Wednesday, March 18, 2015

High School Teacher Externship Opportunity 2015

The Florida Energy Workforce Consortium (FEWC), an organization dedicated to developing solutions to meet the current and future work force needs of the state's energy industry, is offering two High School CTE and/or STEM teachers and externship opportunity during the 2015 summer break. The purpose of this externship is to connect teachers with the workplace to give them the opportunity to learn through direct experience about industry trends, organizational needs, employee skill requirements and opportunities in the electric utility industry. You can learn more about this opportunity and program deliverables by clicking here and connecting to our website.
The FEWC includes representatives from state economic development, workforce development, education, and organized labor as well as major electric utilities and associations. The consortium's primary goals are to develop accurate projections of future energy industry work force needs detailed by occupation and to prioritize those needs for focused educational and recruiting efforts. To ensure that solutions are developed in a sustainable and well-coordinated fashion, the FEWC is addressing several key objectives:

-Career Awareness: Improving the image of the industry and introducing to Floridians the high-paying jobs and career paths within it.

-Education: Impacting education public policy to support implementation of energy industry-relevant education and training at the secondary and post-secondary levels with an eye toward opportunities to transfer knowledge from the existing workforce to entry-level workers.

-State and National Outreach: Raising awareness of the impending workforce shortages and its impact on the energy sector and the state's economic development potential, thus avoiding potential adverse impacts to our state's citizenry and businesses.

The FEWC also hosts an annual networking opportunity for teachers as part of the Florida Energy Teachers' Network (FETN). The 2015 FETN workshop will be in Longwood, Florida on June 17 & 18. Please see the flyer on our website for more information.

To learn more about this opportunity and the program deliverables, interested teachers should review the FEWC Teacher Externship Program Guidelines found here on our website for an editable application and other forms. 

Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 17,
2015 in order to be considered. The selection will be announced on or before May 12, 2015.
Please feel free to contact Susan Neumans Van Buren at fewc.externship@gmail.com or
850.307.1137 with any questions about this program, the FETN workshop, or the FEWC.


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