Pre-College Outreach Resources Leslie Payne, Senior Manager – Pre-College Outreach And Patrick Latch, P.E., CFM, M.ASCE.

Pre-College Outreach Resources

Leslie Payne, Senior Manager – Pre-College OutreachAnd

Patrick Latch, P.E., CFM, M.ASCE

Pre-College Outreach

Civil engineers support pre-college outreach! Builds public awareness Helps recruit the next generation Ultimately seen as impacting our global competitiveness It’s fun!

ASCE Pre-College Outreach headquarters & you Serve our members Quality evidence based resources Leader in the engineering educational outreach community

Members hold the key!

Strong member experience in this area

Growing pre-college outwork network

Opportunity to share lessons learned

Illinois Section …getting started

Getting started Lots of ad-hoc interest Needed coordination and structure Core group of the most active led the way

Methods of engagement Committee and Section email blasts Newsletter articles Student chapters Technical groups Website ads / calendars / social media

Illinois Section …timeline for success

(2008) Committee established & exploration of options Added some small activities to already established interests Started planning for participation in larger activities

(2009-2010) Member engagement to grow volunteer manpower Added manpower as participation and # of events grew Some of these became larger annual activities that we continued year–

to-year

(2011- 2012) Assessment and evaluation of where we are 5 – 10 events per year 2 – 20 volunteers depending on the need Establishing second committee

Illinois Section …lessons learned Use shotgun/dartboard approach to get started

Member ‘Champions’ Section Board, Committees and Technical Groups STEM related groups /organizations in your area Student chapters at local colleges Active individuals with kids in school Other engineering organizations (SWE, ACEC, SAME, etc.)

A two-pronged outreach approach is indicated Schools and school districts Extra curricular opportunities (Scouts, museums, libraries, Future

Cities, etc.)

Illinois Section …schools and districts

• Appreciate science and technology related material• Seek real world career connections for students• May have a career coordinator to contact

•Coordination window is July – September•Communication is harder as the year progresses•School activities take place during working hours•Funding is sparse

Strengths

Challenges

Illinois Section …schools and districts

• Be proactive and sensitive to their needs

• Communication is key!

• Start small to gain trust• Judge science fairs• Participate in career days

• Keep events on a calendar and check-in annually

Making it work!

Queen of Angels Science Fair

Illinois Section …other organizations

• Motivated and organized• Have established objectives and goals• Contact person makes communication easy•Some funding available•Complementary resources•Events are outside working hours•Flexible

• Sometimes hard to search out!• Can be protective of their turf• Staff turnover may be frequent• Some only want $$

Strengths

Challenges

Illinois Section …other organizations

• Parents are likely to be at these events

• Talk with them too!

• Bring lots of resources and share with kids and parents!

Consider this…

Illinois Section …making it all work!

E-Week Activities (Future Cities, DuPage Area E-Week Expo) Science Chicago / Museum of Science and Industry Chicago Architecture Foundation Des Plaines Library Science and Technology Expo IDOT Career Fair Niles Township District 219 – Job Shadow Days / Career Fairs Chicago Public Schools – Career Days / Science Day /

Engineering My Future Activities GEMS – Girl Engineers Mathematicians and Scientists – Annual

workshop

Illinois Section …making it all work!

Des Plaines Library Science Expo

Chicago Architecture Foundation Family Day

Museum of Science and Industry Fall Fling!

Illinois Section … help from ASCE

www.asceville.org

Illinois Section … help from ASCE

www.asce.org/Outreach/K-12-Outreach

Illinois Section … help from ASCE

Career Fair in-a-Box

Handouts

Activity guides

Give aways

Email:[email protected]

ASCE Pre-College Outreach …what’s new?

Civil Engineering Club – sponsored by ASCE

Currently being tested by the Metropolitan Section…

Contact information

Leslie PayneASCE HeadquartersSenior ManagerPre-College [email protected]

 Patrick M. Lach, P.E., CFMIllinois SectionHey and Associates, Inc.773.792.8510 x12www.heyassoc.com

Questions?