cfao professional development workshop may 18, 2004
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CfAO Professional Development Workshop May 18, 2004. “To broaden our economic base and provide employment to the young people of Maui, including former residents who would like to return, we are seeking to start a process which will lead to community-accepted - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CfAO ProfessionalDevelopment Workshop
May 18, 2004
“To broaden our economic base and provide employment
to the young people of Maui, including former residents
who would like to return, we are seeking to start a process
which will lead to community-accepted new economic directions which both the public
and private sectors working together can follow…this will not be an easy task or a quick fix.”
Colin C. CameronOpening Remarks at Kapalua Conference
on “Maui’s Economic Future”December 9, 1981
Mission
To provide leadership and vision in our communityfor the responsible design and development
of a strong and diversified economy
Vision
A future in which abundant opportunities for rewarding employment are met by a qualified, resident workforce in
Maui County, a community which honors its cultural heritage and natural environment
$136 million and counting…
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Yearly Revenue Comparison(Millions of Dollars)
Wailea/Makena Resorts
HC&S
Maui Land & Pine
Maui High TechIndustry
We are diverse…
We are world class…
Assets
• 1 of top 5 viewing locations in the world• Suite of 11 Air Force and University of Hawaii telescopes
- AEOS: largest optical telescope in DoD system- Faulkes Telescope
• Deep and near space applications, orbital debris tracking, Near Earth Asteroid Tracking, world-renowned solar research
• World-class industry in design, research, custom production of optics and sensors
• Imaging, simulation/modeling• Maui High Performance Computing Center• Pacific Disaster Center
It pays a living wage…
What Is A Living Wage in Maui County?
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Maui County (excluding Lahaina)
Cashiers
Retail Sales
Housekeepers
First Line Supervisors
Adult & Infant & Preschooler
MRTP Average Income
Average Annual Income in MRTP is $60,000
“The fact that only two of the ten largest occupations in Hawaii provide wages sufficient to
meet even the smallest family’s needs accentuates the lack of opportunities to secure a livable wage in
the labor market…[1. Nursing and 2. Technology].”
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for HawaiiApril 2003
Workforce: Key to growth and competing…
Workforce Development
• Women in Technology- National model pilot/demonstration projects- Tapping women and minorities- Includes boys
• Technical assistance- Creating “pipeline”- Recruitment - Retention
• Education is foundation for workforce• Attention to Kama’aina come home• Science/culture interface
High Tech MauiHoliday Job Fair• 15 companies• 600 participants• 25 placements• Database
Boeing’s Daron Nishimoto at Job Fair
Jamie Legsay, apprentice toMECO full-time hire
Computer Operator Apprenticeship• 2 year program• 5 apprentices
Project EAST (Environmental and Spatial Technology)• Project-based, lab-based• 300 students, 5 high schools
Baldwin High School EAST class
FSEA (Future Scientists & Engineers Of American)• 800 students
Teacher Emily Haines with King Kekaulike High School FSEA students
Job Shadowing• Tech Careers Day: “I am the future”• Introduce Girls to Engineering• 200 students
MentorNet• Matching women to industry mentors• 100 mentees
Sharyn Sharp at Dreisbach Data
Excite Camp• Astronomy and culture• Intermediate school • 25 native Hawaiian girls
1st Annual Akamai Internship Program• Center for Adaptive Optics
• 12 paid internships
Building partnerships for equity…
WorkforceAlliances
County of Maui
U of Hawaii/Maui Community College
Labor Unions
Department of Education, Maui District
Technology Business CommunityAir Force Research Lab
U. S. Senator Inouye
Kamehameha Schools
Center for Adaptive Optics
U.S. Department of Labor
U. S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kama’aina Careers
Lessons for Success• Administered through an organization with existing key relationships
with STEM employers and educators.• Obtain ongoing buy-in from high-ranking employer and educator
partners.• Involve partners in
wide-ranging recruitmentand retention programs based on equity best
practices.
Moving Toward Critical Mass
• 4 years later: Female technical workforce at MRTP increased to 23% from less than 13% in 2000.
• A female hired as CEO• 6 new female Ph.D.’s lead research in 4 MRTP
companies. • Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) internships –
33% female, 75% from under-represented groups.
Kama’aina Come Home
Keiki Pua Dancil, PhD,Trex Enterprises
The partnership payoff…
Growing the next generation…
We have momentum…
Premier Place
MHPCC
Maui R&T Center
New Building Site
RME Site
MicroGaia
Maui Research & Technology Park
Contact Information:Jeanne Skog, President & CEOLeslie Wilkins, Vice President
Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.(808) 875-2300
[email protected]@medb.org