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FREMONT UNIFIED

S C H O O L D I S T R I C T

Parker Thomas FUSE Fellow – City of Fremont and Fremont Unified School District

Create a Human Resources Pipeline for Advanced Manufacturing

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Where We Started

• May, 2017 The City of Fremont and Fremont Unified entered into a partnership to hire

a FUSE Fellow who would create a comprehensive strategic and sustainable STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) educational plan.

• A national search was conducted and Parker Thomas was hired in June 2017 with a

start date of October 2, 2017.

• Parker has begun the process of establishing a strategic plan, developing

partnerships and identifying funding sources for a sustainable STEAM pathway in

• Fremont. One of the primary goals for the fellow is to help increase student

engagement in the Fremont manufacturing community and identify post-graduation employment pathways.

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Fellowship Plan

10 Week Listening Tour

10 Week Listening Tour

9 Months Execution

1 Month Synthesis & Planning

• Team in Place
• 3-5 Year Strategic Plan
• 3 Prototypes
• Funding Identified
• Outlives the

Fellowship

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Listening Tour (so far)

Who I talked to What I Heard

• Pockets of innovation all across

the District

• Businesses want to be involved

in schools

• Outside organizations want to

be involved in schools 100 interviews:

• Educators (K-12 and

college)

• Parents
• Community members

(ecosystem)

• Businesses
• Nonprofits
• Public agencies
• Other cities

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Listening Tour (cont.)

What is advanced manufacturing?

What do students need to know?

• “Tesla - what they do…”,
• “well, lots of technologies and

advanced materials”

• “biotech, for sure”
• “it’s more advanced than what we

used to do…”

• “six Sigma, lean manufacturing,

kaizen and all that stuff…”

• “it’s a rebranding of manufacturing,

because now it’s more advanced”

• STEAM (Science, Technology,

Engineering, Art, Math) skills

• Creative problem solving
• That the jobs exist

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How might we enable the entire community to help students learn STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) skills?

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Possible Approaches

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Next Steps

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep

Capacity Building Teacher Professional Development Walters School Design Process Sustainability Fremont Learning Network Kickoff Programs Prototype 1 Prototype 2 Prototype 3

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Questions and Comments