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Outreach. AABI 2013 New & Innovative Programs Seminar. Purpose. This presentation shows a Lighthouse example of high school STEM education at The Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS)

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Outreach

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  1. Outreach AABI 2013 New & Innovative Programs Seminar

  2. Purpose • This presentation shows a Lighthouse example of high school STEM education at The Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) • A public/private partnership supporting construction and operation of a public high school with aviation as a STEM theme • Funding was a joint project of the Highline School District, the Seattle Port Authority, & several industry partners • Naming rights went to James & Sherry Raisbeck (Raisbeck Engineering) • The education is academic and lab (project-based) • Industry participates extensively with mentoring, advisement, project adjudication, and internships • Located in a “competitive” school district; attracts students from 22 school districts • $43M funding included commitment to serve as Lighthouse example; objective is to stimulate similar activities throughout the nation • Intention: Lighthouse concept applied to other locations, considering local political environment, local industry, potential government partners • Theme may be based on local industry: aviation, automobiles, chemistry, etc • Raisbeck Aviation High School contains Lighthouse Workshop facility dedicated to hosting industry/educator/government teams from around the nation

  3. Definitions • Outreach: Institutional approach to inform, inspire, and attract • “Downreach” reflects specifically targeted outreach to the supply segment of the education pipeline • Industry to post-secondary & K-12 education i.e. Boeing, FAA, & AlaskaAir presence at Raisbeck Aviation High School (RAHS) • University to high schools i.e. numerous examples in this room • High schools to middle/elementary i.e. RAHS robotics teams to local schools • “Upreach” reflects specifically targeted outreach from the high school to universities and industry: i.e. RAHS & Purdue, UND, ERAU • STEM: Science Technology Engineering & Math • STEAM: Science Technology Engineering Arts & Math • Lighthouse: A best practice example of STEM education application that other communities can explore and emulate

  4. AVIATIONHIGH SCHOOL The Sky is NOT the Limit! Our Success StoryEnhancing the Future of Puget Sound Aerospace Dominance Reinventing High School How an urban public school became an incubator for the next generation of Aviation & Aerospace innovators Reba GilmanCEO / Principal 17 November 2012

  5. 39 slides from Reba Gilman’s Presentation at the 2012 Royal Aeronautical Society Joseph Sutter Honorary Lecture. Entire 20 mb presentation will be posted on the AABI web site about March 10, 2013 at http://www.aabi.aero/news.html or Can be secured from Peter Morton pmminc@earthlink.net

  6. What Can AABI Do? • Reenergize our Outreach Committee • Share success stories in outreach and best STEM examples • Share lessons learned in outreach • Create and maintain a data base of outreach projects • Industry: encourage your affiliates in education to engage in purposeful outreach and support • Educators: practice upreach, outreach, and downreach; encourage K-12 networking

  7. Raisbeck Aviation High School Students at Museum of Flight Pathfinders

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