Siemens Sponsors Northeast Florida Education Consortium Visit to Austin Texas School District's Engineering Career Academy
February 20 2009 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Lake Travis School District Program to Showcase Career Academy for
Consortium Officials BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ --
Over the past few years Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.,
through its Building Education program has developed a strong
relationship with Lake Travis School District in Austin, Texas by
helping the District establish an Engineering Career Academy
program. The program is designed to put a rigorous project-based
academic curriculum into a career context. Students are introduced
to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) based
curriculum and are able to apply their learning to a wide variety
of engineering specialties including energy efficiency and
sustainability. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) The
success of the program in Lake Travis is something that all
involved in can be proud of -- so much so that it is now serving as
a demonstration site for the Siemens Building Education Engineering
Career Academy program. Staff members and faculty from the North
East Florida Education Consortium (NEFEC), a support organization
of 12 rural school districts in central Florida will visit the
program at Lake Travis in February. NEFEC is committed to studying
the feasibility of establishing an Engineering Career Academy for
its member Districts and Siemens is committed to helping them
accomplish their goal. Through a planning grant awarded by Siemens
to the NEFEC Foundation, members will be able to travel to Lake
Travis, meet with faculty and students and observe firsthand the
Engineering Career Academy in action. Among its missions, NEFEC was
established to provide curriculum and staff development, as well as
thought leadership, for administrators and faculty in the
consortium. Through its growing relationship with Siemens and
Building Education program, Siemens Building Technologies is laying
the ground work to establish a similar network of STEM-guided
Building Technology Career Academies for NEFEC members. "What
better way to 'show' rather than 'tell' NEFEC about the Career
Academy than to host a visit," says Building Education Program
director Charley Cohen. "Lake Travis serves as a model for the
potential for the Career Academies Siemens helps establish, and
they want to share its success with their colleagues and peers. We
are delighted to be able to help NEFEC understand how effective
this program may be for its members." Siemens Building Technologies
Building Education program is active nationwide supporting STEM
initiatives and green curricula development. The goal is to provide
students opportunities that will lead to careers in energy-related
fields, including environmental and energy engineering as well as
21st century green technician jobs. The program partners with
professional and philanthropic organizations such as the
Association for Career Technical Education and the Ford Motor
Company Fund. As a leading provider of energy and environmental
solutions, building controls, fire safety and security systems
solutions, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., makes buildings
comfortable, safe, secure and less costly to operate. With U.S.
headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Siemens Building Technologies
employs 7,400 people and provides a full range of services and
solutions from more than 100 locations coast-to-coast. Worldwide,
the company has 28,000 employees and operates from more than 500
locations in 51 countries. For more information on Siemens Building
Technologies, visit:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGODATASOURCE:
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Steven E. Kuehn,
+1-847-941-6047, , for Siemens Building Technologies Web Site:
http://www.usa.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies
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