Transcript Florida Energy Workforce Consortium

2014 Key
Accomplishments
January 2015
Reminder… our history
• Formed in 2006 to develop solutions to meet the
current and future workforce needs of Florida’s
energy industry
• Comprised of energy industry, construction, preK –
12 and post-secondary education, and workforce
representatives
• Compete for a talent puddle or work
together to build a talent pool?
Purpose of FEWC
• PARTNER and COLLABORATE!
• Work locally, regionally, at state, and at
national levels to brand our industry careers
and create talent pipeline programs
• Focused on key areas:
- Career Awareness
- Funding & Resources
Outreach
- Policy & Education
- State & National
2014 “Re-Focus” Year
• Held Strategic Planning Session in
Tallahassee in February
• Finalized leadership position roles and reconstituted Executive Committee
• Drafted strategic areas of focus
• Hired Lindsay Silveus in part-time role
• Suspended member dues for 2014/2015
fiscal year
Executive Committee 2014
– Chair: Betsy Levingston, Lakeland Electric
– Chair-Elect: Jennifer Grove, Gulf Power
– Career Awareness: April Harley, Duke
Energy
– Education: Susan Van Buren, CHELCO
– Honorary EC Member: Andra Cornelius,
Career Source Florida
Executive Committee
Chair Responsibilities
• The holder of this position leads FEWC by setting
direction, including the development of FEWC’s
vision, mission, and strategic areas of focus and
ensures that actions are assigned, carried out and
evaluated for success.
• A second industry representative shall serve as the
Chair-elect to prevent leadership responsibilities for
FEWC from becoming overly burdensome to one
industry member and to prevent loss of momentum if
the Chair should become temporarily unable to lead.
Executive Committee
Chair-Elect Responsibilities
• Assist the Chair in overseeing all activities of the
Consortium. The Chair-elect collaborates with the Chair to
learn the role of the Chair, to become familiar with the
programs of FEWC and its governance, and to develop
and facilitate officer transition.
• In the absence of the Chair, perform all the Chair’s
responsibilities. The Chair-elect shall automatically
become Chair at the end of the term as Chair-elect or
upon the resignation or extended absence of the Chair.
• In addition, the holder of this position oversees the
finances of the organization and leads FEWC in efforts to
grow membership and increase the engagement of
members to sustain FEWC in meeting the changing
workforce needs of Florida’s energy industry.
Executive Committee
Career Awareness Responsibilities
• The holder of this position leads the FEWC in
creating awareness of the critical need for a
skilled energy workforce and the
opportunities for education that can lead to
entry level employment.
Executive Committee
Education Responsibilities
• The holder of this position works to impact education
public policy and implementation of energy industryrelevant education and training at the secondary and
post-secondary levels with an eye toward
opportunities to transfer knowledge from the existing
workforce to entry-level workers.
• He/she leads the FEWC Education Committee and
serves on the FEWC Executive Committee.
• The Education Chair serves as the FEWC’s Liaison
to the Florida Department of Education on FEWC
education issues, policies, and initiatives.
• The Education Chair also chairs the Energy
Education Working Group.
Florida Energy Workforce Consortium
www.getintoenergy.com
Key Linkages/ Partnerships
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CareerSource Florida
Florida Department of Education
Florida Ready To Work
Florida Workforce Development Association
Florida Advanced Technical Education Center
(FLATE)
Center for Energy Workforce Development
Other state energy workforce consortia
Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC)
NCCER
Career Source Florida
Partnership
• Foundational to the creation and ongoing
support of the Florida Energy Workforce
Consortium
• Key policy to have energy identified as
infrastructure industry
• Allowed for thoughtful look at the state of the
Florida energy workforce through industry
cluster task force work
• Relationship that is envied by other state
consortia
Career Awareness
Target Audiences
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Education Administration
Guidance Counselors
Instructional Educators
High School, Technical Center, and Post-secondary
Students/Graduates
• Parents of student populations
• Military Representatives
• Job Seekers
Proclamation:
Florida Careers
In Energy Week
October 12 – 18, 2014
Florida Skills USA
World of Energy
New Career
Awareness
Piece
Education
• Continued implementation of high school
career academy model at multiple locations in
state
• Began partnership with CEWD to develop
middle school curriculum resources – to be
available August, 2015
• Florida Energy Teachers Network
Florida Energy
Teachers Network
• Comprised of teachers from throughout Florida who are
now delivering or interested in delivering energy
curriculum in the future
• Deliver annual face-to-face training sessions in
partnership with FACTE – FESC hosted 2014 event in
June at UF in Gainesville
• Provide communications from industry/consortium to this
network of teachers through email and have added
teacher “toolkit” to FEWC website
www.fewc.org (then click Energy Teachers tab)
Website/ Social Media
• Currently being redesigned to leverage
GEICC site
• Facebook/ LinkedIn discussion
Finance Report
• FEWC cash balance as of December 31, 2014 $102,322
• FEWC Member Companies 2014/2015
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Gulf Power Company
Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)
JEA
City of Lakeland (Lakeland Electric)
NextEra Energy/Florida Power & Light (FPL)
CareerSource Citrus/Levy/Marion
Duke Energy
CHELCO
Questions?
Careers in Energy Week
• Careers in Energy Week is a week dedicated to
celebrating and raising awareness of energy careers and
their importance to our communities, state, and nation.
• The FEWC sponsored a video contest for Florida high
school students (grades 9-12) around the theme, “Why
Choose a Career in Energy?”
• Monetary prizes were awarded to the top 3 winners in the
state. Winning entries will be published on our
organization’s websites (www.fewc.org and
getintoenergyflorida.com) and may be published on our
national websites.
Careers in Energy Week
Video Contest
1st Place: Tenoroc High School
Juniors
Justin Bessinger, Chance Fields,
Johnathan Gonzalez, Alexis Hernandez,
Zach Horton, Lauren Keefer, Donald Keeney,
Sabrina King, Joseph Lauters, Kyle Moya-Fonseca,
Logan Padgett, Wilfredo Pares, Jena Voight,
Tyler Wells, Caitlyn Whigham, Peyton Whitehead
2nd Place: Tenoroc High School
Senior Girls
Katie Clement, Brittney
Davidson, Marissa Glaspie-Fisher,
Jenna Manning, Allison Peterson,
Leah Platt, Ashley Schaeffer
3rd Place: Tenoroc High School
Senior Boys
Brandon Bryan, Jacob Carroll,
Casey Caudill, Dawson Clark,
Preston Davis, Cesar Duarte,
Matt Jenkins, Matthew Siders,
Nicholas Waccary, Freddy Montano-Ramos
Careers in Energy Week
1st Place Winner
Tenoroc High School POWER Academy Juniors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppiIzghLxqQ&feature=youtu.be
Careers in Energy Week
2nd Place Winner
Tenoroc High School POWER Academy Senior Girls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT0zrFlbmZM&feature=youtu.be
Careers in Energy Week
3rd Place Winner
Tenoroc High School POWER Academy Senior Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PwNUBC0IWKA
2014-15 STRATEGIC
INITIATIVES
Susan Neumans Van Buren
2014-15 Strategic Initiatives
• Career Awareness
– Develop a How to Guide for energy career
awareness and energy education
programs in Florida
– Develop a Did You Know video about
energy careers
– Develop Wordle 
2014-15 Strategic Initiatives
• Education
– Establish Teacher Externship for
educations in key STEM academic areas
during Summer 2015 break 
– Provide Florida Energy Teachers and
Instructors with an opportunity to network,
learn, and share with each other. (June
2015)
– Established FETN Facebook Page 
2014-15 Strategic Initiatives
• Marketing & Membership
– Revitalize our websites (fewc.org and
getintoenergyflorida.com) in a way that
accurately reflects current and future
industry needs and FEWC activities
– Update logo
– Grow membership and engagement in
FEWC
• Establish FEWC page on LinkedIn 
2014-15 Strategic Initiatives
• How can you help?
– Please select a small group – Career
Awareness, Education, or Marketing to join
and discuss how to implement these
initiatives
– We’ll come back and debrief after 45
minutes