STEM Education & Workforce Development: Challenges & Opportunities American Astronautical Society November 19, 2008 The Honorable Andrea Seastrand

California Space Authority Governed by a statewide board of directors, the California Space Authority (CSA) is a nonprofit corporation representing the interests of California's diverse space enterprise community in all three domains: commercial, civil and national security. Working closely with the State of California, CSA partners with industry, government, workforce entities, education and academia to facilitate statewide space enterprise development.

Governed by a statewide board of directors, the California Space Authority (CSA) is a nonprofit corporation representing the interests of California's diverse space enterprise community in all three domains: commercial, civil and national security. Working closely with the State of California, CSA partners with industry, government, workforce entities, education and academia to facilitate statewide space enterprise development.

Importance of STEM Education & Workforce Development Challenges & Opportunities National & California Responses STEM Education & Workforce Development: Challenges & Opportunities

Importance of STEM Education & Workforce Development

Challenges & Opportunities

National & California Responses

Priorities for Aerospace Industry Skills Challenge & the Importance of STEM Education Recruiting & Training Talent Image of the Industry

Skills Challenge & the Importance of STEM Education

Recruiting & Training Talent

Image of the Industry

The Skills Challenge & the Importance of STEM Education Need more STEM teachers Need more STEM students Academic as well as Applied Skills Engineers as well as Technicians

Need more STEM teachers

Need more STEM students

Academic as well as Applied Skills

Engineers as well as Technicians

Trends in Engineering Degrees Source: The Aerospace Corporation

Source: The Aerospace Corporation

Recruiting & Retaining Talent 26% of US aerospace workforce is eligible to retire this year Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry Attrition rate is about 2 times greater in aerospace - The Aerospace Corporation

26% of US aerospace workforce is eligible to retire this year

Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry

Attrition rate is about 2 times greater in aerospace

- The Aerospace Corporation

Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development WIRED Source: U.S. Department of Labor/ETA

Source: U.S. Department of Labor/ETA

California Innovation Corridor

California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan Five Strategic Initiatives / Collaboratives Space Enterprise Business Development Retention and Growth (BDRG) California Space Industrial Base Vitality (CSIBV) Space Science, Research and Technology Development (SRTD) Space Education and Workforce Development (EWD) Public and Policymaker Awareness (PPA)

Five Strategic Initiatives / Collaboratives

Space Enterprise Business Development Retention and Growth (BDRG)

California Space Industrial Base Vitality (CSIBV)

Space Science, Research and Technology Development (SRTD)

Space Education and Workforce Development (EWD)

Public and Policymaker Awareness (PPA)

California Space Education & Workforce Institute Fostering California Space/Science Literacy Enhancing California Space-Related Education K-University Ensuring 21st Century California Space Workforce

Fostering California Space/Science Literacy

Enhancing California Space-Related Education K-University

Ensuring 21st Century California Space Workforce

California Innovation Corridor Optimizing the Corridor for Innovation and 21 st Century Workforce Competitiveness Innovation Support Supply Chain Transformation Talent Development

Optimizing the Corridor for Innovation and 21 st Century Workforce Competitiveness

Innovation Support

Supply Chain Transformation

Talent Development

STEM Collaborative Action Plan Source: NASA Education Strategic Coordination Framework

Source: NASA Education Strategic Coordination Framework

Mentoring Opportunities

Regolith Excavation Challenge

California Space Center

California Innovation Corridor www.InnovateCalifornia.net www.csewi.org/stem www.CaliforniaSpaceAuthority.org

www.InnovateCalifornia.net

www.csewi.org/stem

www.CaliforniaSpaceAuthority.org