Report presented to the Guilford Education
Alliance Board on May 20, 2009 ...
2009-2010 Engineering
Connections Schools - Industry Schedule
(Completed)
2010-2011 Engineering Connections Schools -
Industry Schedule (Completed)
This site supports the Guilford Education
Alliance "Engineering Connections"
Partnership. Its purpose is to develop
Skills for 21st Economy by bringing
"Real Life" into the classroom
through
Lunch & Learn/Classroom Connection,
and
Staff Development
Sessions;
and
Job
Shadowing/Mentoring.
The pilot program started on 9/12/08 with
Brad Kemmerer, President - ABCO conducting
the initial Classroom Connection sessions at
Weaver Academy. The
Report presented to the Guilford Education
Alliance Board on May 20, 2009
documents the 2008-2009 Engineering
Connections Activities.
The chart at right shows the various facets
of the IEEE/GEA Engineering Connections;
click on the image for a PDF version.
Thanks to representatives
from
Industry Partner and
Schools
for their support of pilot period. A list
of Industry and Education participants for
the 2008-2009 school year are
identified on the
Guilford Education Alliance Engineering
Connections Participants
page. The
Engineering Connections Team includes representatives from
Guilford Education Alliance,
IEEE
Central NC Section and
Schools.
The
Lunch & Learn/Classroom Connection
format has proven to be a effective means to
bring
"Real Life" into the
classroom; it is a format that could be used
for other ways to bridge the classroom and
industry besides Engineering.
Some participants comments (most interesting and
other) are captured in the
Comments
Page.
The Engineering
Connections continued the Lunch&Learn and
Classroom Connections
format for 2010-2011 in Guilford County Schools.
A
Transistion Report documents the
2008-2011 program. There were 8
Education Partners and 11 Industry Partners
which conducted 72 person sessions. Six
person sessions were held at Jackson Middle
School, all others were conducted at Middle
Colleges, Weaver Academy and High Schools. 
5/5/2011
The
Entrepreneur
Productive Innovative Engine
(PIE) Teams concept was used as an introduction
(approximately 5-10 minutes) of guest
speakers in the 2011 Spring Semester. PIE Teams is a
way to expand the domain knowledge areas
from Engineering (Design and Development)
and Technology (Manufacturing/Service) hats
to include Customer (Marketplace), Scientist
(Research), Logistics (Global Supply Chain)
and Business (Entrepreneur) Hats. The
PIE Team concept showed how the
guest domain knowledge fits into the PIE
Team and student career options. The
PIE Team framework gives students
a means for improving relevance of school
subjects to the real world. 5/5/2011
