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From page 87...
... 87 A P P E N D I X A Actual Survey Comments High Schools • Tour of ATC, guest speakers • Flights, access to simulators, some in class support • Provide flights for students • Advice • Internships, volunteer hours, pilot connections, pilots who volunteer to teach classroom lessons to students • They provide guidance and potential employment opportunities for our students. • Scholarships, internships, job shadowing, job pathway • One-dimensional lecture supplemented by real-world • Get out of the classroom and see the real world, which reinforces classroom.
From page 88...
... 88 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • We are trying to establish a place for our students to take their classes at this airport. We may still be in negotiations with them.
From page 89...
... Actual Survey Comments 89 • Club fair at the beginning of the year and I promote to the students that I have in other classes • Word of mouth; electives catalog • Facility tours, career counselor informative briefings • Counselors talk to 8th graders • On school website, during student/family interactions, and at high school fairs • EAA Young Eagle rides, invites to the classroom simulator, summer programs • Facebook and Instagram • Flyers, vendor booths at air shows • We are starting an Explorers Post and will be in our feeder middle schools. • Magnetized school, recruit from middle schools • Speak, presentations, brochures, pathways instead of academy; also do a career night for 8th graders • Generally, show program to neighboring middle and elementary schools; also youth organizations that directly feed this campus • Career fairs at middle schools, tours, sporting events, local newspapers • Career counseling, guest speakers, industry professionals • In community and through visits • Newspaper covers aviation events and students' solos • Present programs with junior high students • Open house, radio advertisement, word of mouth • I visit our 8th grade students and share at Parent Night.
From page 90...
... 90 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges Community Colleges • Outreach to schools and attendance at aviation events • College website, hosting FAA seminars, attendance at FAA safety seminars, attendance at career fairs and airport open house events • Papers, billboards, radio, social media, etc. • High school visits, TV, radio, Internet, fairs, field trips, employer-affiliated partnerships, etc.
From page 91...
... Actual Survey Comments 91 • Visit high school, community events, air shows, college also does online and radio advertising • Various outreach events • Multiple advertising resources, social media, etc. • Tours, presentations, high school outreach • Career fairs, school visits, tours of our facility, local aviation events held at our facility • Very limited budget!
From page 92...
... 92 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges High Schools • Contacting local companies and arranging face-to-face meeting • Tours of airline training facilities, volunteer hours at local airports, tours of local ATC, work with local EAA chapters • Attendance at symposiums; field trips to airport • Attend EAA meetings; tours of our facility to local CFIs • Advisory board • Aviation advisory committees, e-mails, contacts • Flyers, vendor booths at air shows, chamber of commerce meetings, Facebook connections • Through our advisory panel • Talk to airlines, MRO, phone/visit, FAA, rely on industry contacts, take advantage of opportunities to meet/mingle with industry professionals, static displays at air shows, etc., out in community • Biannual industry advisory meetings and monthly face-to-face with local businesses • Meeting with industry constantly to ensure they know what we are teaching and what credentials our graduates have • Sponsors, inviting industry professionals in-house • Advisory board and mentorship promotion • EHS has an Aviation Advisory Committee • Participating in on-worksite visits at Memphis International Airport, Federal Express • Reaching out directly • Job fairs and aviation fair Program Promotion to Industry In what ways do you promote your aviation program to industry?
From page 93...
... Actual Survey Comments 93 Community Colleges • Cooperation with local airlines • Nothing formal • By ensuring quality graduates. The industry is well aware of the 90-year reputation of PIA graduates.
From page 94...
... 94 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • Direct contact with our in-house employment facilitator • Career fairs; outreach events • Career services • Direct contact by phone, e-mail, and personal visit • Word of mouth, Facebook, career fairs • Through partnerships, alumni, press releases • Industry trade shows, guest speakers, and field trips. • We are not allowed to promote our program.
From page 95...
... Actual Survey Comments 95 • Keeping students in the program for the full four years has proven to be a challenge. If the students could have access to flying, I think this would keep their motivation going.
From page 96...
... 96 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • It has been a challenge to get families to understand what our program is and what we have to offer. I have spent a lot of time talking to various groups and promoting the program myself.
From page 97...
... Actual Survey Comments 97 • Money/beg • Our largest headache is working flight training into a traditional college that uses semesters. Square peg in a round hole • Mostly administrative • Persistence • Equipment, weather, VA rules • FAA oversight and restrictions and funding/working with FAA inspectors • Integration of FAA curriculum with CC standards, as they are not compatible.
From page 98...
... 98 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • Different ways to recruit students • Acquiring teaching aids, i.e., aircraft and equipment • The challenges are the workforce is thriving so kids are not attending. High school counselors try and get high school students to go to a four-year institution.
From page 99...
... Actual Survey Comments 99 High Schools • Do it! It's never been a better time to be in aviation • Get the AOPA curriculum, especially if you're a novice to aviation like me.
From page 100...
... 100 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • Make sure there is actually a reason to do it and have LOCAL support above and beyond anything else. • Determine what the end result of the graduates will be, which can be what job skill set or what company and work backwards to develop the program.
From page 101...
... Actual Survey Comments 101 • Get with other schools within your FAA geographical coverage to get some ideas so it will be as painless as possible. • A successful program would consider: o Part-time or full-time clerical staff is a must because multitude of vendors used to support an aviation program, plus FAA recordkeeping requirements.
From page 102...
... 102 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • Do not outsource delivery of instruction; will cause issues with VA. Need to have plans set up for rolling admissions and what to do if weather prevents completion of courses.
From page 103...
... Actual Survey Comments 103 • Important to have appropriate personnel to understand aviation and academia and the interaction between the two • Good Luck High Schools • Reach out • Do it! It is valuable in many ways outside just the aviation aspects.
From page 104...
... 104 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • Industry realizes the need for aviation professionals – shortage, the high schools are the next generation. Donate unneeded equipment, etc., to schools.
From page 105...
... Actual Survey Comments 105 • Showcase the community college quality instruction and low-cost tuition. • Promote the industry to prospective students.
From page 106...
... 106 Promoting Aviation Career Education in High Schools and Community Colleges • Pick one that has a proven track record of success in both education & training. • You need graduates.

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