High School teachers and counselors learn about manufacturing
Friday, June 16; times below
Background: The Alcoa Foundation Teachers’ Manufacturing Bootcamp is taking place in the month of June with 24 area teachers and counselors from middle and senior high schools from EVSC, Gibson Southern, Mt. Carmel, Mt. Vernon, and Boonville. On June 16, the group will be at Ivy Tech Community College for a breakfast and a hands-on tour.
The schedule includes:
8:30 a.m.: Breakfast in Room 107
9 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Hands-on Campus and Lab Tours which will include:
- Flying drones
- Computer Numeric Controls – creating Teachers’ Boot Camp Commemorative Coins
- Advanced Automation and Robotics Technology – Seeing robotics in action
- Welding – Using the welding simulator
- Mechatronics – Vibration analysis
Manufacturing is a very important component of the economy in Indiana providing 30% of the state’s earnings. It also provides high wages for the people engaged in manufacturing with an annual average of about $70,000. However, the retirement rate for manufacturing is increasing rapidly as the skills gap for the incoming workers continues to grow. This Bootcamp is one of the efforts underway in Southwest Indiana to help combat this trend.
Contact at the event: Jim Heck, Executive Director of Grow Southwest Indiana Workforce; and at the breakfast – Ivy Tech Chancellor Jonathan Weinzapfel
