1 00:00:10,133 --> 00:00:11,433 >> THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE 2 00:00:11,433 --> 00:00:12,867 POSSIBLE IN PART BY FUNDING 3 00:00:12,867 --> 00:00:14,767 FROM THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 4 00:00:14,767 --> 00:00:15,367 FOUNDATION. 5 00:00:15,367 --> 00:00:17,133 A PROUD SUPPORTER OF QUALITY 6 00:00:17,133 --> 00:00:19,000 EDUCATION ACROSS LOUISIANA. 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:22,033 IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, 8 00:00:22,033 --> 00:00:22,967 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 9 00:00:22,967 --> 00:00:24,633 MATH. 10 00:00:24,633 --> 00:00:26,667 AND THE FOUNDATION FOR 11 00:00:26,667 --> 00:00:27,867 EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 12 00:00:27,867 --> 00:00:35,900 BROADCASTING. 13 00:00:49,300 --> 00:00:50,600 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:51,767 "LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE." 15 00:00:51,767 --> 00:00:52,800 I'M BETH COURTNEY, PRESIDENT 16 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:53,900 OF LOUISIANA PUBLIC 17 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:55,133 BROADCASTING. 18 00:00:55,133 --> 00:00:56,400 >> AND I'M SHAUNA SANFORD, 19 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,867 NEWS ANCHOR FOR LPB. 20 00:00:57,867 --> 00:00:59,133 TONIGHT WE'RE PLEASED TO BE 21 00:00:59,133 --> 00:01:00,233 COMING TO YOU FROM THE 22 00:01:00,233 --> 00:01:01,733 BEAUTIFUL NEW PERFORMING 23 00:01:01,733 --> 00:01:02,867 ARTS CENTER AT THE MATH, 24 00:01:02,867 --> 00:01:04,067 SCIENCE, AND ARTS ACADEMY 25 00:01:04,067 --> 00:01:05,300 IN PLAQUEMINE. 26 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:07,367 THE FACILITY IS PART OF A 27 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:09,100 $15 MILLION FACELIFT THAT 28 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:10,333 ILLUSTRATES THIS COMMUNITY'S 29 00:01:10,333 --> 00:01:11,867 COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING ITS 30 00:01:11,867 --> 00:01:13,633 STUDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF 31 00:01:13,633 --> 00:01:15,000 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 32 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 ENGINEERING, AND MATH. 33 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,800 KNOWN BY THE ACRONYM OF STEM, 34 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,633 THESE SUBJECTS TRULY FORM 35 00:01:20,633 --> 00:01:21,833 THE FOUNDATION OF 36 00:01:21,833 --> 00:01:23,233 BLOSSOMING CAREER 37 00:01:23,233 --> 00:01:25,400 OPPORTUNITIES IN LOUISIANA. 38 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,233 >> BUT MANY OF THESE JOB 39 00:01:27,233 --> 00:01:28,433 OPENINGS ARE CURRENTLY BEING 40 00:01:28,433 --> 00:01:30,067 LEFT UNFILLED DUE TO A LACK 41 00:01:30,067 --> 00:01:31,333 OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. 42 00:01:31,333 --> 00:01:32,567 HOW WELL IS THE STATE 43 00:01:32,567 --> 00:01:33,833 PREPARING OUR CITIZENS FOR 44 00:01:33,833 --> 00:01:35,800 STEM CAREERS? 45 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:37,000 HOW WELL ARE OUR EDUCATORS 46 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,100 TRAINED TO TEACH THE STEM 47 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:39,700 SUBJECTS? 48 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:41,867 AND HOW CAN STUDENTS 49 00:01:41,867 --> 00:01:43,067 ESPECIALLY FEMALES, BECOME 50 00:01:43,067 --> 00:01:44,500 MORE ENGAGED IN STEM FIELDS? 51 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:45,667 OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE'LL 52 00:01:45,667 --> 00:01:47,000 EXPLORE THESE ISSUES AND MORE. 53 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 BUT FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK 54 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,567 AT LOUISIANA'S STEM STATUS. 55 00:01:51,567 --> 00:01:53,733 >> CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING ON 56 00:01:53,733 --> 00:01:55,400 AN ANTI-BULLYING VIDEO FOR THE 57 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:56,167 SCHOOL BOARD. 58 00:01:56,167 --> 00:01:58,467 >> I'M DESIGNING A WEB SITE FOR 59 00:01:58,467 --> 00:02:00,033 UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 60 00:02:00,033 --> 00:02:02,233 AND MIDDLE SCHOOL -- 61 00:02:02,233 --> 00:02:03,967 >> CLICK ON THE DOT, IT TELLS 62 00:02:03,967 --> 00:02:06,267 YOU WHO WAS BURIED THERE, THEIR 63 00:02:06,267 --> 00:02:07,533 HISTORY, WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN 64 00:02:07,533 --> 00:02:07,933 FOR. 65 00:02:07,933 --> 00:02:10,300 >> THESE STUDENTS ATTENDING 66 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:11,333 SHREVEPORT'S SOUTHWOOD HIGH 67 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:12,933 SCHOOL HAVE BEEN GETTING A 68 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:14,200 HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN THE 69 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,767 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 70 00:02:15,767 --> 00:02:17,033 ENGINEERING AND MATH FIELDS FOR 71 00:02:17,033 --> 00:02:18,467 THE LAST YEAR. 72 00:02:18,467 --> 00:02:19,833 COURSES USE WHAT'S CALLED THE 73 00:02:19,833 --> 00:02:23,167 EAST APPROACH, A SELF-DIRECTED 74 00:02:23,167 --> 00:02:25,033 EXPLORATION OF STEM CAREERS. 75 00:02:25,033 --> 00:02:26,933 >> I DON'T REALLY TEACH IN THE 76 00:02:26,933 --> 00:02:27,467 CLASS. 77 00:02:27,467 --> 00:02:28,733 I FACILITATE THEIR LEARNING. 78 00:02:28,733 --> 00:02:31,633 I FACILITATE THEM TEACHING 79 00:02:31,633 --> 00:02:32,067 THEMSELVES. 80 00:02:32,067 --> 00:02:33,633 >> LLOYD RUSHING SAID STUDENTS 81 00:02:33,633 --> 00:02:35,767 DEVELOP PROJECTS THAT SERVE 82 00:02:35,767 --> 00:02:36,933 THEIR COMMUNITY WHILE RECEIVING 83 00:02:36,933 --> 00:02:38,333 REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE IN AREAS 84 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:41,667 OF VIDEO EDITING, ARCHITECTURE, 85 00:02:41,667 --> 00:02:44,033 ANIMATION DESIGN, AND 86 00:02:44,033 --> 00:02:45,133 GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 87 00:02:45,133 --> 00:02:45,600 SYSTEMS. 88 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,733 >> THIS CLASS ALLOWS THEM TO 89 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:48,667 COME AND OPEN UP A TOOLBOX TO 90 00:02:48,667 --> 00:02:51,500 SAY HERE IS A TOOLBOX FULL OF 91 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:53,467 GREAT TOOLS THAT ALL RELATES TO 92 00:02:53,467 --> 00:02:53,967 STEM. 93 00:02:53,967 --> 00:02:55,467 TAKE EACH TOOL OUT, FIND WHICH 94 00:02:55,467 --> 00:02:58,600 ONE THAT YOU REALLY LIKE, AND 95 00:02:58,600 --> 00:02:59,933 LET'S CONCENTRATE ON LEARNING 96 00:02:59,933 --> 00:03:01,367 THAT PARTICULAR TOOL. 97 00:03:01,367 --> 00:03:02,700 >> THE PROGRAM IS ONE OF 98 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:04,867 SEVERAL INITIATIVES THAT CADDO 99 00:03:04,867 --> 00:03:06,467 PARISH INSTITUTED IN THE 90s 100 00:03:06,467 --> 00:03:08,567 AFTER THE LOSS OF MANUFACTURING 101 00:03:08,567 --> 00:03:09,033 JOBS. 102 00:03:09,033 --> 00:03:10,867 FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, STEM 103 00:03:10,867 --> 00:03:12,700 JOBS HAVE BEEN GROWING 104 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:14,400 NATIONALLY AT THREE TIMES THE 105 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,300 RATE OF NONSTEM OCCUPATIONS. 106 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:18,167 THE STATE WILL NEED TO FILL 107 00:03:18,167 --> 00:03:20,900 69,000 STEM-RELATED JOBS BY 108 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:21,467 2018. 109 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:24,867 ALTHOUGH THE WORK HERE IS 110 00:03:24,867 --> 00:03:27,667 PLENIF 111 00:03:27,667 --> 00:03:28,667 PLENTIFUL, IN LOUISIANA, THREE 112 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:29,900 STEM JOBS OPENING FOR EVERY 113 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:30,867 UNEMPLOYED WORKER. 114 00:03:30,867 --> 00:03:31,967 >> A SITUATION IN LOUISIANA 115 00:03:31,967 --> 00:03:33,933 WHERE I CONSIDER A BLESSING IN 116 00:03:33,933 --> 00:03:36,000 DISGUISE, IN THAT WE HAVE MORE 117 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,467 JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STEM 118 00:03:38,467 --> 00:03:39,867 FIELD THAN WE HAVE CITIZENS WHO 119 00:03:39,867 --> 00:03:41,467 ARE PREPARED FOR THOSE JOBS. 120 00:03:41,467 --> 00:03:43,067 AND OUR CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS 121 00:03:43,067 --> 00:03:45,867 TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THE 122 00:03:45,867 --> 00:03:47,067 SHORT AND LONG TERM DEMAND OF 123 00:03:47,067 --> 00:03:49,367 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. 124 00:03:49,367 --> 00:03:50,533 >> BRYAN MOORE DIRECTOR OF WORK 125 00:03:50,533 --> 00:03:52,133 FORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR 126 00:03:52,133 --> 00:03:53,967 LOUISIANA'S WORK FORCE 127 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:54,567 COMMISSION. 128 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:55,933 MOORE SAYS BRIDGING THE STEM 129 00:03:55,933 --> 00:03:57,033 SKILLS GAP INVOLVES WORKING 130 00:03:57,033 --> 00:03:59,167 WITH INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE 131 00:03:59,167 --> 00:04:01,467 CUSTOMIZED TRAINING IN THE 132 00:04:01,467 --> 00:04:02,967 SHORT TERM BUT WORKING WITH 133 00:04:02,967 --> 00:04:04,067 EDUCATORS IN THE LONG TERM. 134 00:04:04,067 --> 00:04:06,833 >> 90% OF THE STEM RELATED 135 00:04:06,833 --> 00:04:08,300 OCCUPATIONS IN OUR STATE 136 00:04:08,300 --> 00:04:11,367 REQUIRE ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR 137 00:04:11,367 --> 00:04:11,933 BETTER. 138 00:04:11,933 --> 00:04:16,033 VERY IMPORTANT TO WORK CLOSELY 139 00:04:16,033 --> 00:04:17,133 WITH THE UNIVERSITIES TO 140 00:04:17,133 --> 00:04:18,233 RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF 141 00:04:18,233 --> 00:04:18,933 BUSINESS. 142 00:04:18,933 --> 00:04:20,533 CREATE A CURRICULUM CONSISTENT 143 00:04:20,533 --> 00:04:22,867 WITH THE DEMAND IN BUSINESS AND 144 00:04:22,867 --> 00:04:23,300 INDUSTRY. 145 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:26,467 >> 9% OF BACHELOR'S DEGREES 146 00:04:26,467 --> 00:04:27,900 AWARDED IN LOUISIANA ARE IN THE 147 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:28,633 STEM FIELD. 148 00:04:28,633 --> 00:04:30,100 CLOSE TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 149 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:32,067 NOT ALL STEM CAREERS REQUIRE A 150 00:04:32,067 --> 00:04:32,900 FOUR-YEAR DEGREE. 151 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:35,200 IN FACT, A RECENT BROOKINGS 152 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,533 INSTITUTION REPORT FOUND THAT 153 00:04:36,533 --> 00:04:38,700 HALF OF ALL STEM JOBS REQUIRE 154 00:04:38,700 --> 00:04:40,033 NO BACHELOR'S DEGREE. 155 00:04:40,033 --> 00:04:41,933 THE STUDY RANKED BATON ROUGE 156 00:04:41,933 --> 00:04:43,700 FIRST NATIONALLY FOR THESE 157 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:44,833 TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES. 158 00:04:44,833 --> 00:04:47,000 WITH MANY OF THEM TIED TO THE 159 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,933 PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND 160 00:04:48,933 --> 00:04:50,167 CONSTRUCTION TRADES. 161 00:04:50,167 --> 00:04:51,333 >> WE GO BACK AND LOOK AND 162 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:53,000 WHERE WE PUT OUR DOLLARS OVER 163 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,433 THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IT IS 164 00:04:54,433 --> 00:04:56,800 VERY HEAVILY IN PROGRAMS 165 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,800 SUPPORTING MATH, SCIENCES, ALSO 166 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:00,367 ALLIED HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, 167 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:02,467 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES, 168 00:05:02,467 --> 00:05:03,867 PARTICULARLY THOSE AFFILIATED 169 00:05:03,867 --> 00:05:05,433 WITH THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY 170 00:05:05,433 --> 00:05:07,100 AS WELL AS THE CHEMICAL AND 171 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:09,400 PROCESSING INDUSTRIES. 172 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,800 >> DR. JOE MAY IS PRESIDENT OF 173 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,100 LOUISIANA'S TECHNICAL AND 174 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:13,100 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. 175 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:14,967 HE SAYS THE SYSTEM HAS ADDED 176 00:05:14,967 --> 00:05:17,633 OVER 200 NEW PROGRAMS THAT 177 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:19,633 FOCUS ON STEM SKILLS. 178 00:05:19,633 --> 00:05:21,233 LEGISLATION PASSED THIS YEAR 179 00:05:21,233 --> 00:05:24,333 WILL PROVIDE OVER $280 MILLION 180 00:05:24,333 --> 00:05:26,300 IN STATE AND INDUSTRY FUNDING 181 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:27,900 FOR 29 COMMUNITY COLLEGE 182 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:28,967 EXPANSION PROJECTS. 183 00:05:28,967 --> 00:05:30,867 NEARLY HALF WILL BE LOCATED IN 184 00:05:30,867 --> 00:05:32,267 RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE. 185 00:05:32,267 --> 00:05:33,900 >> AS YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM 186 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:35,367 LIST, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN 187 00:05:35,367 --> 00:05:39,467 THE TITLE A STEM FACILITY, 188 00:05:39,467 --> 00:05:40,967 BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY 189 00:05:40,967 --> 00:05:42,200 COLLEGE. 190 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,100 ALLIED HEALTH FACILITY, OTHER 191 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:45,767 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS AND 192 00:05:45,767 --> 00:05:47,033 GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS 193 00:05:47,033 --> 00:05:48,300 THAT ARE REALLY BUILT TO 194 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:49,733 SUPPORT THE TYPES OF CAREERS 195 00:05:49,733 --> 00:05:52,600 THAT WE SEE TODAY IN LOUISIANA. 196 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:53,733 >> KEN BRADFORD WITH 197 00:05:53,733 --> 00:05:54,600 LOUISIANA'S DEPARTMENT OF 198 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:56,300 EDUCATION SAYS THE AGENCY IS 199 00:05:56,300 --> 00:06:00,367 CONSIDERING CONSOLIDATING THE 200 00:06:00,367 --> 00:06:01,267 THREE 201 00:06:01,267 --> 00:06:06,933 THREE DIPLOMA CHOICES. 202 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:09,667 >> WHEN A STUDENT GRADUATES 203 00:06:09,667 --> 00:06:10,833 FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING 204 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:13,533 TO HAVE AN INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL 205 00:06:13,533 --> 00:06:15,233 IN THE STEM AREAS. 206 00:06:15,233 --> 00:06:18,467 SO THAT THEY CAN BE EMPLOYABLE 207 00:06:18,467 --> 00:06:19,133 UPON GRADUATION. 208 00:06:19,133 --> 00:06:21,433 >> LOUISIANA RECENTLY ADOPTED 209 00:06:21,433 --> 00:06:22,767 RIGOROUS COMMON CORE STANDARDS 210 00:06:22,767 --> 00:06:24,567 FOR MATHEMATICS BUT HASN'T 211 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:26,533 COMMITTED TO ADOPTING THE NEXT 212 00:06:26,533 --> 00:06:28,433 GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS. 213 00:06:28,433 --> 00:06:30,700 RESEARCH SHOWS THAT LOUISIANA 214 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:31,967 EDUCATORS STILL LAG BEHIND THE 215 00:06:31,967 --> 00:06:33,467 NATION IN KNOWLEDGE AND 216 00:06:33,467 --> 00:06:35,667 TRAINING IN THE STEM FIELDS. 217 00:06:35,667 --> 00:06:37,233 >> WE BELIEVE THAT TEACHERS ARE 218 00:06:37,233 --> 00:06:41,367 THE KEY TO SYSTEMIC AND 219 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:42,800 SUSTAINABLE CHANGE. 220 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,333 >> G.B. CAZES VICE PRESIDENT -- 221 00:06:46,333 --> 00:06:49,667 BUILT TO DIVERSIFY THE AREAS 222 00:06:49,667 --> 00:06:50,733 ECONOMIC BASE THROUGH THE WORLD 223 00:06:50,733 --> 00:06:52,767 OF COMPUTERS, PROFESSIONAL 224 00:06:52,767 --> 00:06:53,867 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO 225 00:06:53,867 --> 00:06:55,433 BETTER PREPARE EDUCATORS TO 226 00:06:55,433 --> 00:06:56,700 TRAIN TOMORROW'S WORK FORCE. 227 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:58,767 KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL 228 00:06:58,767 --> 00:07:00,267 INTEGRATED CYBER EDUCATION 229 00:07:00,267 --> 00:07:03,300 RESEARCH CENTER, OR NICERC, ITS 230 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:05,333 PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED TO 231 00:07:05,333 --> 00:07:06,200 TEACHERS STATEWIDE. 232 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,200 >> WE WORK WITH TEACHERS 233 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:09,833 PROVIDING MENTORING 234 00:07:09,833 --> 00:07:10,900 RELATIONSHIPS, PROVIDE THEM 235 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:11,733 MATERIALS AND RESOURCES AND 236 00:07:11,733 --> 00:07:13,200 CREATE A NETWORK OF TEACHERS ON 237 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,200 THE NEW FRONTIERS, IF YOU WILL 238 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,367 AND ON NEW WAYS TO LEARN. 239 00:07:18,367 --> 00:07:20,100 >> GUIDED BY THE STAFF AT 240 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:21,967 LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY, 241 00:07:21,967 --> 00:07:23,667 TEACHERS IN NICERC'S CYBER 242 00:07:23,667 --> 00:07:25,467 DISCOVERY PROGRAM LEARN HOW TO 243 00:07:25,467 --> 00:07:26,500 ENGAGE STUDENTS IN STEM 244 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:31,033 SUBJECTS BY USING ROBOTICS. 245 00:07:31,033 --> 00:07:34,400 >> ENGINEERING PART, THEY HAVE 246 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,367 TO BUILD, DESIGN IT. 247 00:07:36,367 --> 00:07:38,000 MATHEMATICS, YOU HAVE TO 248 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:38,800 UNDERSTAND DISTANCE. 249 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,500 IF I WANT IT TO GO THIS 250 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:41,767 DISTANCE, HOW DO I NEED TO CODE 251 00:07:41,767 --> 00:07:43,867 THAT TO MAKE IT GO THAT 252 00:07:43,867 --> 00:07:44,367 DISTANCE? 253 00:07:44,367 --> 00:07:46,600 AND THEN TECHNOLOGY, USING 254 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:47,900 COMPUTERS ALL OF THE TIME. 255 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:50,367 >> INDUSTRIES LIKE DOW CHEMICAL 256 00:07:50,367 --> 00:07:51,833 COMPANY, EXXON MOBILE ARE 257 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:53,467 PROVIDING CLASSROOM RESOURCES 258 00:07:53,467 --> 00:07:57,033 AND SPONSORING TEACHERS FOR 259 00:07:57,033 --> 00:07:58,867 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 260 00:07:58,867 --> 00:08:00,900 LAURA LEA CEPHALU TEACHES 261 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:04,167 SCIENCE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 262 00:08:04,167 --> 00:08:04,867 BATON ROUGE. 263 00:08:04,867 --> 00:08:10,033 SHE ATTENDED THE SALLY RIDE 264 00:08:10,033 --> 00:08:10,900 SCIENCE ACADEMY. 265 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:12,667 STEM FAMILY NIGHT TO PROMOTE 266 00:08:12,667 --> 00:08:13,867 CAREERS IN SCIENCE AND MATH. 267 00:08:13,867 --> 00:08:15,333 >> IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. 268 00:08:15,333 --> 00:08:17,200 A LOT OF WORK, BUT THE KIDS 269 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,267 LOVED IT AND IT SPARKED A BUNCH 270 00:08:19,267 --> 00:08:21,700 OF INTEREST THAT A TEXTBOOK 271 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:23,833 CANNOT DO. 272 00:08:23,833 --> 00:08:25,167 IT WAS GREAT. 273 00:08:25,167 --> 00:08:28,933 >> I THINK -- 274 00:08:28,933 --> 00:08:31,533 >> ALEXIS JOHNSON IS AN EIGHTH 275 00:08:31,533 --> 00:08:33,133 GRADER AT GLASGOW MIDDLE SCHOOL 276 00:08:33,133 --> 00:08:38,133 WHO PLANS ON BECOMING A NURSE. 277 00:08:38,133 --> 00:08:40,633 CEPHALU SAID HER INTEREST AND 278 00:08:40,633 --> 00:08:41,767 CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED SINCE 279 00:08:41,767 --> 00:08:42,433 STEM NIGHT. 280 00:08:42,433 --> 00:08:44,300 >> I STILL THINK IT IS HARD BUT 281 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:47,067 I CAN SEE MYSELF DOING IT 282 00:08:47,067 --> 00:08:48,600 BECAUSE I'M MORE INTO SCIENCE. 283 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,533 >> REGIONAL ROBOTICS 284 00:08:50,533 --> 00:08:52,667 COMPETITION AND PROGRAMS ARE 285 00:08:52,667 --> 00:08:53,933 OTHER WAYS THAT THE STATE IS 286 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:55,367 TRYING TO IGNITE STUDENTS 287 00:08:55,367 --> 00:08:58,333 PASSION IN STEM AND ITS OUT OF 288 00:08:58,333 --> 00:08:59,467 THIS WORLD CAREER 289 00:08:59,467 --> 00:08:59,867 OPPORTUNITIES. 290 00:08:59,867 --> 00:09:01,367 >> IT IS DEFINITELY A RUSH ON 291 00:09:01,367 --> 00:09:02,767 THE MOMENT OF LANDING TO SEE 292 00:09:02,767 --> 00:09:04,167 EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE WORKED 293 00:09:04,167 --> 00:09:06,200 SO HARD ON FOR THE LAST, YOU 294 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,333 KNOW, FROM SEVEN TO 10 YEARS 295 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:10,667 ALL EXECUTE SO FLAWLESSLY RIGHT 296 00:09:10,667 --> 00:09:12,367 DOWN TO THE SURFACE OF MARS. 297 00:09:12,367 --> 00:09:15,033 >> KEITH COMEAUX, A LOUISIANA 298 00:09:15,033 --> 00:09:16,233 NATIVE, LSU GRADUATE, AND THE 299 00:09:16,233 --> 00:09:20,767 FLIGHT DIRECTOR OF NASA'S 300 00:09:20,767 --> 00:09:21,733 "CURIOSITY" ROVER THAT LANDED 301 00:09:21,733 --> 00:09:22,267 ON MARS. 302 00:09:22,267 --> 00:09:23,300 NOT EVEN THE SKY IS THE LIMIT 303 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:24,767 IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. 304 00:09:24,767 --> 00:09:26,467 >> STUDENTS SHOULD GET 305 00:09:26,467 --> 00:09:27,367 ENERGIZED BY SCIENCE. 306 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:28,800 SCIENCE IS OUR FUTURE. 307 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,967 SCIENCE DRIVES A LOT OF THE 308 00:09:30,967 --> 00:09:32,500 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE 309 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,833 SEE AND ALSO DRIVES OUR 310 00:09:34,833 --> 00:09:35,333 CURIOSITY. 311 00:09:35,333 --> 00:09:37,633 I THINK HUMAN NATURE IS TO 312 00:09:37,633 --> 00:09:38,833 EXPLORE AND I THINK SCIENCE IS 313 00:09:38,833 --> 00:09:43,000 SOMEONE WAY WE CAN DO THAT. 314 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,233 >> TALK ABOUT ENTHUSIASM FOR 315 00:09:45,233 --> 00:09:45,767 SCIENCE. 316 00:09:45,767 --> 00:09:47,667 THAT LANDING WAS REALLY 317 00:09:47,667 --> 00:09:48,233 EXCITING. 318 00:09:48,233 --> 00:09:50,600 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 319 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,100 CADDO PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT 320 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:53,967 AND OTHERS FOR HELPING TO 321 00:09:53,967 --> 00:09:55,000 COORDINATE SEVERAL OF THOSE 322 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:55,600 INTERVIEWS. 323 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,600 BEFORE WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE 324 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:00,200 HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE 325 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,633 OUR PANEL THIS EVENING. 326 00:10:03,633 --> 00:10:05,467 KEN BRANFORD IS ASSISTANT 327 00:10:05,467 --> 00:10:06,267 SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE 328 00:10:06,267 --> 00:10:07,067 LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF 329 00:10:07,067 --> 00:10:07,933 EDUCATION'S OFFICE OF CONTENT. 330 00:10:07,933 --> 00:10:08,633 STACEY CHIASSON IS A FORMER 331 00:10:08,633 --> 00:10:09,967 HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS TEACHER 332 00:10:09,967 --> 00:10:10,900 WHO NOW LEADS THE PUBLIC 333 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:12,000 AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR THE 334 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:12,967 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY IN 335 00:10:12,967 --> 00:10:14,100 LOUISIANA. 336 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:15,400 DR. ISAIAH WARNER IS A BOYD 337 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:16,500 PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT 338 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:17,767 LSU. 339 00:10:17,767 --> 00:10:19,000 DUE IN LARGE PART TO HIS 340 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,333 RECRUITING EFFORTS, LSU 341 00:10:20,333 --> 00:10:21,633 RANKS FIRST NATIONALLY FOR 342 00:10:21,633 --> 00:10:23,067 PRODUCING AFRICAN-AMERICAN 343 00:10:23,067 --> 00:10:24,433 PH.D.'S IN CHEMISTRY. 344 00:10:24,433 --> 00:10:25,467 CATHI COX-BONIOL IS 345 00:10:25,467 --> 00:10:26,633 COORDINATOR OF THE ACHIEVE 346 00:10:26,633 --> 00:10:27,767 PROGRAM IN LINCOLN PARISH 347 00:10:27,767 --> 00:10:29,333 SCHOOLS. 348 00:10:29,333 --> 00:10:30,467 A SCIENCE TEACHER FOR 17 349 00:10:30,467 --> 00:10:31,667 YEARS, MRS. BONIOL HAS 350 00:10:31,667 --> 00:10:32,900 DIRECTED STEM INITIATIVES AT 351 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:34,167 THE UNIVERSITY AND HIGH 352 00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:35,800 SCHOOL LEVELS. 353 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,467 AND CURT EYSINK IS THE 354 00:10:37,467 --> 00:10:38,533 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 355 00:10:38,533 --> 00:10:39,667 LOUISIANA WORK FORCE 356 00:10:39,667 --> 00:10:40,800 COMMISSION. 357 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:41,867 A POSITION HE'S HELD SINCE 358 00:10:41,867 --> 00:10:43,933 2008. 359 00:10:43,933 --> 00:10:45,000 HIS AGENCY WORKS AS A 360 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,300 MATCH-MAKER FOR LOUISIANA'S 361 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:48,400 EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS. 362 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,067 I THINK YOU HAVE AN OPENING 363 00:10:50,067 --> 00:10:50,633 QUESTION. 364 00:10:50,633 --> 00:10:51,833 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 365 00:10:51,833 --> 00:10:54,433 THANK YOU TO OUR PANELISTS FOR 366 00:10:54,433 --> 00:10:58,067 BEING HERE TONIGHT AND OUR 367 00:10:58,067 --> 00:10:58,700 AUDIENCE. 368 00:10:58,700 --> 00:10:59,667 I KNOW EVERYBODY IS EXCITED AND 369 00:10:59,667 --> 00:11:00,467 READY TO GO. 370 00:11:00,467 --> 00:11:01,900 THIS IS FOR EACH OF YOU. 371 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:03,167 WE SAW IN THE PACKAGE THERE 372 00:11:03,167 --> 00:11:04,867 THAT THE DEMAND IS GREAT, JOBS 373 00:11:04,867 --> 00:11:06,500 OF PLENTIFUL WHEN IT COMES TO 374 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,100 CAREERS IN THE STEM AREAS RIGHT 375 00:11:08,100 --> 00:11:09,233 HERE IN LOUISIANA. 376 00:11:09,233 --> 00:11:10,800 BUT IS THE STATE REALLY DOING 377 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,433 AN ADEQUATE JOB OF PREPARING 378 00:11:13,433 --> 00:11:14,533 STUDEN 379 00:11:14,533 --> 00:11:15,400 STUDENTS, MANY OF THE STUDENTS 380 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:16,200 HERE TONIGHT AND OTHERS AND 381 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,100 THOSE IN THE WORK FORCE TO 382 00:11:18,100 --> 00:11:21,067 REALLY MEET THAT DEMAND? 383 00:11:21,067 --> 00:11:23,600 WE WILL START WITH YOU, CURT. 384 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:24,667 >> GREAT QUESTION TO START 385 00:11:24,667 --> 00:11:25,100 WITH. 386 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:26,433 I THINK THAT GETS TO THE HEART 387 00:11:26,433 --> 00:11:28,133 OF THE ISSUE RIGHT OFF THE BAT. 388 00:11:28,133 --> 00:11:30,867 THE KEY THING, THESE JOBS ARE 389 00:11:30,867 --> 00:11:31,400 EVOLVING. 390 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,667 OUR SYSTEM THAT IS DEVELOPING 391 00:11:32,667 --> 00:11:34,667 PEOPLE FOR THESE JOBS HAS TO 392 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:35,400 EVOLVE, TOO. 393 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,633 A NUMBER OF THINGS WE ARE 394 00:11:36,633 --> 00:11:37,100 DOING. 395 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:41,667 A REALLY RAMPED UP VERSION OF 396 00:11:41,667 --> 00:11:44,233 OCCUPATIONAL -- LOOKS 397 00:11:44,233 --> 00:11:46,300 SHORT-TERM THROUGH 2014, 398 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:47,867 LONG-TERM THROUGH 2020, AND A 399 00:11:47,867 --> 00:11:49,133 SPECIAL STUDY ON THE 400 00:11:49,133 --> 00:11:50,233 CONSTRUCTION JOBS MENTIONED IN 401 00:11:50,233 --> 00:11:50,967 THAT SEGMENT. 402 00:11:50,967 --> 00:11:53,933 WE HAVE A BOOMING INDUSTRIAL 403 00:11:53,933 --> 00:11:55,167 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THAT IS 404 00:11:55,167 --> 00:11:56,433 GOING TO BE TAKING OFF VERY 405 00:11:56,433 --> 00:11:59,233 SOON AND IT IS GOING TO LAST 406 00:11:59,233 --> 00:12:00,433 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 407 00:12:00,433 --> 00:12:01,967 ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THE DEMAND 408 00:12:01,967 --> 00:12:03,567 IS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE 409 00:12:03,567 --> 00:12:05,500 EDUCATION TRAINING INSTITUTION, 410 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:06,933 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND 411 00:12:06,933 --> 00:12:08,367 PARTICULARLY THE COMMUNITY OF 412 00:12:08,367 --> 00:12:10,033 TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM, BUT 413 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:11,233 MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH BUSINESS 414 00:12:11,233 --> 00:12:13,200 AND INDUSTRY TO UNDERSTAND 415 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,167 EXACTLY WHAT THE OCCUPATIONS 416 00:12:15,167 --> 00:12:17,333 ARE, THE SKILLSETS REQUIRED FOR 417 00:12:17,333 --> 00:12:18,633 THE OCCUPATIONS AND BUILDING 418 00:12:18,633 --> 00:12:20,100 THAT INTO THE FRAMEWORK 419 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:21,833 AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE REALLY 420 00:12:21,833 --> 00:12:22,567 STARTING JULY. 421 00:12:22,567 --> 00:12:24,600 FIRST WEEK IN JULY. 422 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,067 FIRST CLASS FROM THIS SPECIAL 423 00:12:26,067 --> 00:12:29,533 INITIATIVE WILL RAMP UP. 424 00:12:29,533 --> 00:12:30,567 INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION JOBS 425 00:12:30,567 --> 00:12:31,967 AND THAT IS A MODEL THAT WE PUT 426 00:12:31,967 --> 00:12:33,800 TOGETHER IN THE LAST 2 1/2 427 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,000 MONTHS, EVERYBODY WORKING 428 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,467 TOGETHER TO RESPOND VERY 429 00:12:37,467 --> 00:12:38,600 QUICKLY TO THIS FIELD. 430 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:43,067 >> I AM VERY ENCOURAGED WHAT 431 00:12:43,067 --> 00:12:44,200 I'M SEEING IN LOUISIANA. 432 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,200 A NETWORK OF SCIENCE LEADERS 433 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:47,433 THROUGHOUT THE STATE WORKING 434 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:49,100 DILIGENTLY TO CREATE A NETWORK 435 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:51,567 OF RESOURCES, INFORMAL AND 436 00:12:51,567 --> 00:12:52,833 FORMAL THAT CAN SUPPORT THE 437 00:12:52,833 --> 00:12:54,167 EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND BRING A 438 00:12:54,167 --> 00:12:56,467 REAL AUTHENTICITY TO THE 439 00:12:56,467 --> 00:12:57,633 CLASSROOM, BEYOND JUST LEARNING 440 00:12:57,633 --> 00:12:59,700 THE CONTENT AND DEALING WITH 441 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:02,100 STANDARDS MANDATED BY THE 442 00:13:02,100 --> 00:13:03,567 DEPARTMENT, WE ARE BRINGING IN 443 00:13:03,567 --> 00:13:05,800 THE -- BRINGING IT TO THE 444 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,867 FOREFRONT, GETTING KIDS 445 00:13:06,867 --> 00:13:07,400 EXCITED. 446 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:08,733 THAT IS WHAT IT IS GOING TO 447 00:13:08,733 --> 00:13:09,267 TAKE. 448 00:13:09,267 --> 00:13:10,633 WE NEED TO TURN THEM ON TO IT 449 00:13:10,633 --> 00:13:11,100 EARLY. 450 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:12,033 THEY BECOME EMPOWERED AND 451 00:13:12,033 --> 00:13:13,300 BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY CAN DO AND 452 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:15,100 SEE THE WINDOWS OPEN TO THEIR 453 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:15,667 FUTURE. 454 00:13:15,667 --> 00:13:17,267 IT IS ALL ABOUT A MINDSET AND 455 00:13:17,267 --> 00:13:18,733 GETTING THE RESOURCES IN THERE 456 00:13:18,733 --> 00:13:22,267 TO EMPOWER THE TEACHERS TO DO 457 00:13:22,267 --> 00:13:22,600 THAT. 458 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:23,567 >> DR. WARNER. 459 00:13:23,567 --> 00:13:27,067 >> I HATE TO BE THE NAY SAYER 460 00:13:27,067 --> 00:13:29,567 HERE, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU 461 00:13:29,567 --> 00:13:31,633 HAVE THREE STEM JOB TO EVERY 462 00:13:31,633 --> 00:13:32,867 UNEMPLOYED PERSON SUGGESTS THAT 463 00:13:32,867 --> 00:13:34,267 WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE SHOULD 464 00:13:34,267 --> 00:13:34,800 BE DOING. 465 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,533 I THINK WE CAN DO A MUCH BETTER 466 00:13:36,533 --> 00:13:38,167 JOB PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR 467 00:13:38,167 --> 00:13:40,333 THE STEM FIELD. 468 00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:43,133 I THINK THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, 469 00:13:43,133 --> 00:13:52,067 QUITE OFTEN, EVEN COUNSELLORS 470 00:13:52,067 --> 00:13:53,700 WILL TRANSFORM THEIR OWN FEARS 471 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:54,967 TO STUDENTS. 472 00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:56,700 WE NEED TO TELL STUDENTS MORE 473 00:13:56,700 --> 00:13:58,533 OFTEN YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT 474 00:13:58,533 --> 00:13:59,500 TOUGH STUFF BECAUSE THAT IS 475 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:00,333 WHERE THE JOBS. 476 00:14:00,333 --> 00:14:02,200 I THINK WE'RE NOT DOING AS 477 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,367 NEARLY A GOOD AS JOB AS WE 478 00:14:03,367 --> 00:14:04,933 SHOULD BE DOING IN THAT AREA. 479 00:14:04,933 --> 00:14:06,967 >> DOW IS FORTUNATE, WE HAVE 480 00:14:06,967 --> 00:14:10,267 SIX SITES ACROSS THE STATE. 481 00:14:10,267 --> 00:14:12,567 AND SO, WE DO GET TO PARTNER 482 00:14:12,567 --> 00:14:14,367 WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS 483 00:14:14,367 --> 00:14:15,600 AROUND THE STATE. 484 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,433 AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THERE 485 00:14:17,433 --> 00:14:20,767 ARE POCKETS OF EXCELLENCE. 486 00:14:20,767 --> 00:14:23,600 THERE ARE GREAT THINGS GOING ON 487 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:24,567 AT LSU AND TECH. 488 00:14:24,567 --> 00:14:25,867 AND THERE ARE GREAT THINGS 489 00:14:25,867 --> 00:14:29,367 GOING ON RIGHT HERE AT THE MATH 490 00:14:29,367 --> 00:14:34,833 AND SCIENCE ACADEMY IN 491 00:14:34,833 --> 00:14:36,200 IBERVILLE PARISH. 492 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,200 WHAT WE ARE SEEING WHEN WE 493 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,233 CAN'T FILL A JOB IN THE STEM 494 00:14:40,233 --> 00:14:41,533 FIELD, THERE ARE NOT A YOUNG 495 00:14:41,533 --> 00:14:44,367 PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THESE 496 00:14:44,367 --> 00:14:46,200 DEGREE PROGRAMS. 497 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,933 THE KEY IS TO GET MORE YOUNG 498 00:14:48,933 --> 00:14:50,467 PEOPLE EXCITED AND UNDERSTAND 499 00:14:50,467 --> 00:14:51,567 THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL 500 00:14:51,567 --> 00:14:54,733 EXIST FOR THEM RIGHT HERE AT 501 00:14:54,733 --> 00:14:55,400 HO 502 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:55,700 HOME. 503 00:14:55,700 --> 00:14:56,633 THE DATA SHOWS HOW WELL THE 504 00:14:56,633 --> 00:14:58,033 JOBS PAY AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO 505 00:14:58,033 --> 00:14:59,500 BE FOR A YOUNG PERSON JUST FOR 506 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:01,433 THE FOUR-YEAR DEGREE. 507 00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:03,933 WE HIRE 6,000 PEOPLE IN THIS 508 00:15:03,933 --> 00:15:05,600 STATE, AND WE HIRE A LOT OF 509 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,533 ENGINEERS, BUT TO BE HONEST 510 00:15:07,533 --> 00:15:10,233 WITH YOU, THE BACKBONE OF OUR 511 00:15:10,233 --> 00:15:13,033 FACILITY, TWO-YEAR DEGREE STEM 512 00:15:13,033 --> 00:15:13,567 PROFESSIONALS. 513 00:15:13,567 --> 00:15:14,633 >> AS WE SPEAK, SUPERINTENDENT 514 00:15:14,633 --> 00:15:16,533 WHITE IS OUT ON A TWO-WEEK TOUR 515 00:15:16,533 --> 00:15:18,600 AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE 516 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,867 TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT -- 517 00:15:19,867 --> 00:15:21,667 THE THREE DIPLOMAS THAT A 518 00:15:21,667 --> 00:15:22,867 STUDENT IN LOUISIANA CAN GET 519 00:15:22,867 --> 00:15:23,533 RIGHT NOW. 520 00:15:23,533 --> 00:15:25,233 THERE IS CURRENTLY A CAREER 521 00:15:25,233 --> 00:15:28,567 DIPLOMA, THERE IS A BASIC 522 00:15:28,567 --> 00:15:32,700 DIPLOMA, AND A CORE FOR COLLEGE 523 00:15:32,700 --> 00:15:33,833 TRACK DIPLOMA. 524 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,600 IN THE ORIGINAL SEGMENT WE SAW, 525 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,667 ALLUDED TO LOUISIANA, THERE IS 526 00:15:37,667 --> 00:15:39,167 THIS DEMAND RIGHT NOW, RANKED 527 00:15:39,167 --> 00:15:40,500 FIRST IN THE NATION IN 528 00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:41,967 METROPOLITAN AREAS IN BATON 529 00:15:41,967 --> 00:15:43,200 ROUGE, AND NEW ORLEANS RANKED 530 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:44,433 NUMBER THREE FOR STEM JOBS THAT 531 00:15:44,433 --> 00:15:46,800 DO NOT REQUIRE A BACHELOR'S 532 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:47,233 DEGREE. 533 00:15:47,233 --> 00:15:49,533 AND SO WITH THESE THREE DIPLOMA 534 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:52,300 PATHWAYS RIGHT NOW, WITH 32,000 535 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:54,300 STUDENTS, 32,000 PLUS STUDENTS 536 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:55,500 THAT GRADUATE EACH YEAR IN 537 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:58,133 LOUISIANA, THERE WAS 170 THAT 538 00:15:58,133 --> 00:15:59,767 EARNED A CAREER DIPLOMA THIS 539 00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:00,300 YEAR. 540 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:02,133 WITH A CAREER DIPLOMA, WE'RE 541 00:16:02,133 --> 00:16:03,300 GOING AROUND THE STATE. 542 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:04,500 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO STRENGTHEN 543 00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:05,700 THAT OPTION SO THAT A STUDENT 544 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:09,067 WHO IS ON A CAREER DIPLOMA PATH 545 00:16:09,067 --> 00:16:10,833 WHERE THEY TAKE TWO YEARS OF 546 00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:12,333 RIGOROUS ACADEMIC COURSE WORK 547 00:16:12,333 --> 00:16:13,833 AND THEN THE LAST TWO YEARS 548 00:16:13,833 --> 00:16:14,933 THEY WILL START TO WORK TOWARDS 549 00:16:14,933 --> 00:16:17,067 AN INDUSTRY-BASED CREDENTIAL TO 550 00:16:17,067 --> 00:16:18,300 HELP MEET THIS NEED. 551 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:21,333 IT WILL BE AN INDUSTRY-BASED 552 00:16:21,333 --> 00:16:23,267 CREDENTIAL ALIGNED TO HIGH 553 00:16:23,267 --> 00:16:23,933 DEMAND JOBS. 554 00:16:23,933 --> 00:16:25,667 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CURT 555 00:16:25,667 --> 00:16:27,333 AND THE WORK FORCE INVESTMENT 556 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:28,433 COUNCIL AND COMMISSION AND WE 557 00:16:28,433 --> 00:16:29,567 ARE GOING AROUND THE STATE AND 558 00:16:29,567 --> 00:16:30,633 SEEKING INPUT ON THAT NOW. 559 00:16:30,633 --> 00:16:32,667 AND SO, THERE IS ALSO GOING TO 560 00:16:32,667 --> 00:16:33,900 BE ACCOUNTABILITY ASSOCIATED 561 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:36,067 WITH THAT, JUST LIKE WE REWARD 562 00:16:36,067 --> 00:16:37,367 STUDENTS IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT 563 00:16:37,367 --> 00:16:40,733 NOW, IN SCHOOLS FOR STUDENTS 564 00:16:40,733 --> 00:16:44,133 THAT TAKE RIGOROUS COURSE WORK, 565 00:16:44,133 --> 00:16:45,533 REWARDS IN THE SYSTEM FOR 566 00:16:45,533 --> 00:16:46,967 STUDENTS WHO COME OUT OF HIGH 567 00:16:46,967 --> 00:16:49,333 SCHOOL WHO GRADUATE WITH AN 568 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:50,367 INDUSTRY-BASED CREDENTIAL. 569 00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:55,100 >> KATHY BRAND, DIRECTOR OF THE 570 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:56,233 STARBASE LOUISIANA PROGRAM. 571 00:16:56,233 --> 00:16:57,833 MY QUESTION IS THE DEPARTMENT 572 00:16:57,833 --> 00:17:00,900 OF DEFENSE PROGRAM IN LOUISIANA 573 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:03,267 PROVIDES 25 CONCENTRATED HOURS 574 00:17:03,267 --> 00:17:05,000 OF STEM CONTENT AND APPLICATION 575 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,600 TO OVER 4,000 STUDENTS A YEAR. 576 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,200 THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION 577 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,100 PLANS AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD 578 00:17:11,100 --> 00:17:12,600 ELIMINATION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED 579 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,367 STEM PROGRAMS, EVEN THOSE WITH 580 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,033 A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF 581 00:17:16,033 --> 00:17:17,667 SUCCESS IN AN EFFORT TO 582 00:17:17,667 --> 00:17:20,633 REORGANIZE AND STREAMLINE 583 00:17:20,633 --> 00:17:21,200 RESOURCES. 584 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:25,167 IF STARBASE FUNDING IS NOT -- 585 00:17:25,167 --> 00:17:28,200 THIS RESOURCE WILL BE CLOSED. 586 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,667 -- AVAILABLE IN EDUCATION, 587 00:17:29,667 --> 00:17:31,000 BUSINESS, OR INDUSTRY THAT 588 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,833 COULD SUSTAIN A SUCCESSFUL 589 00:17:32,833 --> 00:17:34,233 PROGRAM LIKE STARBASE IF 590 00:17:34,233 --> 00:17:35,767 FEDERAL FUNDING IS LOST? 591 00:17:35,767 --> 00:17:38,133 >> THAT IS A TOUGH ONE. 592 00:17:38,133 --> 00:17:40,000 WHO WOULD LIKE TO -- WHO WOULD 593 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,000 LIKE TO TRY THAT? 594 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,767 >> I WILL TAKE THAT. 595 00:17:42,767 --> 00:17:45,567 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW 596 00:17:45,567 --> 00:17:47,733 DIVERSIFIED THE FUNDING IS. 597 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:48,867 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE 598 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:51,200 COMPLETELY FUNDED BY FEDERAL 599 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:51,733 FUNDS. 600 00:17:51,733 --> 00:17:53,000 IS THAT CORRECT THAT YOU ARE 601 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,700 COMPLETELY FUNDED BY FEDERAL 602 00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:55,200 FUNDS. 603 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,633 I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY 604 00:17:57,633 --> 00:17:58,933 IMPORTANT AND DOW'S PHILOSOPHY 605 00:17:58,933 --> 00:18:01,267 TO HAVE A PUBLIC/PRIVATE 606 00:18:01,267 --> 00:18:03,100 FUNDING MECHANISM TO SUSTAIN 607 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:03,833 THESE THINGS. 608 00:18:03,833 --> 00:18:06,233 WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN 609 00:18:06,233 --> 00:18:08,300 THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE 610 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:08,833 TRAINING. 611 00:18:08,833 --> 00:18:12,000 SO, WE WANT TO INVEST IN THAT 612 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,433 FINANCIALLY AND WITH HUMAN 613 00:18:13,433 --> 00:18:16,200 RESOURCES AND VOLUNTEERS. 614 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,733 OUR STATE HAS TO, YOU KNOW, 615 00:18:17,733 --> 00:18:18,767 ENGAGE IN THAT. 616 00:18:18,767 --> 00:18:20,333 I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF 617 00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:22,667 THAT PUBLIC/PRIVATE FUNDING 618 00:18:22,667 --> 00:18:25,200 MECHANISM IS THE NEW TECHNICAL 619 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:30,500 COLLEGE RIGHT HERE IN IBERVILLE 620 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:31,000 PARISH. 621 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,100 STATE DEDICATED A LITTLE OVER 622 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:33,667 $3 MILLION TO GET THE PROJECT 623 00:18:33,667 --> 00:18:34,167 DONE. 624 00:18:34,167 --> 00:18:37,567 IT WAS GOING TO BE A $4 625 00:18:37,567 --> 00:18:38,067 MILLION. 626 00:18:38,067 --> 00:18:45,600 DOW CONTRIBUTED THE ADDITIONAL 627 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,733 $1 MILLION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 628 00:18:47,733 --> 00:18:49,933 I THINK AS A PARTNERSHIP, WE 629 00:18:49,933 --> 00:18:51,267 CAN SUSTAIN THAT'S THINGS THAT 630 00:18:51,267 --> 00:18:55,467 HAVE GREAT TRACK RECORDS. 631 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,500 >> ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO CHIME 632 00:18:57,500 --> 00:18:57,933 IN? 633 00:18:57,933 --> 00:18:58,967 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE OF 634 00:18:58,967 --> 00:19:00,400 THE THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT 635 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,400 IS DOING IN THE AREA OF FUNDING 636 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,667 IS THAT IT USED TO BE THAT 637 00:19:04,667 --> 00:19:06,300 SCHOOL SYSTEMS WOULD HAVE TO 638 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:08,667 APPLY FOR THEIR FUNDING AND 639 00:19:08,667 --> 00:19:10,067 THEY WOULD HAVE 25 DIFFERENT 640 00:19:10,067 --> 00:19:11,933 POTS OF FUNDS THEY WOULD HAVE 641 00:19:11,933 --> 00:19:14,500 TO APPLY IN THEORY, ALMOST 25 642 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:15,400 DIFFERENT TIMES. 643 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,300 WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WORKED TO 644 00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:18,633 CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THAT FUNDING 645 00:19:18,633 --> 00:19:21,167 INTO ONE UNIFIED APPLICATION. 646 00:19:21,167 --> 00:19:23,133 AND WE WORKED TO PROVIDE 647 00:19:23,133 --> 00:19:25,000 FLEXIBILITY WITH THE DISTRICTS 648 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,867 AND SO IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, 649 00:19:26,867 --> 00:19:28,033 WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL 650 00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:30,067 SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD 651 00:19:30,067 --> 00:19:31,867 PARTNER WITH THEM AND SEE IF 652 00:19:31,867 --> 00:19:33,100 THERE IS AN IDENTIFIABLE 653 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:34,167 FUNDING SOURCE, BECAUSE IT 654 00:19:34,167 --> 00:19:35,867 SOUNDS LIKE WHAT IS OCCURRING 655 00:19:35,867 --> 00:19:38,200 IS VERY POSITIVE AND I'M SURE 656 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,633 THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD 657 00:19:41,633 --> 00:19:44,033 BE AMBITIOUS IN WANTING TO 658 00:19:44,033 --> 00:19:45,100 PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE 659 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:45,400 THIS. 660 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,500 >> IN OUR COMMUNITY AND 661 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:48,200 TECHNICAL COLLEGES, SUPPLYING 662 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,367 PEOPLE FOR THE GREATEST GAP IN 663 00:19:50,367 --> 00:19:53,967 OUR WORK FORCE, DEVELOPING 664 00:19:53,967 --> 00:19:56,267 TREMENDOUS PUBLIC PRIVATE 665 00:19:56,267 --> 00:19:57,867 PARTNERSHIPS AND IN SOME DEGREE 666 00:19:57,867 --> 00:19:59,200 WITH HIGH SCHOOLS AND 667 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,700 UNIVERSITIES TO BRIDGE THIS 668 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:01,167 GAP. 669 00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:04,400 IF YOU LOOK AT DELGADO FOR 670 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,133 INSTANCE, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 671 00:20:07,133 --> 00:20:09,267 OF PRIVATE DOLLARS COMING INTO 672 00:20:09,267 --> 00:20:11,433 THAT UNIVERSITY, EITHER AS 673 00:20:11,433 --> 00:20:13,200 MATCHES, IN OTHER WAYS. 674 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,033 CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE DOING 675 00:20:16,033 --> 00:20:17,767 THAT SAME THING. 676 00:20:17,767 --> 00:20:19,567 THE KEY IS WORKING WITH THE 677 00:20:19,567 --> 00:20:21,333 PEOPLE WHO ARE ULTIMATELY GOING 678 00:20:21,333 --> 00:20:24,767 TO HIRE THOSE STUDENTS AND 679 00:20:24,767 --> 00:20:27,600 SHOWING VALUE AND -- FROM AN 680 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,500 EMPLOYER PERSPECTIVE, IF A 681 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,767 PROGRAM IS PROVIDING VALUE, 682 00:20:31,767 --> 00:20:32,967 PRODUCING PEOPLE THAT CAN MEET 683 00:20:32,967 --> 00:20:35,067 THE DEMANDS BY SKILL, THERE IS 684 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:37,000 GOING TO BE A VESTED INTEREST 685 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,633 IN EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING IN 686 00:20:38,633 --> 00:20:39,700 THAT PARTNERSHIP. 687 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:40,967 WE ARE SEEING A GROWING NUMBER 688 00:20:40,967 --> 00:20:42,867 OF SUCCESS STORIES JUST LIKE 689 00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:44,000 THAT ACROSS THE STATE. 690 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,267 I THINK HIGH SCHOOLS 691 00:20:45,267 --> 00:20:46,867 PARTICIPATING IN THAT, TOO. 692 00:20:46,867 --> 00:20:47,633 >> THANK YOU. 693 00:20:47,633 --> 00:20:48,567 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 694 00:20:48,567 --> 00:20:50,367 OVER TO YOU, SHAUNA. 695 00:20:50,367 --> 00:20:51,200 >> THANK YOU. 696 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,633 YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT 697 00:20:52,633 --> 00:20:54,367 THERE ARE POCKETS OF SUCCESS 698 00:20:54,367 --> 00:20:55,100 OUT THERE. 699 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:57,167 AND LOUISIANA TECH IS CERTAINLY 700 00:20:57,167 --> 00:20:58,300 HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS AND WE 701 00:20:58,300 --> 00:20:59,633 HAD SOMEONE HERE FROM THE 702 00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:00,167 SCHOOL. 703 00:21:00,167 --> 00:21:01,200 GIVE US YOUR NAME AND TELL US 704 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,267 WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE. 705 00:21:03,267 --> 00:21:05,700 >> I'M THE STUDENT SUCCESS 706 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:07,567 SPECIALIST FOR THE COLLEGE OF 707 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:08,800 ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE AT 708 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,200 LOUISIANA TECH. 709 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,667 AT LOUISIANA TECH WE INVOLVE 710 00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:13,833 OUR FRESHMEN IN HAND ON 711 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:14,367 PROJECTS. 712 00:21:14,367 --> 00:21:15,433 THEY BUILD THEIR OWN LAB THAT 713 00:21:15,433 --> 00:21:16,633 IS PORTABLE AND THEY'RE 714 00:21:16,633 --> 00:21:17,800 RESPONSIBLE TO BRING TO EACH 715 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:18,133 CLASS. 716 00:21:18,133 --> 00:21:20,300 WE SEE THIS AS A MAJOR ROLE IN 717 00:21:20,300 --> 00:21:21,867 OUR RETENTION AND RECRUITING. 718 00:21:21,867 --> 00:21:24,033 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STACY OR 719 00:21:24,033 --> 00:21:25,833 CATHI TO VOICE THEIR OPINION 720 00:21:25,833 --> 00:21:28,233 ABOUT OUR APPROACH. 721 00:21:28,233 --> 00:21:32,367 >> LOUISIANA TECH A VITAL 722 00:21:32,367 --> 00:21:34,133 PARTNER TO PARISH SCHOOLS -- IT 723 00:21:34,133 --> 00:21:36,167 HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WATCH THE 724 00:21:36,167 --> 00:21:38,533 GAME CHANGER THAT HAS BEEN THE 725 00:21:38,533 --> 00:21:40,467 RESULT OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND 726 00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:43,267 I'M -- I WILL SPECIFICALLY CITE 727 00:21:43,267 --> 00:21:45,400 THE NASA THREAD GRANT THAT WE 728 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,133 GOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 729 00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:50,367 LOUISIANA TECH. 730 00:21:50,367 --> 00:21:51,967 BROUGHT THAT FRESHMAN CLASS -- 731 00:21:51,967 --> 00:21:54,067 WHERE OUR STUDENTS WERE 732 00:21:54,067 --> 00:21:57,467 SUDDENLY TAKING COLLEGE 733 00:21:57,467 --> 00:21:59,833 LEVEL -- THEIR MINDSET CHANGED 734 00:21:59,833 --> 00:22:01,000 ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO 735 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,333 AND OPENED UP AN ENTIRE WORLD 736 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:04,033 TO THEM. 737 00:22:04,033 --> 00:22:05,867 THIS PAST YEAR, THE ECHO CAR 738 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:07,400 TEAM THAT WENT TO NATIONALS 739 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,733 ALONG WITH LOUISIANA TECH AND 740 00:22:08,733 --> 00:22:10,367 ENDED UP DOING INCREDIBLE 741 00:22:10,367 --> 00:22:12,467 THINGS THAT NO ONE ANTICIPATED. 742 00:22:12,467 --> 00:22:13,600 AND THOSE KIDS ARE GOING RIGHT 743 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:14,833 INTO ENGINEERING. 744 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:15,900 THEY SEE THEMSELVES 745 00:22:15,900 --> 00:22:16,433 DIFFERENTLY. 746 00:22:16,433 --> 00:22:17,333 THAT TO ME IS WHAT THE 747 00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:18,933 DIFFERENCE IS WITH THE PROGRAM 748 00:22:18,933 --> 00:22:20,633 LIKE LOUISIANA TECH BECAUSE IT 749 00:22:20,633 --> 00:22:22,067 HELPS CHANGE THE MINDSET. 750 00:22:22,067 --> 00:22:23,800 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 751 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,433 CHANGE THE MINDSET ACROSS THE 752 00:22:25,433 --> 00:22:26,600 BOARD IN LOUISIANA IF WE ARE 753 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:27,933 GOING TO ACHIEVE WHAT IT IS 754 00:22:27,933 --> 00:22:28,833 THAT WE NEED TO. 755 00:22:28,833 --> 00:22:30,600 NOT ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM BUT 756 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,933 IN THE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS 757 00:22:32,933 --> 00:22:34,200 THE GENERAL PUBLIC 758 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,300 UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGES THAT 759 00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:36,367 NEED TO TAKE PLACE. 760 00:22:36,367 --> 00:22:37,567 I SEE WHAT LOUISIANA TECH DOES 761 00:22:37,567 --> 00:22:39,633 AS A MODEL FOR OTHER PARTNERS 762 00:22:39,633 --> 00:22:42,100 TO FOLLOW. 763 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:45,800 AND I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH 764 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:46,733 ABOUT IT. 765 00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:50,033 >> I GOT TO MEET ALLY LAST 766 00:22:50,033 --> 00:22:50,567 SUMMER. 767 00:22:50,567 --> 00:22:51,333 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 768 00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:53,400 I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT 769 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,367 YOU ALL ARE DOING. 770 00:22:54,367 --> 00:22:56,200 WHAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST WAS 771 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,367 THE HAND-HOLDING THAT TECH DID 772 00:22:59,367 --> 00:23:02,767 WITH THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE 773 00:23:02,767 --> 00:23:04,333 STUDENTS. 774 00:23:04,333 --> 00:23:06,167 TO NOT ONLY ENGAGE THEM BUT 775 00:23:06,167 --> 00:23:07,467 KEEP THEM ENGAGED. 776 00:23:07,467 --> 00:23:09,333 YOU REALLY HAVE PUT YOUR MONEY 777 00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:10,333 WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS. 778 00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:11,967 THEY HAVE HIRED PEOPLE LIKE YOU 779 00:23:11,967 --> 00:23:12,800 TO DO THAT. 780 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,933 I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, EVEN AS 781 00:23:14,933 --> 00:23:16,800 AN OLD SCHOOLTEACHER, WHEN WE 782 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:18,667 WOULD GO TO PROFESSIONAL 783 00:23:18,667 --> 00:23:19,667 DEVELOPMENT, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, 784 00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:22,233 THE TEACHERS WOULD GO, RIGHT? 785 00:23:22,233 --> 00:23:24,300 YOU ARE TAKING THE TEACHER AND 786 00:23:24,300 --> 00:23:27,033 THE STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE DOING 787 00:23:27,033 --> 00:23:28,467 THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 788 00:23:28,467 --> 00:23:29,033 TOGETHER. 789 00:23:29,033 --> 00:23:30,033 THAT IS A GAME CHANGER. 790 00:23:30,033 --> 00:23:31,900 VERY IMPRESSIVE. 791 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:33,833 I HAVE SEEN THINGS ON LSU'S WEB 792 00:23:33,833 --> 00:23:35,067 SITE WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO 793 00:23:35,067 --> 00:23:35,533 DO THAT. 794 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:37,567 THIS IS GOING TO BRING IT HOME. 795 00:23:37,567 --> 00:23:39,133 AND THAT STUDENT IS GOING TO 796 00:23:39,133 --> 00:23:40,433 HOLD THAT TEACHER ACCOUNTABLE 797 00:23:40,433 --> 00:23:41,667 IF THEY DON'T BRING THAT BACK 798 00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:43,067 TO THE CLASSROOM AND THAT IS 799 00:23:43,067 --> 00:23:43,833 PRETTY COOL. 800 00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:45,100 >> NOT ONLY ARE THERE SOME 801 00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:46,667 THINGS GOING ON AT LSU, THERE 802 00:23:46,667 --> 00:23:49,800 ARE LOTS OF GREAT THINGS GOING 803 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,200 ON AT LSU. 804 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,900 WE MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE 805 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:56,800 PROGRESS IN CHEMISTRY, NUMBER 806 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:57,667 ONE GRADUATE OF 807 00:23:57,667 --> 00:23:59,367 AFRICAN-AMERICAN PH.D.'S IN 808 00:23:59,367 --> 00:23:59,900 CHEMISTRY. 809 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:01,367 BUT ALSO ONE OF THE TOP 810 00:24:01,367 --> 00:24:03,767 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN THE 811 00:24:03,767 --> 00:24:06,367 COUNTRY IN TERMS OF STEM. 812 00:24:06,367 --> 00:24:08,800 A STEM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 813 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,033 FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 814 00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:11,800 FOUNDATION AND A GROUP OF THOSE 815 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,000 STUDENTS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW WHO 816 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,267 CAN SPEAK TO THE PROGRAM. 817 00:24:14,267 --> 00:24:15,600 THESE STUDENTS ARE COMING INTO 818 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,400 OUR PROGRAM AND THEY'RE GOING 819 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:22,667 ON AND GETTING PH.D.'S AT MIT, 820 00:24:22,667 --> 00:24:25,467 MICHIGAN, GEORGIA TECH, THE TOP 821 00:24:25,467 --> 00:24:26,900 SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. 822 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:28,600 DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS. 823 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,233 THE POPULATION OF THAT GROUP IS 824 00:24:30,233 --> 00:24:32,067 ROUGHLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 825 00:24:32,067 --> 00:24:32,433 STATE. 826 00:24:32,433 --> 00:24:36,067 ABOUT 35% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 8% 827 00:24:36,067 --> 00:24:39,600 HISPANIC, 48, 50%, OR MAJORITY 828 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:40,733 STUDENTS AND WE HAVE A GROUP 829 00:24:40,733 --> 00:24:42,133 THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 830 00:24:42,133 --> 00:24:43,800 STATE THAT IS DOING AN 831 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:44,600 OUTSTANDING JOB. 832 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,833 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 833 00:24:46,833 --> 00:24:47,233 BETH. 834 00:24:47,233 --> 00:24:48,233 >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK 835 00:24:48,233 --> 00:24:51,400 ABOUT IN LOUISIANA WE HAVE 836 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,600 ACCESS TO TOPS MONEY TO ALLOW 837 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,800 MANY STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL. 838 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,233 WE HAVE STUDENTS HERE -- A 839 00:24:58,233 --> 00:24:58,867 QUESTIONER HERE. 840 00:24:58,867 --> 00:25:00,933 TELL US YOUR NAME AND QUESTION. 841 00:25:00,933 --> 00:25:04,833 >> HI, I'M THE COLLEGE ACCESS 842 00:25:04,833 --> 00:25:06,433 CHALLENGE GRANT DIRECTOR, 843 00:25:06,433 --> 00:25:07,900 LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STUDENT 844 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:08,800 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 845 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,567 ONE OF MY TASKS IS TO ASSURE WE 846 00:25:11,567 --> 00:25:14,067 ARE AFFORDING STUDENTS EQUITY 847 00:25:14,067 --> 00:25:16,167 OF -- COLLEGE AND CAREER 848 00:25:16,167 --> 00:25:16,733 INFORMATION. 849 00:25:16,733 --> 00:25:18,767 AS YOU MAY KNOW, COORDINATES 850 00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:20,533 THE LOUISIANA CONNECT PORTAL, 851 00:25:20,533 --> 00:25:22,833 WHICH IS THE STATE'S PREMIER 852 00:25:22,833 --> 00:25:24,233 PORTAL FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER 853 00:25:24,233 --> 00:25:30,067 INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS IN 854 00:25:30,067 --> 00:25:33,133 GRADES 8-12. 855 00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:34,333 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT 856 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:36,400 OF EDUCATION, THE -- THE 857 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,067 LOUISIANA WORK FORCE COMMISSION 858 00:25:38,067 --> 00:25:39,733 WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE STAR 859 00:25:39,733 --> 00:25:40,333 JOBS TOOL. 860 00:25:40,333 --> 00:25:41,800 MY QUESTION TO THE OTHER 861 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,300 MEMBERS OF THE PANEL IS HOW CAN 862 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:45,533 WE PARTNER WITH YOUR 863 00:25:45,533 --> 00:25:47,400 ORGANIZATION IN ORDER TO 864 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,533 PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 865 00:25:50,533 --> 00:25:55,067 STUDENTS IN LOUISIANA -- 866 00:25:55,067 --> 00:25:55,867 >> CATHI. 867 00:25:55,867 --> 00:25:57,633 >> I WILL BE GLAD TO START 868 00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:58,000 THAT. 869 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,367 I THINK YOU WILL FIND FERTILE 870 00:25:59,367 --> 00:26:00,467 GROUND FOR THE CONNECTION YOU 871 00:26:00,467 --> 00:26:03,233 ARE LOOKING FOR. 872 00:26:03,233 --> 00:26:04,700 MORE AND MORE OF OUR STUDENTS 873 00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:06,500 ARE LOOKING FOR THAT AUTHENTIC 874 00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:07,367 CONNECTION AS WELL. 875 00:26:07,367 --> 00:26:09,500 THE NEW TECH SCHOOL IN LINCOLN 876 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:10,767 PARISH, EVERY STUDENT WILL HAVE 877 00:26:10,767 --> 00:26:13,833 TO JOB SHADOW A MINIMUM OF TWO 878 00:26:13,833 --> 00:26:15,300 TIMES THEIR JUNIOR YEAR. 879 00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:16,800 INTERN THEIR SENIOR YEAR. 880 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:18,300 THEY NEED TO DO THEIR HOME WORK 881 00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:19,533 OF WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN 882 00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:20,467 PRIOR TO THAT. 883 00:26:20,467 --> 00:26:21,567 CAREER COACHES. 884 00:26:21,567 --> 00:26:22,467 CAREER CENTER. 885 00:26:22,467 --> 00:26:24,467 WE ARE LOOKING TO EQUIP THESE 886 00:26:24,467 --> 00:26:26,000 YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE THE BEST 887 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,633 INFORMED DECISION THAT THEY 888 00:26:28,633 --> 00:26:29,200 CAN. 889 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,700 YOUR TYPE OF OUTLET AND 890 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:32,000 INFORMATION BASE IS GOING TO BE 891 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,467 CRITICAL, AND IT IS GOING TO 892 00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:34,700 HELP BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR 893 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:36,133 YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE MAKING 894 00:26:36,133 --> 00:26:40,733 THESE DECISIONS BASED ON LITTLE 895 00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,033 ADULT SUPERVISION FROM HOME, IF 896 00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:42,567 YOU WILL. 897 00:26:42,567 --> 00:26:43,800 THEY MAY BE THE FIRST ONE IN 898 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,533 THEIR FAMILY THAT IS ACTUALLY 899 00:26:45,533 --> 00:26:47,600 GOING TO GO BEYOND THAT HIGH 900 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:48,367 SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 901 00:26:48,367 --> 00:26:50,067 AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED 902 00:26:50,067 --> 00:26:51,467 EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE TO 903 00:26:51,467 --> 00:26:52,467 CONNECT THEM WITH THE 904 00:26:52,467 --> 00:26:53,467 OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE. 905 00:26:53,467 --> 00:26:54,533 THESE KIDS ARE SEEING 906 00:26:54,533 --> 00:26:55,633 THEMSELVES AS ABLE TO. 907 00:26:55,633 --> 00:26:56,933 THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO. 908 00:26:56,933 --> 00:26:58,433 AND SO THAT IS HOW YOU ARE 909 00:26:58,433 --> 00:26:59,700 GOING TO CONNECT WITH THESE 910 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:02,133 HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGH THE CAREER 911 00:27:02,133 --> 00:27:05,267 CENTERS, CAREER COACHES AND 912 00:27:05,267 --> 00:27:09,467 GUIDANCE COUNCILLORS -- 913 00:27:09,467 --> 00:27:11,967 COUNSELLORS AND INNOVATIVE -- 914 00:27:11,967 --> 00:27:13,267 >> GO ONLINE AND SEE THE 915 00:27:13,267 --> 00:27:15,233 COURSES THEY WILL BE TAKING -- 916 00:27:15,233 --> 00:27:17,100 >> A GREAT BENEFIT, LOUISIANA 917 00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:18,400 CONNECT, ANY KIND OF SIMILAR 918 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:18,967 TOOL. 919 00:27:18,967 --> 00:27:21,400 THIS IS THE TOOL THAT PUTS 920 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:22,800 EMPLOYERS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT 921 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,667 OF SOLVING THEIR OWN WORK FORCE 922 00:27:25,667 --> 00:27:26,233 NEEDS. 923 00:27:26,233 --> 00:27:27,400 EMPLOYER LIKE DOW, SOMEBODY 924 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,233 ELSE, CAN GO THROUGH THAT TOOL 925 00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:31,767 AND START COMMUNICATING WITH 926 00:27:31,767 --> 00:27:36,433 STUDENTS AS EARLY AS THE EIGHTH 927 00:27:36,433 --> 00:27:38,633 GRADE WITH PERMISSION, BUT CAN 928 00:27:38,633 --> 00:27:40,133 START COMMUNICATING WITH THE 929 00:27:40,133 --> 00:27:41,500 STUDENTS, TELL THEM WE NEED A 930 00:27:41,500 --> 00:27:42,767 STUDENT WITH A PARTICULAR SET 931 00:27:42,767 --> 00:27:44,067 OF SKILLS TO DO A PARTICULAR 932 00:27:44,067 --> 00:27:45,467 JOB AND WE WILL PAY THIS MUCH 933 00:27:45,467 --> 00:27:46,400 FOR IT. 934 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,967 IF YOU TAKE THIS PARTICULAR 935 00:27:47,967 --> 00:27:49,533 PATHWAY, YOU ARE EXACTLY THE 936 00:27:49,533 --> 00:27:50,667 KIND OF KID WE ARE GOING TO 937 00:27:50,667 --> 00:27:51,500 WANT TO HIRE. 938 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:52,700 THAT IS VERY POWERFUL. 939 00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:57,200 >> I WEAR TWO HATS. 940 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,200 PROFESSOR, MY FAVORITE TITLE, 941 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,333 VICE CHANCELLOR OF STRATEGIC 942 00:28:02,333 --> 00:28:02,800 INITIATIVES. 943 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,067 IN THAT OFFICE WE HAVE DONE A 944 00:28:04,067 --> 00:28:05,633 LOT OF THINGS WORKING WITH THE 945 00:28:05,633 --> 00:28:06,967 LOCAL COMMUNITY. 946 00:28:06,967 --> 00:28:09,433 IN PARTICULAR, WITH 100 BLACK 947 00:28:09,433 --> 00:28:11,533 MEN, WE STARTED TO WORK WITH 948 00:28:11,533 --> 00:28:13,700 THAT GROUP AND WORKING WITH 949 00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:15,167 PARENTS, PARENTS IS WHERE IT 950 00:28:15,167 --> 00:28:15,900 ALL STARTS. 951 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:17,700 GETTING PARENTS TO RECOGNIZE 952 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:19,467 THAT ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE 953 00:28:19,467 --> 00:28:20,600 AVAILABLE FOR THEIR KIDS. 954 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:21,833 ONCE YOU GET THE PARENTS SOLD 955 00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:23,233 ON THIS, THEN THE KIDS WILL 956 00:28:23,233 --> 00:28:24,767 COME ALONG BECAUSE THE PARENTS 957 00:28:24,767 --> 00:28:26,433 ARE GOING TO FORCE THEM TO COME 958 00:28:26,433 --> 00:28:27,033 ALONG. 959 00:28:27,033 --> 00:28:28,333 WE HAVE A SECOND PROGRAM THAT 960 00:28:28,333 --> 00:28:31,067 WE ARE WORKING IN THE SUMMER 961 00:28:31,067 --> 00:28:32,700 THROUGH GEAR UP, WORKING WITH 962 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:34,367 THE STUDENTS, WORKING WITH 963 00:28:34,367 --> 00:28:36,667 THEIR ACT SCORES, WORKING TO 964 00:28:36,667 --> 00:28:39,033 SHOW THEM HOW TO CONNECT WITH 965 00:28:39,033 --> 00:28:40,167 LOUISIANA CONNECT AND DOING ALL 966 00:28:40,167 --> 00:28:42,367 OF THE THINGS THAT ARE 967 00:28:42,367 --> 00:28:43,667 NECESSARY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 968 00:28:43,667 --> 00:28:46,400 EFFORTS IN THE STEM FIELD. 969 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:47,667 >> BETH, I WOULD LIKE TO 970 00:28:47,667 --> 00:28:51,100 FURTHER ADD ONE OF THE OTHER 971 00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:54,467 FEATURES OF THE L.A. CONNECT 972 00:28:54,467 --> 00:28:55,033 PORTAL. 973 00:28:55,033 --> 00:28:57,333 BENEFICIAL TO PARENTS, 974 00:28:57,333 --> 00:28:58,533 STUDENTS, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, 975 00:28:58,533 --> 00:29:00,633 EVERY STUDENT STARTING IN THE 976 00:29:00,633 --> 00:29:03,000 EIGHTH GRADE TAKES THE EXPLORE 977 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:03,433 TEST. 978 00:29:03,433 --> 00:29:05,933 AND THAT GUIDES THEM ON WHICH 979 00:29:05,933 --> 00:29:06,933 DIRECTION THEY MIGHT WANT TO 980 00:29:06,933 --> 00:29:09,267 HEAD DOWN IN A CAREER PATH. 981 00:29:09,267 --> 00:29:10,267 THEY DO AN INDIVIDUAL 982 00:29:10,267 --> 00:29:11,433 GRADUATION PLAN IN THIS SYSTEM. 983 00:29:11,433 --> 00:29:13,333 THEY START TO MAP OUT THEIR 984 00:29:13,333 --> 00:29:14,600 PATHWAY FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS 985 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:15,633 THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN 986 00:29:15,633 --> 00:29:16,367 HIGH SCHOOL. 987 00:29:16,367 --> 00:29:17,933 THEY SIT DOWN, AND THEY WORK 988 00:29:17,933 --> 00:29:20,567 WITH THE COUNSELOR, THE PARENT, 989 00:29:20,567 --> 00:29:22,900 THE PRINCIPAL, AND SUBMIT THIS 990 00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:24,033 INDIVIDUAL GRADUATION PLAN UP 991 00:29:24,033 --> 00:29:24,600 INTO THE SYSTEM. 992 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,167 AND IT IS TRACKED. 993 00:29:26,167 --> 00:29:27,867 YOU KNOW, THE KID AS EARLY AS 994 00:29:27,867 --> 00:29:29,100 THE EIGHTH GRADE DECIDES I 995 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,633 WOULD LIKE TO BE AN AIRLINE 996 00:29:30,633 --> 00:29:31,100 PILOT. 997 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:32,633 WELL, THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP 998 00:29:32,633 --> 00:29:35,067 THEM MAP OUT THE COURSE 999 00:29:35,067 --> 00:29:36,733 SEQUENCES THAT THEY NEED. 1000 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:38,633 IT IS ALSO TELLING THEM IF YOU 1001 00:29:38,633 --> 00:29:40,467 WANT TO USE YOUR TOP 1002 00:29:40,467 --> 00:29:41,633 SCHOLARSHIP AND GO TO LOUISIANA 1003 00:29:41,633 --> 00:29:43,133 TECH, TELL YOU ALONG THE WAY, 1004 00:29:43,133 --> 00:29:45,767 HEY, LOOK, YOU ARE MISSING A 1005 00:29:45,767 --> 00:29:47,967 COURSE, A RED FLAG WILL GO UP. 1006 00:29:47,967 --> 00:29:48,833 >> THANK YOU. 1007 00:29:48,833 --> 00:29:50,767 >> RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE 1008 00:29:50,767 --> 00:29:52,267 TWO GREATEST RESOURCES 1009 00:29:52,267 --> 00:29:54,167 REMAINING UNTAPPED WHEN IT 1010 00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:56,400 COMES TO STEM CAREERS ARE 1011 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:57,467 MINORITIES AND WOMEN. 1012 00:29:57,467 --> 00:29:59,033 I HAVE HEARD YOU TALK SO MUCH 1013 00:29:59,033 --> 00:30:01,800 ABOUT THE NEED TO GET STUDENTS 1014 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,667 EXCITED ABOUT STEM CAREERS, 1015 00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:05,500 EXCITED ABOUT SCIENCE AND 1016 00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:06,500 ENGINEERING AND MATH. 1017 00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,233 AND WITH ME NOW IS DIANE, WHO 1018 00:30:08,233 --> 00:30:10,033 IS WITH THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN 1019 00:30:10,033 --> 00:30:11,700 ENGINEERS, AND YOU ARE VERY 1020 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:13,100 PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. 1021 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:15,500 >> YES, I AM. 1022 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:18,967 I AM A NATIVE LOUISIANAN AND A 1023 00:30:18,967 --> 00:30:21,000 CHEMICAL ENGINEER. 1024 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,367 I BELIEVE -- I'M HERE TODAY 1025 00:30:22,367 --> 00:30:23,367 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT 1026 00:30:23,367 --> 00:30:24,667 ENGINEERING IS AN AMAZING 1027 00:30:24,667 --> 00:30:25,900 CAREER FOR ALL GIRLS. 1028 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:27,800 I AM A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF 1029 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:28,767 WOMEN ENGINEERS. 1030 00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:31,367 AS PART OF THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN 1031 00:30:31,367 --> 00:30:32,733 ENGINEERS, OUTREACH LOCALLY 1032 00:30:32,733 --> 00:30:35,000 HERE, I COACH AN ALL-GIRLS 1033 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,867 FIRST LEGO LEAD ROBOTICS TEAM 1034 00:30:38,867 --> 00:30:40,433 WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS. 1035 00:30:40,433 --> 00:30:41,900 ONE THING I NOTICED, EVEN WITH 1036 00:30:41,900 --> 00:30:43,800 ALL OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE ARE 1037 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,600 DOING, STILL ONLY 30% OF 1038 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,133 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAMS 1039 00:30:48,133 --> 00:30:51,467 ARE GIRLS, AND OVERALL, ONLY 1040 00:30:51,467 --> 00:30:54,067 ABOUT 10% OF ENGINEERS ARE 1041 00:30:54,067 --> 00:30:54,500 WOMEN. 1042 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:55,867 A LOT OF RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE 1043 00:30:55,867 --> 00:30:57,367 AND A LOT OF THEORIES MADE 1044 00:30:57,367 --> 00:30:59,533 ABOUT WHY, WHY IS THIS? 1045 00:30:59,533 --> 00:31:02,767 AND RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT 1046 00:31:02,767 --> 00:31:04,933 GIRLS AS YOUNG AS SIX, PRONE TO 1047 00:31:04,933 --> 00:31:07,200 SUBCONSCIOUS BIAS THAT CAN HURT 1048 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,867 THEIR MATHIBILITY. 1049 00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,033 WHAT IS BEING DOWN IN LOUISIANA 1050 00:31:10,033 --> 00:31:11,700 TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND 1051 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:13,800 EDUCATE TEACHERS, THE GIRLS 1052 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:14,900 THEMSELVES, PARENTS IN THE 1053 00:31:14,900 --> 00:31:18,200 PUBLIC ABOUT THIS BIAS? 1054 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:23,667 >> WE DON'T HAVE -- WE DON'T 1055 00:31:23,667 --> 00:31:25,633 HAVE THE LUXURY TO IGNORE ANY 1056 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:26,967 GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM OUR 1057 00:31:26,967 --> 00:31:28,200 EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM 1058 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,400 IF WE ARE GOING TO MEET THE 1059 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:31,933 DEMAND NOT JUST FOR STEM FIELDS 1060 00:31:31,933 --> 00:31:33,367 BUT ALL OF THE OTHER JOBS OUT 1061 00:31:33,367 --> 00:31:34,467 THERE THAT ARE ALSO VERY 1062 00:31:34,467 --> 00:31:36,067 IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH AND 1063 00:31:36,067 --> 00:31:38,467 VITALITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 1064 00:31:38,467 --> 00:31:39,600 THERE IS NOT ONE GROUP. 1065 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,867 IN LOUISIANA, WE HAVE MAYBE 1066 00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:43,267 600,000 ADULTS WHO DON'T EVEN 1067 00:31:43,267 --> 00:31:45,967 HAVE A GED. 1068 00:31:45,967 --> 00:31:48,400 THEY ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING MUCH 1069 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,467 TO THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD, LET 1070 00:31:50,467 --> 00:31:51,800 ALONE THE WELL BEING OF THEIR 1071 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:52,300 COMMUNITIES. 1072 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:53,400 THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO 1073 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,367 DO THAT VERY OFTEN. 1074 00:31:54,367 --> 00:31:55,567 WE HAVE TO GET THEM BACK INTO 1075 00:31:55,567 --> 00:31:56,533 THE WORK FORCE. 1076 00:31:56,533 --> 00:32:00,133 MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WOMEN. 1077 00:32:00,133 --> 00:32:01,533 HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHO DON'T KNOW 1078 00:32:01,533 --> 00:32:03,233 WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 1079 00:32:03,233 --> 00:32:04,900 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THROUGH 1080 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:06,400 TOOLS LIKE LOUISIANA CONNECT 1081 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:07,733 AND LOUISIANA STAR JOBS AND 1082 00:32:07,733 --> 00:32:09,133 CAREER COACHING AND ALL OF 1083 00:32:09,133 --> 00:32:11,000 THESE MECHANISMS AVAILABLE TO 1084 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,967 US THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE 1085 00:32:14,967 --> 00:32:17,200 FULL BREADTH. 1086 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:17,767 OPPORTUNITIES. 1087 00:32:17,767 --> 00:32:19,433 ONE THING THAT WOULD BE 1088 00:32:19,433 --> 00:32:21,333 BENEFICIAL, SPEAK ABOUT 1089 00:32:21,333 --> 00:32:23,267 DIVERSITY, INDUSTRY UNDERSTANDS 1090 00:32:23,267 --> 00:32:25,233 THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY 1091 00:32:25,233 --> 00:32:25,800 COMPLETELY. 1092 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:26,833 COMPANIES COME TO LOUISIANA, 1093 00:32:26,833 --> 00:32:28,400 ONE OF THEIR CHIEF GOALS IS 1094 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:29,667 DIVERSITY IN THE WORK FORCE 1095 00:32:29,667 --> 00:32:31,267 THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE AS 1096 00:32:31,267 --> 00:32:32,000 A STATE. 1097 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,233 THEY WANT TO HIT CERTAIN 1098 00:32:33,233 --> 00:32:34,467 STRETCH TARGETS. 1099 00:32:34,467 --> 00:32:36,400 I THINK IF WE DID A BETTER JOB 1100 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,267 OF EXPLAINING TO YOUNG GIRLS 1101 00:32:38,267 --> 00:32:39,733 THAT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A 1102 00:32:39,733 --> 00:32:40,967 GIRL, MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING 1103 00:32:40,967 --> 00:32:43,800 TO BE LOOKED AT HARD FOR THESE 1104 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:44,767 JOBS. 1105 00:32:44,767 --> 00:32:45,833 HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. 1106 00:32:45,833 --> 00:32:47,433 NOW, THE FACT IS THAT WE HAVE A 1107 00:32:47,433 --> 00:32:49,000 LOT OF JOBS, WE HAVE MORE JOBS 1108 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,433 THAN WE HAVE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE. 1109 00:32:50,433 --> 00:32:51,767 THAT IS NOT A BAD THING. 1110 00:32:51,767 --> 00:32:53,267 I WOULD DISAGREE ON THAT. 1111 00:32:53,267 --> 00:32:54,933 THAT IS THE TESTAMENT TO THE 1112 00:32:54,933 --> 00:32:56,167 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. 1113 00:32:56,167 --> 00:32:57,400 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE 1114 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,067 STRUGGLING. 1115 00:32:58,067 --> 00:32:59,467 IT MEANS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. 1116 00:32:59,467 --> 00:33:01,567 AND GIRLS NEED TO UNDERSTAND 1117 00:33:01,567 --> 00:33:02,433 THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE 1118 00:33:02,433 --> 00:33:03,400 EVEN GREATER FOR THEM. 1119 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,100 >> THERE IS SOME SORT OF 1120 00:33:07,100 --> 00:33:08,467 DISCONNECT OUT THERE. 1121 00:33:08,467 --> 00:33:10,300 WE SAW THE YOUNG GIRL AT 1122 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:12,167 GLASGOW SAY THAT SHE INITIALLY 1123 00:33:12,167 --> 00:33:13,600 THOUGHT THAT SCIENCE WAS HARD. 1124 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,067 FORTUNATELY FOR HER, SHE HAD A 1125 00:33:17,067 --> 00:33:18,700 TEACHER WHO IS VERY 1126 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:20,067 ENTHUSIASTIC AND EXCITED ABOUT 1127 00:33:20,067 --> 00:33:20,500 SCIENCE. 1128 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:21,300 THEY HAD STEM NIGHT. 1129 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:22,700 AND NOW SHE IS VERY INTERESTED 1130 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,233 IN BECOMING A NURSE. 1131 00:33:24,233 --> 00:33:27,267 SO, YES, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK 1132 00:33:27,267 --> 00:33:28,567 TO THAT? 1133 00:33:28,567 --> 00:33:30,433 >> VERY FAMILIAR WITH -- WITH 1134 00:33:30,433 --> 00:33:37,167 THE GREAT, GREAT ORGANIZATION. 1135 00:33:37,167 --> 00:33:41,167 WE HAD WOMEN ENGINEERS FROM DOW 1136 00:33:41,167 --> 00:33:44,067 AT A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TALKING 1137 00:33:44,067 --> 00:33:45,500 TO GIRLS. 1138 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:47,900 THAT WAY THE COUNSELLOR IS A 1139 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:49,567 BARRIER PERHAPS OR MOM IS A 1140 00:33:49,567 --> 00:33:51,433 BARRIER PERHAPS, WE WILL CREATE 1141 00:33:51,433 --> 00:33:52,500 ENVIRONMENTS WHERE WE CAN STILL 1142 00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:53,567 TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE. 1143 00:33:53,567 --> 00:33:55,367 I THINK IT IS REAL IMPORTANT 1144 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,067 FOR OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN 1145 00:33:57,067 --> 00:34:00,267 THE AREA TO HAVE THE DIVERSITY 1146 00:34:00,267 --> 00:34:00,833 NETWORKS. 1147 00:34:00,833 --> 00:34:01,700 WE HAVE THOSE. 1148 00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:04,267 WE HAVE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN 1149 00:34:04,267 --> 00:34:05,000 NETWORK. 1150 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:06,667 THE WOMEN INNOVATION NETWORK. 1151 00:34:06,667 --> 00:34:08,767 TO GET THOSE DIVERSITY NETWORKS 1152 00:34:08,767 --> 00:34:10,100 OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, TALKING 1153 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:11,633 ABOUT WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. 1154 00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:13,167 TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY GOT 1155 00:34:13,167 --> 00:34:13,633 THERE. 1156 00:34:13,633 --> 00:34:15,533 AND HOW DOES A WOMAN, WHO WORKS 1157 00:34:15,533 --> 00:34:17,567 SHIFT WORK AT DOW, STILL TAKE 1158 00:34:17,567 --> 00:34:19,400 CARE OF HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN? 1159 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:20,400 BECAUSE THAT'S REAL. 1160 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,833 AND, SO, IT IS GOING TO TAKE 1161 00:34:21,833 --> 00:34:23,467 PEOPLE IN THE WORKPLACE ALREADY 1162 00:34:23,467 --> 00:34:24,700 TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 1163 00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:26,533 >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, ONE OF 1164 00:34:26,533 --> 00:34:28,433 THE FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM THAT I 1165 00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:31,500 MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER IS ON 1166 00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:32,100 DIVERSITY. 1167 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:33,567 I SIT ON THE BOARD OF A YOUNG 1168 00:34:33,567 --> 00:34:36,367 WOMAN WHO IS A PROFESSOR AT 1169 00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:36,767 UCLA. 1170 00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:38,667 ONE THING SHE HAS SHOWN BY 1171 00:34:38,667 --> 00:34:39,900 RESEARCH IS THAT DIVERSITY IS 1172 00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:41,000 THE KEY TO LEARNING. 1173 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,833 WHY IS THAT TRUE? 1174 00:34:42,833 --> 00:34:45,000 WELL, IT'S TRUE BECAUSE IF YOU 1175 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,467 ARE AROUND PEOPLE WHO THINK 1176 00:34:46,467 --> 00:34:47,667 DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DO, YOU 1177 00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:49,300 ARE GOING TO MAKE ARGUMENTS IN 1178 00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:51,200 TERMS OF WHATEVER FIELD YOU'RE 1179 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,800 IN, THEN YOU HAVE TO BE ON YOUR 1180 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,367 TOES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN 1181 00:34:55,367 --> 00:34:57,133 ARGUMENT TO SOMEONE WHO IS VERY 1182 00:34:57,133 --> 00:34:58,100 DIFFERENT THAN YOU. 1183 00:34:58,100 --> 00:34:59,100 BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU CAN'T 1184 00:34:59,100 --> 00:35:00,933 HOLD YOUR ARGUMENT. 1185 00:35:00,933 --> 00:35:02,633 SO SHE HAS SHOWN BY RESEARCH -- 1186 00:35:02,633 --> 00:35:04,500 WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR 1187 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:06,100 PROGRAM IS FOCUS ON DIVERSITY. 1188 00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:07,833 IF YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION 1189 00:35:07,833 --> 00:35:10,100 OF STUDENTS RIGHT OUT HERE. 1190 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:11,667 THERE ARE MANY WOMEN AS THERE 1191 00:35:11,667 --> 00:35:12,400 ARE MEN. 1192 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,300 THERE IS A GREAT DIVERSITY IN 1193 00:35:14,300 --> 00:35:15,133 TERMS OF RACE. 1194 00:35:15,133 --> 00:35:17,167 GREAT DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF 1195 00:35:17,167 --> 00:35:18,367 RELIGIONS, AND WHAT WE HAVE 1196 00:35:18,367 --> 00:35:22,233 DONE IS CREATED A ENVIRONMENT 1197 00:35:22,233 --> 00:35:23,600 WHERE THE USE -- USE THIS 1198 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,800 DIVERSITY TO PROMOTE THE WHOLE 1199 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,167 FIELD OF STEM AND CHALLENGE 1200 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:28,233 EACH OTHER. 1201 00:35:28,233 --> 00:35:29,700 AND THESE STUDENTS ARE 1202 00:35:29,700 --> 00:35:30,933 PERFORMING INCREDIBLY WELL. 1203 00:35:30,933 --> 00:35:32,800 WE HAVE HAD 250 STUDENTS COME 1204 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,933 OUT OF THIS PROGRAM. 1205 00:35:35,933 --> 00:35:38,367 ROUGHLY ABOUT 37 -- I'M SORRY, 1206 00:35:38,367 --> 00:35:40,133 43% OF THEM HAVE COME OUT WITH 1207 00:35:40,133 --> 00:35:42,600 A 3.7 GRADE POINT AVERAGE OR 1208 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,133 BETTER IN THE STEM FIELD. 1209 00:35:45,133 --> 00:35:47,633 WE HAVE A GRADUATION RATE, 1210 00:35:47,633 --> 00:35:51,067 WHICH IS 92%, TWICE THAT OF ANY 1211 00:35:51,067 --> 00:35:53,833 OTHER PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY 1212 00:35:53,833 --> 00:35:55,000 AND THREE TIMES MORE THAN SOME 1213 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,300 OF THE MOST SELECTED PROGRAMS. 1214 00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:00,000 SO, WE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE 1215 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:00,967 INCLUDING WOMEN. 1216 00:36:00,967 --> 00:36:02,900 WE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN 1217 00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:04,200 INCLUDING MINORITIES. 1218 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:05,867 GRADUATION RATE FOR MINORITIES 1219 00:36:05,867 --> 00:36:07,733 OUT OF OUR PROGRAM, FOR WOMEN 1220 00:36:07,733 --> 00:36:09,367 OUT OF OUR PROGRAM, FOR 1221 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:11,333 MAJORITY OUT OF OUR PROGRAM, 1222 00:36:11,333 --> 00:36:11,867 92%. 1223 00:36:11,867 --> 00:36:13,700 EXACTLY THE SAME. 1224 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:16,667 WE HAVE ELIMINATED THE 1225 00:36:16,667 --> 00:36:18,000 DISPARITY, WHICH YOU SEE IN 1226 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,933 MANY OTHER PROGRAMS ACROSS THE 1227 00:36:19,933 --> 00:36:20,400 COUNTRY. 1228 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:21,700 >> YOU MADE A VERY IMPORTANT 1229 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:22,933 STATEMENT WHEN YOU SAID THAT 1230 00:36:22,933 --> 00:36:24,167 THE YOUNG LADY SAID UNTIL SHE 1231 00:36:24,167 --> 00:36:26,200 HAD A TEACHER THAT WAS EXCITED, 1232 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,767 AND I JUST GOT THROUGH HAVING A 1233 00:36:27,767 --> 00:36:30,133 MEETING WITH ELEMENTARY 1234 00:36:30,133 --> 00:36:31,467 TEACHERS THIS PAST WEEK, AND WE 1235 00:36:31,467 --> 00:36:33,033 WERE TALKING ABOUT INFUSING 1236 00:36:33,033 --> 00:36:35,333 THEIR DAY WITH SOME STEM. 1237 00:36:35,333 --> 00:36:36,933 AND THEY FROZE IMMEDIATELY. 1238 00:36:36,933 --> 00:36:38,100 AND THEY SAID I DON'T KNOW 1239 00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:38,933 ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 1240 00:36:38,933 --> 00:36:41,367 AND I THINK WE DO A GREAT 1241 00:36:41,367 --> 00:36:43,367 INSERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS, AT 1242 00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:46,533 THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, ELA, 1243 00:36:46,533 --> 00:36:48,033 DOUBLE BLOCKING MATH AND THERE 1244 00:36:48,033 --> 00:36:49,500 IS NO REAL SCIENCE, 1245 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:50,700 ENGINEERING, ANYTHING TAKING 1246 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:52,867 PLACE AT THE ELEMENTARY GRADES 1247 00:36:52,867 --> 00:36:54,267 AND THEY BECOME AFRAID OF IT. 1248 00:36:54,267 --> 00:36:57,300 THEIR TEACHERS ARE AFRAID OF 1249 00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:57,633 IT. 1250 00:36:57,633 --> 00:36:58,467 IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT. 1251 00:36:58,467 --> 00:37:00,933 I SPENT A GOOD BIT OF TIME 1252 00:37:00,933 --> 00:37:02,000 COLLABORATING WITH AN 1253 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,033 ENGINEERING COLLEAGUE AND WE 1254 00:37:03,033 --> 00:37:08,867 DID WORKSHOPS ON TEACHERS TO 1255 00:37:08,867 --> 00:37:10,800 INFUSE THEIR CURRICULUM -- I 1256 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,267 THINK WE HAVE TO RETHINK WHAT 1257 00:37:12,267 --> 00:37:14,800 IS GOING ON AT THE ELEMENTARY 1258 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:15,900 GRADE SO THAT THESE KIDS ARE 1259 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,367 NOT AFRAID OF IT, THEIR 1260 00:37:17,367 --> 00:37:19,167 TEACHERS ARE NOT AFRAID OF IT, 1261 00:37:19,167 --> 00:37:21,300 AND THEY CAN TRANSITION INTO DO 1262 00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:23,367 GREAT STEM STUFF. 1263 00:37:23,367 --> 00:37:25,000 WHEN THEY GET A GOOD TEACHER 1264 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,367 DOING SCIENCE, NOT JUST 1265 00:37:26,367 --> 00:37:28,033 DEFINING WORDS AND ANSWERING 1266 00:37:28,033 --> 00:37:29,833 QUESTIONS AND WORKSHEETS, BUT 1267 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:31,067 DOING THE SCIENCE AND 1268 00:37:31,067 --> 00:37:32,467 ENGINEERING, THAT IS WHEN WE 1269 00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:33,367 SEE THINGS CHANGE. 1270 00:37:33,367 --> 00:37:35,867 >> THIS SUMMER WE ARE TRAINING 1271 00:37:35,867 --> 00:37:38,300 800 TEACHERS IN ADVANCED 1272 00:37:38,300 --> 00:37:40,000 PLACEMENT STEM FOCUS COURSES. 1273 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,200 THEY WILL LEARN HOW TO DELIVER 1274 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,267 ONE OF THESE RIGOROUS ADVANCE 1275 00:37:43,267 --> 00:37:44,200 PLACEMENT COURSES. 1276 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,200 WE TALKED ABOUT SOME 1277 00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:46,800 INCENTIVES. 1278 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:47,900 RECENT LEGISLATION WAS PASSED 1279 00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:49,567 WITH SENATE BILL 202. 1280 00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:51,333 WHAT THAT IS DOING FOR STUDENTS 1281 00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:53,600 THAT TAKE ADVANCED COURSEWORK 1282 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,467 IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY NOW GET A 1283 00:37:55,467 --> 00:37:57,767 WEIGHTED GPA FOR THOSE COURSES 1284 00:37:57,767 --> 00:38:00,867 IN THEIR TOP -- IN THE TOP 1285 00:38:00,867 --> 00:38:03,733 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 1286 00:38:03,733 --> 00:38:06,300 THEY ARE RECOGNIZING THESE 1287 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:08,433 ADVANCED PLACEMENT AND COLLEGE 1288 00:38:08,433 --> 00:38:10,100 DUEL ENROLLMENT COURSES. 1289 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:11,200 >> THANK YOU. 1290 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:11,733 BETH. 1291 00:38:11,733 --> 00:38:15,500 >> I HAVE BEEN ANXIOUSLY 1292 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:20,267 WANTING YOU TO COME OVER HERE. 1293 00:38:20,267 --> 00:38:24,067 ACTUAL CHEMICAL ENGINEER -- 1294 00:38:24,067 --> 00:38:27,000 >> I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF 1295 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,133 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AT LSU. 1296 00:38:30,133 --> 00:38:31,867 WHILE AT LSU, PART OF THE 1297 00:38:31,867 --> 00:38:33,500 STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE SOCIETY 1298 00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:35,733 OF WOMEN ENGINEERS AND PART OF 1299 00:38:35,733 --> 00:38:37,433 DIVERSITY AMBASSADORS AT THE 1300 00:38:37,433 --> 00:38:39,233 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. 1301 00:38:39,233 --> 00:38:41,800 ANOTHER PART WHILE AT LSU, ACT 1302 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:42,267 TUTOR. 1303 00:38:42,267 --> 00:38:44,400 AND I REALIZED THAT WHEN I WAS 1304 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,300 TRYING TO LIKE SHOW THEM, YOU 1305 00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:47,600 KNOW, CERTAIN MATH PROBLEM AND 1306 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,333 EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY THEY GOT IT 1307 00:38:49,333 --> 00:38:52,333 WRONG, I NOTICED THAT THEY 1308 00:38:52,333 --> 00:38:54,400 UNDERSTOOD THE PROBLEM 1309 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,467 CONCEPTUALLY, AND THEY COULD 1310 00:38:55,467 --> 00:38:56,600 TELL ME I NEED TO GET FROM HERE 1311 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,833 TO HERE, BUT THEY LACKED THE 1312 00:38:58,833 --> 00:38:59,667 FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE. 1313 00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:01,900 ONE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY 1314 00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:04,833 COULDN'T LIKE DIVIDE FRACTIONS 1315 00:39:04,833 --> 00:39:06,833 AND ANALYZE THE GRAPHS. 1316 00:39:06,833 --> 00:39:09,000 THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED TO GET TO 1317 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,367 A CERTAIN POINT BUT DIDN'T KNOW 1318 00:39:10,367 --> 00:39:11,667 HOW TO DO THAT. 1319 00:39:11,667 --> 00:39:13,300 AS LEADERS IN EDUCATION, WHAT 1320 00:39:13,300 --> 00:39:14,767 DOES THAT SAY TO YOU AND HOW DO 1321 00:39:14,767 --> 00:39:17,267 YOU THINK THAT SHOULD BE 1322 00:39:17,267 --> 00:39:17,733 SOLVED? 1323 00:39:17,733 --> 00:39:18,767 >> THIS IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING 1324 00:39:18,767 --> 00:39:19,367 TO EARLIER. 1325 00:39:19,367 --> 00:39:21,867 THAT WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOBS 1326 00:39:21,867 --> 00:39:23,833 AT THE LOWER AREAS. 1327 00:39:23,833 --> 00:39:27,000 WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING OUR 1328 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:28,333 STUDENTS TO TAKE THOSE 1329 00:39:28,333 --> 00:39:29,467 SO-CALLED TOUGH COURSES THAT 1330 00:39:29,467 --> 00:39:31,033 ARE NEEDED IN THE MATHEMATICS 1331 00:39:31,033 --> 00:39:32,400 AREA TO HAVE THE FOUNDATION TO 1332 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,033 DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING 1333 00:39:34,033 --> 00:39:34,667 ABOUT. 1334 00:39:34,667 --> 00:39:36,533 AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE FOOL 1335 00:39:36,533 --> 00:39:38,233 OURSELVES IN LOUISIANA, WE ARE 1336 00:39:38,233 --> 00:39:40,233 NOT DOING AN ADEQUATE JOB. 1337 00:39:40,233 --> 00:39:41,567 AND THAT IS A FACT. 1338 00:39:41,567 --> 00:39:44,267 NOT ONLY CAN I STATE THIS, BUT 1339 00:39:44,267 --> 00:39:45,400 STATISTICS BASICALLY SUPPORTS 1340 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,433 WHAT I'M SAYING. 1341 00:39:46,433 --> 00:39:48,667 IN THE JAPANESE SOCIETY, THE 1342 00:39:48,667 --> 00:39:52,767 MOST REVEERED PERSONS ARE THE 1343 00:39:52,767 --> 00:39:54,400 TEACHERS. 1344 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,700 AND WE NEED TO GET TO THAT 1345 00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:58,133 POINT HERE WHERE WE PAY OUR 1346 00:39:58,133 --> 00:39:59,400 TEACHERS WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. 1347 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,033 WE DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF 1348 00:40:01,033 --> 00:40:02,500 TRAINING SCIENCE TEACHERS IN 1349 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,000 LOUISIANA. 1350 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:03,700 WHAT HAPPENS? 1351 00:40:03,700 --> 00:40:07,400 THEY GO TO TEXAS AND MAKE 30% 1352 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,033 MORE THAN THEY MAKE HERE IN 1353 00:40:09,033 --> 00:40:09,733 LOUISIANA. 1354 00:40:09,733 --> 00:40:11,833 WE NEED TO PAY OUR TEACHERS, 1355 00:40:11,833 --> 00:40:13,300 PARTICULARLY OUR STEM TEACHERS, 1356 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:15,600 THEY ARE A VERY VALUABLE 1357 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,433 RESOURCE, WE NEED TO PAY THEM 1358 00:40:17,433 --> 00:40:19,100 MORE, AND WE KEEP THE BEST 1359 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:20,267 PEOPLE HERE IN THIS STATE AND 1360 00:40:20,267 --> 00:40:22,800 DO A BETTER JOB AT THE 1361 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:23,900 ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL 1362 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:26,333 LEVEL OF GETTING BETTER 1363 00:40:26,333 --> 00:40:26,767 TEACHERS. 1364 00:40:26,767 --> 00:40:28,433 >> WE ARE STILL HAVING 1365 00:40:28,433 --> 00:40:29,633 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTEACHERS WHO 1366 00:40:29,633 --> 00:40:31,533 DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ADVANCED 1367 00:40:31,533 --> 00:40:32,067 MATH. 1368 00:40:32,067 --> 00:40:33,133 ISN'T THAT STILL A PROBLEM -- 1369 00:40:33,133 --> 00:40:34,667 >> YES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO 1370 00:40:34,667 --> 00:40:36,567 BACK TO THE SCENARIO THAT YOU 1371 00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:38,333 OUTLINED WHERE, YOU KNOW, 1372 00:40:38,333 --> 00:40:41,333 STUDENTS ARE COMING TO LSU AND 1373 00:40:41,333 --> 00:40:44,633 THEY CAN'T DO SOME OF THE ENTRY 1374 00:40:44,633 --> 00:40:46,167 LEVEL FRESHMEN MATH THAT IS 1375 00:40:46,167 --> 00:40:46,667 THERE. 1376 00:40:46,667 --> 00:40:47,900 THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS 1377 00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:49,133 ALLUDING TO EARLIER. 1378 00:40:49,133 --> 00:40:50,633 IN LOUISIANA, THREE DIFFERENT 1379 00:40:50,633 --> 00:40:52,633 DIPLOMA MATHWAYS. 1380 00:40:52,633 --> 00:40:54,767 VERY CONFUSE -- PATHWAYS. 1381 00:40:54,767 --> 00:40:57,333 CONFUSING FOR PARENTS, 1382 00:40:57,333 --> 00:40:59,133 STUDENTS, COUNSELLORS, ETC. 1383 00:40:59,133 --> 00:41:00,633 WE WANT TO MOVE IN THE 1384 00:41:00,633 --> 00:41:02,300 DIRECTION WITH ONE LOUISIANA 1385 00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:04,867 DIPLOMA, TWO CAREER TRACKS IN 1386 00:41:04,867 --> 00:41:05,200 IT. 1387 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:06,833 ONE A CAREER TRACK AND THE 1388 00:41:06,833 --> 00:41:09,667 SECOND ONE A COLLEGE TRACK. 1389 00:41:09,667 --> 00:41:11,367 COLLEGE TRACK WILL ALIGN WITH 1390 00:41:11,367 --> 00:41:13,200 TOPS AND THE RIGOROUS ENTRANCE 1391 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,033 REQUIREMENTS THAT THERE ARE. 1392 00:41:15,033 --> 00:41:16,333 STUDENTS CAN GRADUATE WITH A 1393 00:41:16,333 --> 00:41:18,233 CORE FOUR DIPLOMA, COLLEGE 1394 00:41:18,233 --> 00:41:20,367 TRACK DIPLOMA, BUT YET STILL 1395 00:41:20,367 --> 00:41:23,033 NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR A TOP 1396 00:41:23,033 --> 00:41:23,600 SCHOLARSHIP. 1397 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,467 WE WANT TO HAVE THAT RIGOR IN 1398 00:41:25,467 --> 00:41:25,967 THERE. 1399 00:41:25,967 --> 00:41:29,067 WE TALKED ABOUT INCENTIVIZING. 1400 00:41:29,067 --> 00:41:30,900 WE ARE TRAINING 800 TEACHERS IN 1401 00:41:30,900 --> 00:41:32,833 THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT 1402 00:41:32,833 --> 00:41:33,433 COURSEWORK. 1403 00:41:33,433 --> 00:41:34,833 150 OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY 1404 00:41:34,833 --> 00:41:36,367 MIDDLE SCHOOLTEACHERS BEING 1405 00:41:36,367 --> 00:41:38,167 TRAINED IN PRE-ADVANCED 1406 00:41:38,167 --> 00:41:39,233 PLACEMENT COURSE WORK. 1407 00:41:39,233 --> 00:41:40,600 BUT TRAINING THOSE TEACHERS. 1408 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,067 THE STUDENTS, THEY'RE 1409 00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:44,600 INCENTIVIZED TO TAKE THIS 1410 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:45,067 COURSE WORK. 1411 00:41:45,067 --> 00:41:47,000 WHEN THEY GO TO GET A TOPS 1412 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,167 SCHOLARSHIP, THE COURSES WILL 1413 00:41:48,167 --> 00:41:51,600 BE WEIGHTED IN THE GPA, AND 1414 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,600 ALSO IN THE SCHOOL 1415 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:54,900 ACCOUNTABILITY FORMULA. 1416 00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:57,967 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THESE 1417 00:41:57,967 --> 00:42:03,533 RIGOROUS COURSES, EXTRA 1418 00:42:03,533 --> 00:42:04,000 WEIGHT -- 1419 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:05,533 >> COMMENTS ABOUT MATH, THAT IS 1420 00:42:05,533 --> 00:42:09,067 NOT TRUE ONLY FOR ENGINEERS, EM 1421 00:42:09,067 --> 00:42:12,933 EM -- CHEMISTS AND DOCTORS, 1422 00:42:12,933 --> 00:42:14,567 RESEARCH SCIENTISTS. 1423 00:42:14,567 --> 00:42:17,633 IT IS TRUE FOR PIPE FITTER, 1424 00:42:17,633 --> 00:42:20,967 WELDERS, 86,000 INDUSTRIAL 1425 00:42:20,967 --> 00:42:22,167 CONSTRUCTION JOBS WE NEED TO 1426 00:42:22,167 --> 00:42:22,633 FILL. 1427 00:42:22,633 --> 00:42:25,667 THAT IS TRUE ACROSS THE BOARD. 1428 00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:26,600 I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THINKS 1429 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,733 THAT ANYBODY IS COMING OUT 1430 00:42:28,733 --> 00:42:29,967 FULLY PREPARED. 1431 00:42:29,967 --> 00:42:33,367 MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF 1432 00:42:33,367 --> 00:42:33,967 RESTRUCTURING. 1433 00:42:33,967 --> 00:42:35,733 THEY HAVE TO START AT A 1434 00:42:35,733 --> 00:42:37,267 COMMUNITY, OR TECHNICAL COLLEGE 1435 00:42:37,267 --> 00:42:38,600 THAT IS A BETTER ENVIRONMENT 1436 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:43,033 FOR THOSE KIDS TO GET THOSE 1437 00:42:43,033 --> 00:42:43,667 SKILLS. 1438 00:42:43,667 --> 00:42:44,633 DROP-OUT RATE FROM THE 1439 00:42:44,633 --> 00:42:45,900 UNIVERSITY THAT IS TOO HIGH, 1440 00:42:45,900 --> 00:42:48,267 JUST AS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. 1441 00:42:48,267 --> 00:42:50,700 AND THIS FOCUS ON FOUNDATIONAL 1442 00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:51,900 IMPROVEMENT IS -- IT IS WHERE 1443 00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:53,067 IT ALL STARTS. 1444 00:42:53,067 --> 00:42:55,733 IT STARTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 1445 00:42:55,733 --> 00:42:57,233 WE CAN'T BUILD A PERSON'S SKILL 1446 00:42:57,233 --> 00:42:58,600 SETS IF THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE. 1447 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,000 WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A CHANGE 1448 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,333 IN HOW WE APPROACH THAT IN 1449 00:43:02,333 --> 00:43:02,900 LOUISIANA. 1450 00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:03,733 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1451 00:43:03,733 --> 00:43:05,667 WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 1452 00:43:05,667 --> 00:43:07,933 >> I WORK WITH LSU COLLEGE OF 1453 00:43:07,933 --> 00:43:09,167 ENGINEERING OFFICE FOR 1454 00:43:09,167 --> 00:43:10,467 DIVERSITY PROGRAM. 1455 00:43:10,467 --> 00:43:11,733 SPECIFICALLY WITHIN MY ROLE, I 1456 00:43:11,733 --> 00:43:13,267 WORK WITH A PRECOLLEGE 1457 00:43:13,267 --> 00:43:14,733 ENGINEERING PROGRAMS. 1458 00:43:14,733 --> 00:43:16,200 MY ONLY PERSONAL BACKGROUND, 1459 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:17,567 GRADUATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL 1460 00:43:17,567 --> 00:43:18,700 ENGINEERING AND I WENT TO 1461 00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:21,467 PRACTICE ENGINEERING FOR 3 1/2 1462 00:43:21,467 --> 00:43:21,967 YEARS. 1463 00:43:21,967 --> 00:43:28,333 I THEN WENT TO BE A TEACHER. 1464 00:43:28,333 --> 00:43:32,267 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDAMENTALS 1465 00:43:32,267 --> 00:43:33,100 FUNDAMENTALS, THEY ARE SCHOOLS 1466 00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:35,467 SERVICING OUR STUDENTS WITH 1467 00:43:35,467 --> 00:43:40,467 LOWER ECONOMIC STATUS -- -- ONE 1468 00:43:40,467 --> 00:43:42,467 OF MY CONCERNS, NOT ONLY HOW DO 1469 00:43:42,467 --> 00:43:44,067 WE INCREASE INTEREST IN STEM 1470 00:43:44,067 --> 00:43:46,800 AMONGST THE STUDENTS IN THE 1471 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:48,233 SCHOOLS, BUT ONCE WE RECRUIT 1472 00:43:48,233 --> 00:43:49,867 THEM INTO THE UNIVERSITY, HOW 1473 00:43:49,867 --> 00:43:52,467 DO WE RETAIN THEM IN THE 1474 00:43:52,467 --> 00:43:54,333 UNIVERSITY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO 1475 00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:55,500 ULTIMATELY GET THE DEGREES THAT 1476 00:43:55,500 --> 00:43:56,533 WOULD LEAD TO THE JOB? 1477 00:43:56,533 --> 00:43:57,400 >> I WILL START. 1478 00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:58,900 AND I WILL TAKE IT FROM A HIGH 1479 00:43:58,900 --> 00:43:59,667 SCHOOL LEVEL. 1480 00:43:59,667 --> 00:44:00,967 I'M SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT 1481 00:44:00,967 --> 00:44:03,067 EIGHTH GRADERS, WHEN THEY WERE 1482 00:44:03,067 --> 00:44:04,633 COMING IN THE NEW TECH SCHOOL 1483 00:44:04,633 --> 00:44:06,167 AND DID NOT HAVE FOUNDATIONAL 1484 00:44:06,167 --> 00:44:07,567 SKILLS AND WE REALIZED RIGHT 1485 00:44:07,567 --> 00:44:08,867 AWAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE 1486 00:44:08,867 --> 00:44:10,633 TO BACK UP AND REGROUP. 1487 00:44:10,633 --> 00:44:11,733 BUT ONCE WE HELD THEIR HAND 1488 00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:13,900 THROUGH THAT FIRST YEAR AND 1489 00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:15,933 THEY TASTED SUCCESS, THEY 1490 00:44:15,933 --> 00:44:17,967 REALIZED THAT THIS HE WERE 1491 00:44:17,967 --> 00:44:20,300 GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO 1492 00:44:20,300 --> 00:44:20,800 SOMETHING. 1493 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,167 I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE 1494 00:44:22,167 --> 00:44:22,733 EQUATION. 1495 00:44:22,733 --> 00:44:23,800 WE HAVE TO GET THEM IN THERE 1496 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,400 AND LET THEM REALIZE WHAT THEY 1497 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:26,433 ARE CAPABLE OF DOING. 1498 00:44:26,433 --> 00:44:30,400 IT IS OUR JOB AS TEACHERS AND 1499 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:31,867 EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO PUT THE 1500 00:44:31,867 --> 00:44:33,733 BUFFET IN FRONT OF THEM AND SAY 1501 00:44:33,733 --> 00:44:35,000 HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS AND THINK 1502 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:35,667 ABOUT IT. 1503 00:44:35,667 --> 00:44:36,733 THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 1504 00:44:36,733 --> 00:44:37,733 THEY CAN DO IT. 1505 00:44:37,733 --> 00:44:39,233 TOO MANY OF THEM HAVE GOTTEN 1506 00:44:39,233 --> 00:44:40,800 TOO FAR THINKING THAT THEY'RE 1507 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:42,233 NOT CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING. 1508 00:44:42,233 --> 00:44:43,900 I'M THINKING OF STUDENT AFTER 1509 00:44:43,900 --> 00:44:45,933 STUDENT IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW ON 1510 00:44:45,933 --> 00:44:48,133 A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TRACK, 1511 00:44:48,133 --> 00:44:48,900 DIFFERENT PATH. 1512 00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:50,400 THEY ARE ADVOCATES FOR 1513 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:51,000 THEMSELVES. 1514 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,400 THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS 1515 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:52,967 SUCCESSFUL. 1516 00:44:52,967 --> 00:44:53,967 THEY ARE GOING PLACES. 1517 00:44:53,967 --> 00:44:55,300 THEY WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH 1518 00:44:55,300 --> 00:44:56,867 SCHOOL AND GOING TO POST 1519 00:44:56,867 --> 00:44:58,233 SECONDARY TRAINING. 1520 00:44:58,233 --> 00:44:59,667 IF THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT 1521 00:44:59,667 --> 00:45:01,100 ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE OF SUCCESS 1522 00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:02,800 WHEN THEY GOT INTO THE LEARNING 1523 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:03,867 ENVIRONMENT, I TRULY BELIEVE 1524 00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:04,867 THEY WOULDN'T BE THERE. 1525 00:45:04,867 --> 00:45:06,400 MIDDLE GRADE, HIGH SCHOOL, 1526 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:07,500 UNIVERSITY, WHATEVER, IF WE 1527 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:08,500 DON'T ALLOW THEM THAT 1528 00:45:08,500 --> 00:45:10,100 OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THAT 1529 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:11,333 SUCCESS, TO REALIZE WHAT 1530 00:45:11,333 --> 00:45:12,500 THEY'RE CAPABLE OF, THEY'RE NOT 1531 00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:13,633 GOING TO MAKE IT OUT. 1532 00:45:13,633 --> 00:45:16,700 >> WELL, HELLO. 1533 00:45:16,700 --> 00:45:18,367 I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 1534 00:45:18,367 --> 00:45:20,633 JUST BEING IN THE SHOES OF A 1535 00:45:20,633 --> 00:45:22,133 STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND 1536 00:45:22,133 --> 00:45:24,333 SOMEONE WHO IS A GRADUATE IN 1537 00:45:24,333 --> 00:45:25,133 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FROM 1538 00:45:25,133 --> 00:45:26,067 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. 1539 00:45:26,067 --> 00:45:28,700 WE HAVE SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT 1540 00:45:28,700 --> 00:45:32,500 LSU -- THE PROGRAMS, BUT 1541 00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:33,833 PERSONALLY, I'M A GRADUATE OF 1542 00:45:33,833 --> 00:45:36,167 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, NUMBER ONE 1543 00:45:36,167 --> 00:45:38,000 GRADUATE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS 1544 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,167 IN ENGINEERING AND NUMBER ONE 1545 00:45:40,167 --> 00:45:41,400 NURSING PROGRAM IN LOUISIANA 1546 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:42,167 FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. 1547 00:45:42,167 --> 00:45:43,533 WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT 1548 00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:45,467 REACHES -- IT IS A PROGRAM 1549 00:45:45,467 --> 00:45:46,900 BETWEEN LSU AND SOUTHERN 1550 00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:49,167 UNIVERSITY THAT THE ENGINEERING 1551 00:45:49,167 --> 00:45:51,100 CAN GET A DEGREE IN 1552 00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:52,200 ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL 1553 00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:53,600 ENGINEERING, AND IT IS A 1554 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:54,867 PROGRAM BETWEEN OUR ENGINEERING 1555 00:45:54,867 --> 00:45:56,200 DEPARTMENT AND LSU. 1556 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:57,800 WE DON'T PERSONALLY HAVE A 1557 00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:59,433 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 1558 00:45:59,433 --> 00:46:00,133 DEPARTMENT. 1559 00:46:00,133 --> 00:46:02,367 SO STUDENTS TAKE CLASSES AT LSU 1560 00:46:02,367 --> 00:46:03,533 AND ALSO AT SOUTHERN AND THEY 1561 00:46:03,533 --> 00:46:05,000 CAN GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE IN 1562 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:06,433 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. 1563 00:46:06,433 --> 00:46:07,900 >> WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION. 1564 00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:11,267 >> MY QUESTION IS WHAT OTHER 1565 00:46:11,267 --> 00:46:12,933 PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THAT, WE CAN 1566 00:46:12,933 --> 00:46:15,333 DO BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES TO 1567 00:46:15,333 --> 00:46:16,367 DIVERSIFY THE WORK FORCE. 1568 00:46:16,367 --> 00:46:17,533 >> THANK YOU. 1569 00:46:17,533 --> 00:46:18,933 QUICK QUESTION -- ANSWER. 1570 00:46:18,933 --> 00:46:21,033 >> I HAVE THE SAME PRIDE THAT 1571 00:46:21,033 --> 00:46:22,033 YOU HAVE. 1572 00:46:22,033 --> 00:46:23,033 I AM ALSO A GRADUATE OF 1573 00:46:23,033 --> 00:46:24,367 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. 1574 00:46:24,367 --> 00:46:25,933 IF IT WERE NOT FOR SOUTHERN 1575 00:46:25,933 --> 00:46:27,167 UNIVERSITY I WOULD NOT BE 1576 00:46:27,167 --> 00:46:28,333 SITTING ON THIS STAGE AND HAVE 1577 00:46:28,333 --> 00:46:29,433 THE KIND OF EDUCATION THAT I 1578 00:46:29,433 --> 00:46:30,333 HAVE HAD. 1579 00:46:30,333 --> 00:46:34,100 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 1580 00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:36,900 PARTNERSHIPS, THE LS -- PROGRAM 1581 00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:39,267 ALSO PARTNERS WITH SOUTHERN. 1582 00:46:39,267 --> 00:46:41,833 THE PROGRAM -- WE HAVE A 1583 00:46:41,833 --> 00:46:44,100 COMPONENT OF THAT, 1584 00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:45,400 SUBCONTRACTED FROM SOUTHERN TO 1585 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:45,833 LSU. 1586 00:46:45,833 --> 00:46:47,400 WE HAVE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING 1587 00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:48,700 IN THAT PROGRAM OUT OF MY 1588 00:46:48,700 --> 00:46:49,167 OFFICE. 1589 00:46:49,167 --> 00:46:50,867 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER 1590 00:46:50,867 --> 00:46:52,167 ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN 1591 00:46:52,167 --> 00:46:53,533 INVOLVED WITH WITH SOUTHERN. 1592 00:46:53,533 --> 00:46:55,800 >> NOT JUST PARTNERSHIPS 1593 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,433 BETWEEN THE FOUR-YEAR 1594 00:46:57,433 --> 00:46:59,000 UNIVERSITIES, WE HAVE BEEN IN 1595 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:00,367 TALKS WITH LSU ABOUT 1596 00:47:00,367 --> 00:47:01,567 PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY 1597 00:47:01,567 --> 00:47:04,267 AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES. 1598 00:47:04,267 --> 00:47:05,833 BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRAINING 1599 00:47:05,833 --> 00:47:07,300 SOMEONE AT THE COMMUNITY AND 1600 00:47:07,300 --> 00:47:09,300 TECHNICAL COLLEGE LEVEL WITH A 1601 00:47:09,300 --> 00:47:11,300 TWO-YEAR DEGREE, THAT PERSON, 1602 00:47:11,300 --> 00:47:14,067 WHO STARTS OFF AS AN OPERATOR, 1603 00:47:14,067 --> 00:47:15,800 PROCESS TECHNOLOGY DEGREE, MAY 1604 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:17,533 WANT TO BECOME AN ENGINEER. 1605 00:47:17,533 --> 00:47:19,433 HOW DO WE USE THE SAME LEARNING 1606 00:47:19,433 --> 00:47:21,967 TOOLS BETWEEN THAT TWO-YEAR 1607 00:47:21,967 --> 00:47:23,800 DEGREE AND A FOUR-YEAR 1608 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:24,400 UNIVERSITY. 1609 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:25,700 I THINK -- THAT IS A GAP RIGHT 1610 00:47:25,700 --> 00:47:26,000 NOW. 1611 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:26,867 WE NEED TO GET THERE. 1612 00:47:26,867 --> 00:47:28,267 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1613 00:47:28,267 --> 00:47:30,667 AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 1614 00:47:30,667 --> 00:47:31,700 UNIVERSITIES AND THE 1615 00:47:31,700 --> 00:47:32,967 COLLABORATIONS, BUT ONE OF THE 1616 00:47:32,967 --> 00:47:34,433 THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS TALK TO 1617 00:47:34,433 --> 00:47:35,767 THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT 1618 00:47:35,767 --> 00:47:36,267 SCIENCE. 1619 00:47:36,267 --> 00:47:38,300 BECAUSE THE WHOLE LEVEL OF 1620 00:47:38,300 --> 00:47:39,867 UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE -- THINK 1621 00:47:39,867 --> 00:47:41,067 YOU HAVE A GUEST OVER THERE -- 1622 00:47:41,067 --> 00:47:43,067 >> WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 1623 00:47:43,067 --> 00:47:43,667 ACCESS. 1624 00:47:43,667 --> 00:47:44,867 SO, GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND TELL 1625 00:47:44,867 --> 00:47:47,700 US WHO YOU ARE WITH. 1626 00:47:47,700 --> 00:47:53,033 >> I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 1627 00:47:53,033 --> 00:47:57,633 EDUCATION, SCIENCE CENTER, 1628 00:47:57,633 --> 00:47:58,567 SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. 1629 00:47:58,567 --> 00:48:00,500 MY QUESTION GOES TO RESOURCES. 1630 00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:03,433 I AM THE COLLABORATIVE LEAD FOR 1631 00:48:03,433 --> 00:48:05,633 LOUISIANA STEM GIRLS 1632 00:48:05,633 --> 00:48:06,900 COLLABORATIVE PROJECT IN THE 1633 00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:07,300 STATE. 1634 00:48:07,300 --> 00:48:08,967 WE KNOW THERE ARE THESE GREAT 1635 00:48:08,967 --> 00:48:10,400 POCKETS OF THINGS HAPPENING ALL 1636 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:11,733 OVER OUR STATE BUT NOBODY KNOWS 1637 00:48:11,733 --> 00:48:15,667 ABOUT EEP -- EACH OTHER. 1638 00:48:15,667 --> 00:48:17,167 WE HAVE AN ONLINE RESOURCE 1639 00:48:17,167 --> 00:48:18,567 WHERE WE CONNECT THOSE PEOPLE 1640 00:48:18,567 --> 00:48:19,867 TOGETHER AND GIVE THEM WAYS TO 1641 00:48:19,867 --> 00:48:21,933 LEVERAGE RESOURCES, WE EVEN 1642 00:48:21,933 --> 00:48:24,267 HAVE MINI GRAPHS AND THINGS. 1643 00:48:24,267 --> 00:48:26,800 I'M ALSO THE GIRLS RISE NETWORK 1644 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:27,300 TRAINER. 1645 00:48:27,300 --> 00:48:29,033 I TRAVEL AROUND ARKANSAS, 1646 00:48:29,033 --> 00:48:30,900 TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, ALL OF 1647 00:48:30,900 --> 00:48:34,300 LOUISIANA, TRAINING INFORMAL 1648 00:48:34,300 --> 00:48:36,867 EDUCATORS LIKE MYSELF IN 1649 00:48:36,867 --> 00:48:40,133 MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, SCIENCE 1650 00:48:40,133 --> 00:48:41,733 CENTERS ON HOW TO GET GIRLS 1651 00:48:41,733 --> 00:48:42,467 INVOLVED IN STEM. 1652 00:48:42,467 --> 00:48:45,400 I HAVE ALL OF THESE RESOURCES 1653 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,033 AND DIFFERENT VENUES FROM 1654 00:48:47,033 --> 00:48:47,900 FORMAL TO INFORMAL. 1655 00:48:47,900 --> 00:48:49,900 MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO I 1656 00:48:49,900 --> 00:48:52,633 ACCESS -- HOW DO I SHARE THOSE 1657 00:48:52,633 --> 00:48:53,133 RESOURCES? 1658 00:48:53,133 --> 00:48:54,733 I HAVE MANY OF THE RESOURCES TO 1659 00:48:54,733 --> 00:48:55,900 HELP OUT SOME OF THE THINGS 1660 00:48:55,900 --> 00:48:58,400 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 1661 00:48:58,400 --> 00:48:58,967 EVENING. 1662 00:48:58,967 --> 00:49:00,167 LIKE GETTING GIRLS INVOLVED IN 1663 00:49:00,167 --> 00:49:02,267 STEM FROM ELEMENTARY, IN THE 1664 00:49:02,267 --> 00:49:03,500 MIDDLE SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE KNOW 1665 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:04,800 ONCE THEY HIT THE MIDDLE 1666 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:06,233 SCHOOL, THEY HAVE DECIDED WHAT 1667 00:49:06,233 --> 00:49:09,167 THEY ARE GOING TO DO AND WHAT 1668 00:49:09,167 --> 00:49:10,133 THEY'RE NOT GOOD AT. 1669 00:49:10,133 --> 00:49:11,533 HOW DO I DO THAT? 1670 00:49:11,533 --> 00:49:13,467 >> WE HAVE OUR TEACHER TOOLBOX, 1671 00:49:13,467 --> 00:49:15,433 WHICH IS FULL OF RESOURCES THAT 1672 00:49:15,433 --> 00:49:17,300 WE HAVE POSTED TO THE WEB SITE. 1673 00:49:17,300 --> 00:49:19,133 AND WE HAVE SOME DEDICATED 1674 00:49:19,133 --> 00:49:22,467 PAGES ON OUR WEB SITE THAT 1675 00:49:22,467 --> 00:49:24,533 ADDRESS EVERYTHING FROM STEM TO 1676 00:49:24,533 --> 00:49:26,900 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, 1677 00:49:26,900 --> 00:49:28,433 ADVANCED PLACEMENT, 1678 00:49:28,433 --> 00:49:30,067 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, 1679 00:49:30,067 --> 00:49:31,233 AND IF -- WE REVIEW THEM AND 1680 00:49:31,233 --> 00:49:32,233 GET THOSE OUT THERE. 1681 00:49:32,233 --> 00:49:33,667 THEY SOUND VERY, VERY, LIKE 1682 00:49:33,667 --> 00:49:35,067 VERY GOOD RESOURCES. 1683 00:49:35,067 --> 00:49:35,567 >> THANK YOU. 1684 00:49:35,567 --> 00:49:39,333 >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT AS 1685 00:49:39,333 --> 00:49:40,100 WELL. 1686 00:49:40,100 --> 00:49:41,533 A STATE SYSTEM, LIKE THE 1687 00:49:41,533 --> 00:49:43,567 DEPARTMENT OF ED, WORK FORCE 1688 00:49:43,567 --> 00:49:44,633 COMMISSION, AND ALSO THE 1689 00:49:44,633 --> 00:49:45,833 LOUISIANA COMMUNITY AND 1690 00:49:45,833 --> 00:49:48,067 TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM. 1691 00:49:48,067 --> 00:49:49,500 THAT STATE SYSTEM CAN BRING 1692 00:49:49,500 --> 00:49:50,833 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE 1693 00:49:50,833 --> 00:49:52,667 IN ONE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN 1694 00:49:52,667 --> 00:49:54,900 SHARE THAT RESOURCE AND MAYBE 1695 00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:56,533 GET YOUR INFORMATION OUT 1696 00:49:56,533 --> 00:49:57,067 QUICKER. 1697 00:49:57,067 --> 00:49:58,800 >> CONTACT YOU, CONTACT YOUR 1698 00:49:58,800 --> 00:49:59,233 OFFICE? 1699 00:49:59,233 --> 00:50:00,233 WE WILL GET YOU THAT 1700 00:50:00,233 --> 00:50:00,933 INFORMATION. 1701 00:50:00,933 --> 00:50:01,333 THANK YOU. 1702 00:50:01,333 --> 00:50:01,633 BETH. 1703 00:50:01,633 --> 00:50:02,133 >> THANK YOU. 1704 00:50:02,133 --> 00:50:04,267 AND I GUESS THIS IS ONE OF THE 1705 00:50:04,267 --> 00:50:06,433 ROLES THAT WE AT LPB ARE TRYING 1706 00:50:06,433 --> 00:50:07,200 TO DO AS WELL. 1707 00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,300 BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL 1708 00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:10,400 CONVERSATION WITH MANY OF YOU 1709 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:11,667 IN THIS ROOM AND WE HAVE SO 1710 00:50:11,667 --> 00:50:12,500 MANY QUESTIONS. 1711 00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:14,567 WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET TO 1712 00:50:14,567 --> 00:50:15,200 EVERYONE'S. 1713 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,767 WE HAVE ONE FROM A TEACHER -- 1714 00:50:18,767 --> 00:50:27,533 >> FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH -- 1715 00:50:27,533 --> 00:50:33,300 PROGRAM AT LSU -- I WANT TO 1716 00:50:33,300 --> 00:50:34,600 COME BACK TO THE DISCUSSION 1717 00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,100 THAT I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM 1718 00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:41,233 WITH THE -- THE TEACHERS, THE 1719 00:50:41,233 --> 00:50:45,800 TEACHERS -- THEY DON'T HAVE THE 1720 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:46,400 KNOWLEDGE. 1721 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:51,000 I MEAN -- LOUISIANA, TO TAKE 1722 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,467 PHYSICS, YOU NEED ONE COURSE IN 1723 00:50:52,467 --> 00:50:54,833 SCIENCE, NOT EVEN IN PHYSICS. 1724 00:50:54,833 --> 00:50:58,167 ONE UNIVERSITY COURSE IN 1725 00:50:58,167 --> 00:50:58,633 BIOLOGY. 1726 00:50:58,633 --> 00:51:01,767 MY QUESTION IS, ANY PLAN TO 1727 00:51:01,767 --> 00:51:03,167 RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS -- 1728 00:51:03,167 --> 00:51:07,033 REQUIRE THAT THEY REALLY HAVE 1729 00:51:07,033 --> 00:51:08,067 TRAINING TO TEACH STEM -- 1730 00:51:08,067 --> 00:51:10,567 >> WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 1731 00:51:10,567 --> 00:51:11,700 RIGOROUS HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE 1732 00:51:11,700 --> 00:51:16,300 COURSES AND WE HAVE ALLUDED TO 1733 00:51:16,300 --> 00:51:18,467 SOME ADVANCED PLACEMENT 1734 00:51:18,467 --> 00:51:19,733 TRAINING GOING ON. 1735 00:51:19,733 --> 00:51:20,733 THE DEPARTMENT HAS ANOTHER 1736 00:51:20,733 --> 00:51:22,067 PROGRAM, THE COURSE CHOICE 1737 00:51:22,067 --> 00:51:22,700 PROGRAM. 1738 00:51:22,700 --> 00:51:24,400 THE COURSE CHOICE PROGRAM HAS 1739 00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,500 INVITED IN BUSINESS AND 1740 00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:27,700 INDUSTRY TO DELIVER COURSES 1741 00:51:27,700 --> 00:51:29,633 THROUGH THE COURSE CHOICE 1742 00:51:29,633 --> 00:51:31,467 PROGRAM SO THAT STUDENTS CAN 1743 00:51:31,467 --> 00:51:33,067 TAKE A HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT. 1744 00:51:33,067 --> 00:51:35,600 WE HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH THE 1745 00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:37,167 COMMUNITY, LOUISIANA COMMUNITY 1746 00:51:37,167 --> 00:51:38,867 TECHNICAL COLLEGE, THEY'RE PART 1747 00:51:38,867 --> 00:51:41,167 OF THE CORE CHOICE PROGRAM. 1748 00:51:41,167 --> 00:51:42,267 OFFERING COURSES THROUGH CORE 1749 00:51:42,267 --> 00:51:43,100 CHOICE AS WELL. 1750 00:51:43,100 --> 00:51:46,333 YOU KNOW, THERE IS MULTIPLE 1751 00:51:46,333 --> 00:51:48,033 VENUES FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE 1752 00:51:48,033 --> 00:51:49,533 ACCESS TO INSTRUCTORS. 1753 00:51:49,533 --> 00:51:51,167 WHETHER THAT IS AN ADVANCED 1754 00:51:51,167 --> 00:51:52,733 PLACEMENT INSTRUCTOR, OR AN 1755 00:51:52,733 --> 00:51:54,467 INSTRUCTOR THAT THEY WANTED TO 1756 00:51:54,467 --> 00:51:56,433 TAKE AN ELECTRICIAN COURSE OR 1757 00:51:56,433 --> 00:51:58,667 THEY WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER 1758 00:51:58,667 --> 00:52:00,100 STEM-RELATED COURSE, AND IT IS 1759 00:52:00,100 --> 00:52:01,500 BEING OFFERED THROUGH THE 1760 00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:02,600 COURSE CHOICE PROGRAM. 1761 00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,267 THERE ARE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 1762 00:52:05,267 --> 00:52:05,933 PROVIDERS. 1763 00:52:05,933 --> 00:52:08,633 AS AN EXAMPLE, THE INNOVATION 1764 00:52:08,633 --> 00:52:12,000 CENTER UP IN BOSSIER. 1765 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:13,233 CYBERINNOVATION CENTER OFFER 1766 00:52:13,233 --> 00:52:14,300 COURSES THROUGH THE LOUISIANA 1767 00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:15,067 COURSE CHOICE PROGRAM. 1768 00:52:15,067 --> 00:52:16,367 THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE 1769 00:52:16,367 --> 00:52:17,600 DELIVERING THE INSTRUCTION. 1770 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:18,933 PARTNERING WITH SCHOOL SYSTEMS 1771 00:52:18,933 --> 00:52:21,767 AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO 1772 00:52:21,767 --> 00:52:22,200 STUDENTS. 1773 00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:23,400 >> SHE'S GETTING TO THE HEART 1774 00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:24,933 OF THE PROBLEM, EXACTLY WHAT I 1775 00:52:24,933 --> 00:52:26,300 HAVE BEEN SAYING, IS THAT WE 1776 00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:28,033 NEED TO PAY OUR TEACHERS MORE. 1777 00:52:28,033 --> 00:52:30,167 IF WE PAY OUR TEACHERS MORE, WE 1778 00:52:30,167 --> 00:52:32,267 KEEP THE BEST TEACHERS HERE IN 1779 00:52:32,267 --> 00:52:33,567 THE STATE IN THE STEM FIELD. 1780 00:52:33,567 --> 00:52:34,967 THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE. 1781 00:52:34,967 --> 00:52:36,500 >> WHEN YOU ADD ART TO STEM, 1782 00:52:36,500 --> 00:52:37,633 WHAT DO YOU GET? 1783 00:52:37,633 --> 00:52:40,100 >> WHEN YOU ADD THE A IN ART TO 1784 00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:42,933 STEM, YOU GET STEAM, AND I'M 1785 00:52:42,933 --> 00:52:44,933 SURE OUR PANEL KNOWS THERE IS A 1786 00:52:44,933 --> 00:52:46,567 NATIONAL EFFORT TO ADD THAT A 1787 00:52:46,567 --> 00:52:47,967 FROM STEM TO STEAM. 1788 00:52:47,967 --> 00:52:49,767 I'M BRIAN, WITH THE NEURON 1789 00:52:49,767 --> 00:52:52,033 CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS, 1790 00:52:52,033 --> 00:52:54,167 LOUISIANA'S ARTS CONSERVATORY 1791 00:52:54,167 --> 00:52:56,100 FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 1792 00:52:56,100 --> 00:52:58,233 CORPORATIONS LIKE CHEVRON HAVE 1793 00:52:58,233 --> 00:53:00,367 INVESTED HEAVILY IN THE WORK, 1794 00:53:00,367 --> 00:53:02,200 PREPARING ARTISTS AND 1795 00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:03,733 INTELLECTUALS FOR THE JOBS IN 1796 00:53:03,733 --> 00:53:04,967 STEM, IN STEAM, AND BEYOND. 1797 00:53:04,967 --> 00:53:07,300 I WONDER IF SOME OF OUR 1798 00:53:07,300 --> 00:53:09,700 PANELISTS WOULD MIND COMMENTING 1799 00:53:09,700 --> 00:53:12,700 ON THE IMPORTANCE, THAT A, IN 1800 00:53:12,700 --> 00:53:14,467 STEM, STEAM, HOW YOU SEE IT 1801 00:53:14,467 --> 00:53:15,667 BENEFITING FOLKS IN THE WORK 1802 00:53:15,667 --> 00:53:16,400 FORCE AND BEYOND? 1803 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:18,433 >> I THINK IT IS A GOOD SIGN. 1804 00:53:18,433 --> 00:53:22,367 YOU SEE LOTS OF HEADS SHAKING, 1805 00:53:22,367 --> 00:53:22,900 NODDING. 1806 00:53:22,900 --> 00:53:24,100 >> I JUST WROTE A COLUMN ON 1807 00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:24,500 THAT. 1808 00:53:24,500 --> 00:53:26,400 BEING A STEM ADVOCATE, PEOPLE 1809 00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:27,700 PROBABLY GET SICK OF ME GOING 1810 00:53:27,700 --> 00:53:28,467 ON ABOUT THAT. 1811 00:53:28,467 --> 00:53:32,167 I TALKED ABOUT THE STEAM. 1812 00:53:32,167 --> 00:53:34,500 RUSTON, A SMALL COMMUNITY, VERY 1813 00:53:34,500 --> 00:53:36,200 RICH IN ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE. 1814 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:38,300 WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTISTS. 1815 00:53:38,300 --> 00:53:40,467 I BELIEVE IN BRAIN-BASED 1816 00:53:40,467 --> 00:53:41,000 LEARNING. 1817 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,933 AND I THINK IT CAN'T BE LEFT 1818 00:53:43,933 --> 00:53:44,367 OUT. 1819 00:53:44,367 --> 00:53:46,333 WHEN WE INFUSE STEM WITH THE A 1820 00:53:46,333 --> 00:53:48,200 AND MAKE IT STEAM, KIDS MORE 1821 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:50,000 NATURALLY CONNECT TO IT. 1822 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:51,667 BECAUSE IT SERVICES THEIR WHOLE 1823 00:53:51,667 --> 00:53:53,100 BRAIN AS WELL. 1824 00:53:53,100 --> 00:53:55,367 YOU HAVE MY 110% SUPPORT THERE. 1825 00:53:55,367 --> 00:53:56,833 >> I THINK THE KEY THING THAT 1826 00:53:56,833 --> 00:53:59,967 WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IS WHAT 1827 00:53:59,967 --> 00:54:01,000 MAKES LOUISIANA A GREAT PLACE 1828 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:01,633 TO LIVE. 1829 00:54:01,633 --> 00:54:03,367 IT WOULDN'T BE THE GREAT PLACE 1830 00:54:03,367 --> 00:54:05,200 WITHOUT THAT A. 1831 00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:07,700 TODAY I WAS INTERVIEWED BY A 1832 00:54:07,700 --> 00:54:09,167 RADIO STATION ABOUT A LIST THAT 1833 00:54:09,167 --> 00:54:11,867 JUST CAME OUT IN A BUSINESS 1834 00:54:11,867 --> 00:54:15,667 MAGAZINE THAT RANKED BATON 1835 00:54:15,667 --> 00:54:17,633 ROUGE 5th IN THE COUNTRY, NEW 1836 00:54:17,633 --> 00:54:19,667 ORLEANS 7th, AS BEING GREAT 1837 00:54:19,667 --> 00:54:20,800 PLACES FOR YOUNG SINGLE PEOPLE 1838 00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,467 WHO ARE BROKE TO GET A START IN 1839 00:54:22,467 --> 00:54:22,933 LIFE. 1840 00:54:22,933 --> 00:54:24,367 I THINK THEY ARE SAYING FIND A 1841 00:54:24,367 --> 00:54:26,067 JOB, FIND LOVE, AND FIND CHEAP 1842 00:54:26,067 --> 00:54:30,200 ENTERTAINMENT. 1843 00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:31,433 NOW, THE A GOES WELL BEYOND 1844 00:54:31,433 --> 00:54:31,833 THAT. 1845 00:54:31,833 --> 00:54:34,000 BUT THE A IS A KEY COMPONENT OF 1846 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:35,833 THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE 1847 00:54:35,833 --> 00:54:36,633 HAVE IN LOUISIANA. 1848 00:54:36,633 --> 00:54:38,567 BEFORE I SAID WE HAVE TO -- WE 1849 00:54:38,567 --> 00:54:41,000 HAVE TO PRODUCE PEOPLE FOR MORE 1850 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:42,000 THAN STEM JOBS. 1851 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:44,333 A LOT MORE TO THE FABRIC, 1852 00:54:44,333 --> 00:54:45,600 VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAN WHAT WE 1853 00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:46,667 HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 1854 00:54:46,667 --> 00:54:47,200 TONIGHT. 1855 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:48,500 WE DON'T HAVE THE VIBRANT 1856 00:54:48,500 --> 00:54:49,533 COMMUNITIES WITHOUT WHAT WE ARE 1857 00:54:49,533 --> 00:54:50,633 TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT AND WE 1858 00:54:50,633 --> 00:54:52,033 DON'T HAVE IT WITHOUT THE OTHER 1859 00:54:52,033 --> 00:54:52,533 COMPONENT. 1860 00:54:52,533 --> 00:54:54,633 IF YOU LOOK AT LOUISIANA STAR 1861 00:54:54,633 --> 00:54:56,067 JOBS, SYSTEM THAT RANKS THE 1862 00:54:56,067 --> 00:54:57,933 VALUE OF OUR OCCUPATIONS BY HOW 1863 00:54:57,933 --> 00:54:59,000 MANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE 1864 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,100 AND WHAT THEY PAY. 1865 00:55:01,100 --> 00:55:02,800 92% OF STEM JOBS ARE THREE, 1866 00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:04,267 FOUR, FIVE STARS IN THAT 1867 00:55:04,267 --> 00:55:06,733 THEY'RE HIGH-VALUE OCCUPATIONS. 1868 00:55:06,733 --> 00:55:10,967 A BUNCH OF THE OTHER HIGH-VALUE 1869 00:55:10,967 --> 00:55:12,200 OCCUPATIONS COME FROM THAT A, 1870 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:12,733 WITHIN THAT A. 1871 00:55:12,733 --> 00:55:14,400 WE ARE NOTHING IF WE DON'T 1872 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:15,967 PRODUCE PEOPLE FOR THAT TOO. 1873 00:55:15,967 --> 00:55:18,233 >> TO PIGGY BACK ON THAT, 1874 00:55:18,233 --> 00:55:19,500 TECHNOLOGY FIELD, MOVIE MAKING, 1875 00:55:19,500 --> 00:55:21,100 WHAT IT IS IN OUR STATE, A HUGE 1876 00:55:21,100 --> 00:55:22,900 PART OF OUR ECONOMIC 1877 00:55:22,900 --> 00:55:24,300 DEVELOPMENT AND WE ARE FOCUSING 1878 00:55:24,300 --> 00:55:25,967 ON THAT IN THE NEW TECH SKILL 1879 00:55:25,967 --> 00:55:28,067 SO THAT THE KIDS HAVE THE 1880 00:55:28,067 --> 00:55:30,200 SKILLS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE 1881 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:31,733 ARTISTIC TO BE ABLE TO 1882 00:55:31,733 --> 00:55:33,867 ACCOMPLISH THE BEST OF THAT AS 1883 00:55:33,867 --> 00:55:34,233 WELL. 1884 00:55:34,233 --> 00:55:35,100 THAT FITS INTO IT. 1885 00:55:35,100 --> 00:55:36,767 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1886 00:55:36,767 --> 00:55:38,533 >> WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL 1887 00:55:38,533 --> 00:55:39,033 QUESTIONS. 1888 00:55:39,033 --> 00:55:40,567 THAT IS ALL OF THE TIME WE HAVE 1889 00:55:40,567 --> 00:55:42,067 FOR THIS EVENING, BEFORE 1890 00:55:42,067 --> 00:55:43,867 CLOSING COMMENTS, I'D LIKE 1891 00:55:43,867 --> 00:55:45,867 TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US 1892 00:55:45,867 --> 00:55:46,933 ALL LOOK AT SOMEBODY WHO 1893 00:55:46,933 --> 00:55:48,733 ACTUALLY DID MAJOR IN A STEM 1894 00:55:48,733 --> 00:55:49,933 FIELD AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY 1895 00:55:49,933 --> 00:55:53,133 A LITTLE SOMETHING TO US. 1896 00:55:53,133 --> 00:55:55,000 >> HELLO, I WANT TO THANK YOU 1897 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:56,900 FOR RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT 1898 00:55:56,900 --> 00:55:58,200 SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. 1899 00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:00,533 AS A CHEMICAL ENGINEER, YOUNG 1900 00:56:00,533 --> 00:56:01,933 OF MOM STUDENTS, THIS IS A 1901 00:56:01,933 --> 00:56:04,667 CAUSE I HOLD CLOSE TO MY HEART. 1902 00:56:04,667 --> 00:56:06,733 WORLD WIDE DEMAND OF SCIENTISTS 1903 00:56:06,733 --> 00:56:08,500 AND ENGINEERS GROW, STUDIES 1904 00:56:08,500 --> 00:56:10,300 SHOW STUDENTS IN AMERICA RANK 1905 00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:12,867 LOW IN BASIC SCIENCE AND MATH 1906 00:56:12,867 --> 00:56:13,367 PROFICIENCY. 1907 00:56:13,367 --> 00:56:15,567 TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS FOR THE 1908 00:56:15,567 --> 00:56:18,000 REWARDING AND HIGH PAYING JOBS 1909 00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:24,567 IN 21st CENTURY, WE NEED TO 1910 00:56:24,567 --> 00:56:26,367 COME TOGETHER AND COMMIT -- 1911 00:56:26,367 --> 00:56:28,500 CLASSROOMS FOSTER AN INNOVATIVE 1912 00:56:28,500 --> 00:56:29,500 AND RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENT 1913 00:56:29,500 --> 00:56:31,833 THAT ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS TO 1914 00:56:31,833 --> 00:56:33,200 THRIVE AND SURPASS NOT ONLY 1915 00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:34,700 OTHER STATES BUT OTHER 1916 00:56:34,700 --> 00:56:35,133 COUNTRIES. 1917 00:56:35,133 --> 00:56:40,667 >> WELL, WHAT A GREAT COMMENT. 1918 00:56:40,667 --> 00:56:42,067 I WANT TO THANK OUR AUDIENCE 1919 00:56:42,067 --> 00:56:45,433 AND OUR PANELISTS THIS EVENING. 1920 00:56:45,433 --> 00:56:49,867 MR. BRADFORD, MISS CHAISSON, 1921 00:56:49,867 --> 00:56:58,200 DR. WARNER, MS. BONIOL AND 1922 00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,167 MR. 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