Fairmont State University Library: WV Career Collaborative: Building Connections, Building Workforce: How can I get involved?

How can I get involved?

You can participate at many different collaboration levels of effort, resources, and impact. And, you won’t be
doing it alone. Options include:

Everyone

Anyone and Everyone:
• Share project opportunities with others
• Reach out to share what you know or to join the collaboration
• Encourage people to look at STEM careers
• Sign Up for our quarterly email newsletter

Educators

Educator:
• Promote opportunities for students in STEM
• Participate in industry outreach educator field trips
• Participate in STEM professional development and conferences
• Host industry representatives in your classroom
• Work with industry to refine curricula to meet their needs
• Conduct class field trips
• Participate in industry externships
• Start a STEM oriented student organization and compete with other schools (Robotics, Drones, Coding)
• Become a Project Lead The Way certified educator (WV Career Collaborative PLTW Program Development Scholarship Application)

High school educators are also encouraged to apply for one of the High School Work-Based Learning Coordinator roles the collaborative has available. You can find the full description and application online at the Google Forms Link below:

ARC POWER High School WBL Coordinator Application

Interested faculty members at Fairmont State University and Glenville State University are encouraged to apply for one of the Faculty Collaborator roles the collaborative has available. You can find the full description and application online at the Google Forms Link below:

ARC POWER Faculty Collaborator Application

Next Round of Growing Capacity Mini Grants Coming Soon
When available, these will be open to any educator or faculty member from a WV K-12 or post-secondary institution with preference given to proposals that arise interactions through activities sponsored by this ARC POWER grant.

Industry Representatives

Industry Representative:
• Meet with a small group (e.g. EDA’s, educators, and/or students) to explore how we can improve the STEM pipeline
• Attend Career Fairs
• Participate on an Industry Advisory Board at FSU or GSU or a local high school
• Help create virtual job shadow videos
• Host job shadows for students and/or educators
• Host student and/or educator field trips
• Develop micro internships, and/or full internships for STEM students
• Collaborate with educators on STEM curriculum development and delivery
• Donations of time/money/resources
• And...other innovative ways that you can think of too

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