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WEBINAR: Technology Based Learning (TBL) Grants - Prospective Applicant Orientation
The Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Office of Policy Development and Research (OPDR) staff, in conjunction with other ETA key personnel, will conduct an orientation for prospective applicants of the Technology-Based Learning Initiative grant. The 90-minute Webinar will be held at 12:00pm/MT on July 29, 2008. ETA recently announced the availability of approximately $10 million in grant funds under the TBL Initiative. The competitive grant opportunity has been designed to help workers quickly acquire the training and skills they need to be successful in today's global economy, particularly in high-growth/high-demand occupations. The Webinar will provide background information on the grant opportunity, describe the application submission requirements, outline the process that eligible entities must use to apply for funds covered by this solicitation, and details how grantees will be selected. To register, use the URL provided.
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CAREER VIDEO: CCA’s WIRED Bioscience Careers DVD
The Community College of Aurora (CCA) WIRED Bioscience Careers DVD features interviews with top Colorado bioscientists who answer questions such as the following: Why did you choose to pursue a career in Science? What is good about being a scientist? How do you begin a career in the Bioscience industry? Why stay in Colorado? The 10 minute film touches on these topics and more. To see the video, search for WIRED VIDEO on e-Colorado.
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GOOD INFORMATION: Schools/Training Providers with Energy-Related Curriculum
The Schools/Training Providers with Energy-Related Curriculum spreadsheet provides information about schools and programs that offer training/talent development opportunities that can lead to employment in the Energy Industry. Type energy training in the keyword box on the right side of any e-Colorado page and click Search to locate the spreadsheet.
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CONGRATULATIONS: Pueblo Community College U.S. Department of Labor Grant
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Pueblo Community College a nearly $2 million, three-year grant to help meet an acute regional need for skilled employees in the advanced manufacturing industry. Training will impact production,
maintenance and support staff for the existing manufacturing sectors in Southern
Colorado. With the help of several regional partners, PCC, along with the Pueblo Workforce Center and the Pikes Peak Workforce Centers, will develop and deliver job-readiness training and technical competencies to students as well as new and existing employees to prepare them to enter this field. An abstract of the grant can be found by typing Pueblo Community College in the Keyword search box on the right side of this page, then click Search. For more information, contact John C. Vukich (John.Vukich@pueblocc.edu)at 719-549-3334
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Shining the Light II: State of Teacher Quality, Attrition and Diversity in Colorado
The Alliance for Quality Teaching has just released an important new report--Shining the Light II: State of Teacher Quality, Attrition and Diversity in Colorado that addresses teacher quality in Colorado and explores teacher attrition and diversity. Use the provided URL to access the report.
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YOUTH RESOURCE: KnowHow2Go
Young people in all socio-economic groups have college aspirations. In fact, eight out of 10 expect to attain a bachelor’s degree or higher, according to the U.S. Department of Education. In order to turn college dreams into action-oriented goals, the American Council on Education, Lumina Foundation for Education and the Ad Council launched the KnowHow2GO campaign in January 2007. The multiyear, multimedia effort includes television, radio and outdoor public service advertisements (PSAs) that use humor to encourage 8th through 10th graders to prepare for college. To see the ads and other resources for youth, go to the URL provided.
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COLLABORATION: Community Colleges and One-Stop Centers Collaborate to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs
In the future, businesses will demand workers with higher-level skills and more education. Community colleges are key providers of career and technical training as well as traditional academic education. Colleges can also play important roles in the one-stop system created by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), through which a variety of federally funded employment and training programs provide services. Given the importance of community colleges to workforce development, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine (1) how community colleges meet the workforce training needs of their communities; (2) what community colleges do to integrate with the nation’s one-stop system; (3) the conditions or practices that enhance or impede these efforts; and (4) the actions the Departments of Labor and Education have taken to encourage linkages between community colleges and the workforce investment system, including one-stops. To read the report, go to the URL provided.
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READ: Talent Development, Arapahoe/Douglas Workforce PY06 – PY07
The A/D Works! study represents the beginning of data collection, compilation and reporting on how the Workforce Development System manages the development of talent in support of our targeted industries. To read the report type talent development in the keyword box on the right side of the page and click Search.
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HEALTHCARE: MedBiquitous Releases Healthcare LOM Standard
A new MedBiquitous/American National Standard will help healthcare education organizations make the most of their content and connect to the broader community of healthcare educators. Healthcare Learning Object Metadata (Healthcare LOM) provides a standard way to describe healthcare learning activities and resources, making them easier to catalogue and find. With improved access to the learning resources, education developers can reuse learning content when appropriate, thereby avoiding duplicative efforts and saving money while increasing the organization’s educational offerings. Learners can search across repositories to find the content that best fits their needs. In addition, educators can use search-based feeds of resources to integrate content into innovative educational offerings, or offer the searches as the basis of point-of-care learning that answers clinical questions at the point of need. For more information, go to the URL above or search for MedBiquitous on e-Colorado.
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IMPORTANT RESEARCH: GAO Examines Employment & Training Program Grants
Since 2001, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has spent nearly $900 million on three workforce employment and training grant initiatives: High Growth Job Training Initiative (High Growth), Community-Based Job Training Initiative (Community Based), and the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED). The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine (1) the intent of the grant initiatives and the extent to which DOL will be able to assess their effects, (2) the extent to which the process used competition, was adequately documented, and included key players, and (3) what DOL is doing to monitor individual grantee compliance with grant requirements. GAO recommends that DOL take steps to ensure that it can evaluate the initiatives’ impact, document compliance with statutory program requirements for noncompetitive grant awards, and develop and implement a risk-based monitoring approach for WIRED grants. To read the report, go to the URL provided or search for GAO Report: Employment and Training Program Grants on e-Colorado. The full report can be accessed through the report highlights.
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INTERACTIVE VIDEO Shares Results of Science Education Study
An interactive video has been created to share the results of the Factors Influencing College Science Success (FICSS) project. The project was designed to identify measurable factors in high school science classes that predict different levels of achievement in introductory college science courses. The video invites the user to predict answers to questions examined in the research. FICSS participants included nearly 18,000 students and their professors at randomly selected colleges and universities across the United States; about 2,000 additional randomly chosen college professors; about 1,000 of the students’ previous high school teachers; and another 3,000 or so randomly chosen high school teachers. The video was produced by the Science Education Department (SED) of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). To compare your predictions to the results of the study, go to the URL provided or search for FICSS video on e-Colorado.
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KUDOS: Colorado Teachers Receive National Award
Teachers who bring excellent teaching in math and science to their classrooms are being honored by President Bush as winners of the 2007 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Each winner receives a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as a trip for two to Washington, D.C. for a week of celebratory events and professional development activities. Anna Holm of South High School and Cheryl Mosier from Columbine High School are among the 99 awardees. Congratulations to the Colorado winners!
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GREAT SCIENCE RESOURCE: Physics Today Online
Physics Today, the flagship publication of The American Institute of Physics, is the most influential and closely followed physics magazine in the world, informing readers about science and its place in the world with authoritative features, full news coverage and analysis, and fresh perspectives on technological advances and ground-breaking research. Physics Today Online (PTOL) serves as Physics Today's home on the Internet, presenting the magazine's digital edition and continually building a valuable online archive. In addition, PTOL extends the magazine's coverage of the physical sciences with links to related articles and news stories from around the web. To access the site, go to the URL above or search for Physics Today on e-Colorado.
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CLUSTERS & COMPETITIVENESS: A New Federal Role for Stimulating Regional Economies
A policy brief from the Brookings Institution addresses the federal government’s role in stimulating the growth of cluster initiatives and addressing barriers that limit cluster development and growth. Regional industry clusters—geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting organizations—represent a potent source of productivity at a moment of national vulnerability to global economic competition. For that reason, the federal government should establish an industry clusters program that stimulates the collaborative interactions of firms and supporting organizations in regional economies to produce more commercial innovation and higher wage employment. To learn more, go to the URL provided or search for Clusters on e-Colorado.
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BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY: A National Innovation Foundation
A policy brief offered by the Brookings Institution says that in order for the nation to respond to innovation challenges in the global economy, federal government should establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF)—a new, nimble, lean, and collaborative entity devoted to supporting firms and other organizations in their innovative activities. By enhancing America’s world-class entrepreneurial and market environment, NIF would boost the nation’s innovation leadership for the 21st century and raise productivity and incomes. Moreover, by supporting workforce development and performance improvement in firms, NIF would help create better jobs for high school graduates in manufacturing and “low tech” services as well as those with advanced degrees in high technology industries.
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STEMapalooza: An Exploration of Science Technology Engineering and Math
Industry is partnering with K-12, higher education, workforce and others to help meet the need for students who are proficient in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). STEMapalooza is an event designed to help stakeholders create an atmosphere of shared responsibility. Activities will include a showcase for STEM providers, discussion panels, luncheon speaker, research poster sessions, and a pre-expo reception for exhibitors. The audience includes business and industry, formal educators at all levels, parents, government agencies, informal educators, chambers of commerce, and non-profit coalitions. STEMapalooza will be held October 24-25, 2008 at the Colorado Convention Center. For more information, go to the URL above, or search for the STEMapalooza Postcard on e-Colorado. STEMapalooza is hosted by the University of Colorado Denver’s Center for Applied Sciences and Math and others.
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CALL FOR PAPERS: COMS 2008
Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems (COMS) announces a call for papers for the COMS 2008 conference. The event will be held at the Westin Resort & Spa in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico from August 31 - September 4, 2008. COMS is widely regarded as the premiere commercialization event focusing on micro and nano technologies. COMS addresses the commercialization obstacles encountered in research, technology transfer, manufacturing processes, facilities, infrastructure, investment, applications and markets, and addresses regulatory issues, social implications, education and workforce development. Join the networking showcase of leading customers and end users of small technology. Paper submission guidelines are available at http://mancef-coms2008.org/call.html.
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Course announcement
The next Clinical Scholars Didactic course will be held on 7/21/08-7/25/08.
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POLAR-PALOOZA is Coming to Denver
Polar-Palooza is a national tour featuring public presentations entitled "Stories From a Changing Planet." These tales of adventure and science are told by a charismatic "cast" of characters, using HD video and authentic props -- such as a piece of ice core 2,000 years old, or a caribou parka -- to bring polar research to life. Each stop on the tour will include special programs for schools, workshops for K-12 educators and museum volunteers, briefings for local news media and business leaders, and camp-ins for Girl Scouts and Boys and Girls Clubs. The event is held November 14-15, 2008 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. For more information about the Polar-Palooza events, visit the URL provided.
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How to Join the Economic Prosperity Task Force Team Room
The Economic Prosperity Task Force is a group of citizen representatives convened to take a broad look at the strategies, programs and policies that aim to improve the economic prosperity of Denver residents. The task force will develop a common set of principles and recommendations that will help guide future economic development strategies and initiatives.
If you would like to become a team room member or contributor:
Register with e-Colorado, then email your request to join the team room to one of the team room managers - Seneca.Holmes@denvergov.org or katherine.oconnor@denvergov.org.
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