Module 1.3 Enlisting Industry

Overview Description

Our goal in Module 1.3 is to look at ways to enlist industry role models and partners who are potential employers of your students to communicate career opportunities that reflect their company’s and their personal commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.

We are going to learn about a local utility company, Con Edison.   We’ll look at its businesses, changing workforce, diversity equity and inclusion initiatives, and career opportunities for STEM students.   We’ll also hear about role models who started out in entry-level positions at Con Edison and progressed to executive leadership roles. 

We will engage in conversation, view a video, reflect on the company’s culture of change, and at the end, offer a set of industry-related activities to try with students in an upcoming course, or to make your students aware of. In completing module 1.3, we hope that you will come to understand 1) Con Edison’s business, 2) How Con Edison’s strategic initiatives and employee benefits can appeal to diverse students as they explore STEM career goals, 3) How Con Edison’s dedication to culture change  connects diverse employees, fosters as sense of belonging and inclusion in the company, and builds bridges towards better understanding and fixing inequities,  4) How different entry level positions in STEM began a lifelong career path for current leaders who worked their way up in the company and now serve as  industry role models to diverse students in STEM, and  5) Future partnerships to bring industry role models to your students or bring students to the company. 

Preparation / Pre-work

None

Key Takeaways

1. Identifying potential local industry partners, local technician positions, skillsets

2. How to Overlay a Cultural Lens on Industry Partnerships - Persona's, Role Models, Describe Company Culture and DEI Initiatives

3.  Industry Partnership scenarios to consider - Speakers, Mentors, Career Days, at WCC, Industry Site Visits / Tours

Training Slides

 Module 1.3:  Enlisting Industry Role Models and Practitioners:   Click to view slides   

 Click to view Con Edison Video referenced in the slides

Zoom Training Webinar Recording

link <-- Click to review recording of the Training Webinar

Inclusive examples to use in Technician Education Practice

1. Activity 1 - Learn about STEM Career Opportunities at a Local Company - Bright Horizons

2. Activity 2 - Arrange a Site Visit to a Local Company - Learning Center Tour

3. Activity 3 - Invite a local employee to your classroom  or extracurricular to share their STEM Career Story, drive awareness of Con Edison and the Utility Industry

Follow-Up Activities, Exercises, Tips and Tools (linked to earning Micro-credentials)

1.  Get involved with Bright Horizons

2. Arrange to take a Learning Center Tour

3. Invite Ed and Keith to your classroom or extracurricular

Sources and Other Information

https://www.coned.com/en/about-us/diversity/employee-resource-affinity-groups