIONS MATERIAL

Posters

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Social Media Hashtag: #PGB2STailored email? Material

for a presentation?stemalliance@eun.org

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STEM Professionals Go Back To School

EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICES FROM OUR PARTNERS

stemalliance@eun.orgAny request for material:

IBM

INEOS Köln (EPCA) –TuWas! Deutschland

CA Technologies –Deploy your Talent Italy 2016

The fabulous „TuWaS!“ program

Dr Anne-Gret Iturriaga AbarzuaHead of Communications, INEOS in KölnEngaging young people in STEM careers: be the role model for tomorrow STEM Alliance webinar, 10 November 2017, 12.50 - 13.10 h CET

What is „TuWaS!“ in the Rhineland?

• STEM school program designed by the Freie Universität Berlin

• It helps to get 6 to 12 years old kids interested in STEM

• Schools may choose up to four units (à 16 double hours) per term

• Originates from Smithsonian Science Education Centre;

• Carolina Science is the distributor

• Similar programs in Chile, Luxembourg, Mexico, Sweden, the US

• Units delivered to schools; then collected and refilled again

• Teachers are trained in one-day seminars on each unit (no „fear“)

The „TuWaS!“ themes and units (to date)

• Eight primary school units: life cycle of a butterfly; weather; solids

and liquids; compare and measure; changes; electric circuits;

movement and construction; chemical tests

• Three secondary school units: magnets and motors; micro worlds;

nutrition chemistry

Have a look at our „TuWaS!“ videos

https://youtu.be/d1MV7pCX8gY

https://youtu.be/PapOucttQmo?list=PLqiM6Yf0lsfUpTZUM44fsuycUy3Xc-68M

https://youtu.be/lsu0_Y6SWqI

Why „TuWaS!“?

• The Chamber of Commerce did a survey on future challenges

• The member companies identified decreasing interest in STEM

• DYK: The Rhineland is Europe‘s biggest chemical cluster

• Boost the interest for STEM!

• Instead of inventing something new, „TuWaS!“was adopted

• „TuWaS!“ is funded by industry, companies, foundations

• Investment: 2,000 Euros per school and year

The beauty of „TuWaS!“ („do something“)

• Inquiry based science education program

• Every child is involved and works with the material

• Girls become „STEM confident“; demographics are addressed

• Teachers remain in the „background“

• Kids collaborate and experience basis scientific skills

• They make assumptions and work on solutions

• „TuWaS!“ boosts kids‘ vocabulary (e.g. refugees, special needs)

• They have to be precise, prudent, structured, innovative

• Kids talk about „TuWaS!“ units with peers and family members

„TuWaS!“ in 2008

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130 schools

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2,500 teachers trained 74,000 kids worked with „TuWaS!“

So how much does TuWaS! cost?

Essential elements based on 130 schools

Costs in Euros

Project coordination and administrationFTEs, office and storage facilities, marketing, PR

84,000 per year

420 boxesfull equipped for 12,600 kids

336,000 (one-off)

Maintenance, logistics, license fees 119,000 per year

Teachers’ training by external professors

38,000 per year

What else is needed? - Institutions like the Freie Universität Berlin and the Chamber of Commerce- Support by authorities and politics- Enthusiastic teachers, companies, kids

„TuWaS!“ sponsors in the Rhineland

INEOS in Köln, „TuWaS!“ and beyond

• Largest „TuWaS!“ supporter

• Founded in 1957 with 2,200 employees

• Aim to invest in people long-term

• Girls‘ days, site visits, open door events

• Practice and experience days/weeks

• Professionals go back to school (PGB2S)

• Networking and „Learning-from-each-other“

• Employees act as direct links and contacts („godparents“)

• „GO Run for Fun“, „The Daily Mile“ etc. etc.

Thank you for your attention!

Dr Anne-Gret Iturriaga AbarzuaHead of Communications, INEOS Köln GmbHAlte Straße 201, 50769 Köln, Germanyt. +49 221 3555-1096anne-gret.iturriaga.abarzua@ineos.com

„TuWaS!“ Community Board MemberEPCA Member of the TDIC and YETT IPRA Board Member

@anne_iturriaga@INEOS LinkedIn

STEM Alliance /

Professionals Go Back to School

Svetlana Dotsenko, ICT Manager, Lasnamae Gymnasium,

Estonia

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world

Nelson Mandela

SKYPE in our school

General information

Topic: IT professions

Age: 15-18

Structure: lessons before meeting to prepare students about IT Professions, their skills and required skills for job in IT sector

Meeting with Professional, visit to SKYPE Office

Content: IT Professions, STEM education and skills for job in IT sector

SKYPE in our school

Phases

1 step –Teachers’s visit to SKYPE offices

2 step - Registration to the PGB2S tool

3 step - Invitation to the SKYPE representative to register to the PGB2S

4 step - Agreeing the details of the activity

5 step – Visit from the STEM Professional

6 step – Visit to the STEM Professional

7 step – Evaluation

SKYPE in our school

Content of the visit

Info about the company

The history of the company

Required profiles from the company

Required education to work in the company

Required skills to work in the company

SKYPE in our school

Benefits for students

Inspiration

Debating

Participation of girls

SKYPE in our school

The STEM Professional

Mr. T. Maks - Quality Labs engineer

SKYPE in our school

Visit to SKYPE Office

Strenghts:

Small group

Good preparation

Conclusion

Collaboration between industry and education is

very useful for schools and companies. It helps

students to make the right professional choice for

the future. It motivates students to learn STEM

subjects and to know more about real science and

industry

Thanks to STEM Alliance this process becomes

more successful!

Thank you for your attention!

Thank you for your attention

European SchoolnetMaïté Debry - Project Manager Email: maite.debry (at) eun.orgPhone: 0032 2 790 7584

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