WORKFORCE
Educating the Workforce of the Future
The future and vibrancy of the Massachusetts technology sector is dependent on a strong commitment to public education and a deliberate nurturing of the entrepreneurial spirit. The goal of the Council’s workforce initiatives is to foster the development of an adequate supply of skilled workers. The Council's efforts focus on education and training for both teachers and students K – life.
Current efforts to educate the workforce of the future include:
- Mass Technology Leadership Council Education Foundation – supports multiple initiatives K - 12 (Visit our Education Foundation page information about the 2009 Above & Beyond Awards program and past award recipients)
- Boston University Student Design Program – Higher Education
- STEMTech Alliance - A Collaboration of Five Massachusetts Technology Trade Associations to Increase STEM Awareness in Middle Schools
- Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative (CITI) – Higher Education
- Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections (BATEC) - supports multiple initiatives 9 - Life
Spotlight on STEMTech Alliance DIGITS program:
In late 2007, the Mass Technology Leadership Council, under the leadership of president emerita Joyce Plotkin, reached out to five other science and technology, industry associations to ask them to work collaboratively to tackle a serious problem impacting Massachusetts’ global competitiveness and leadership in scientific and technological innovation. The problem – the diminishing pipeline of students in science, technology, engineering and math (dubbed STEM by the National Science Foundation) is resulting in a shrinking pool of STEM-qualified workers for science and technology-based businesses. Known as the STEMTech Alliance, the resulting coalition of Massachusetts science and technology associations, which represents over 1500 companies and 300,000 people who work in software, Internet, telecommunications, biotechnology, medical devices, engineering and clean energy, launced the DIGITS program. See www.digits.us.com for more information.
Workforce
MassTLC Education Foundation Honors Teachers
Check out the president's blog for more details.
