Mind the Gap
Workshop Agenda
(Located at the bottom of this page are links for valuable references and guidance documents)
Day 1: Finding the Gap
Identify individual points of view from the Private Sector, Academic Sector and Students.
9:00am – 10:45am: Full Group Session 1
- Welcome
- Working Together: Exercise
10:45am – 11:00am: Break
11:00am - Noon: Full Group Session 2
- Overview
- Roadmap and Best Practices for Participation
- Objective and Goals: Exercise
Noon – 1:00pm: Working Lunch
- Keynote from Jenni Evans, AMS President
- Small Group Discussion
1:00pm – 2:30pm: Finding the Gap - Panel Discussion 1
- Private Sector Point of View
2:30pm – 3:00pm: Break
3:00pm – 4:30pm: Finding the Gap - Panel Discussion 2
- Academic Sector Point of View
4:30 – 6:00pm: Finding the Gap - Small Group Workshop 1
6:00 - 7:30pm: Reception/Relationships
Day 2: Minding the Gap
Working together as a community to generate ideas that integrate points of view from yesterday.
8:30am – 10:00am: Full Group Session 3
- Sectors report on yesterday’s small-group workshops
10:00am – 10:30am: Break
10:30am - Noon: Minding the Gap: Panel Discussion 3
- Academic Sector + Private Sector + Students
Noon – 1:30pm: Working Lunch
- Keynote from Mary Glackin, AMS President Elect (Executive Committee, Weather Coalition)
- Small Group Discussion
1:30pm – 3:00pm: Full Group Session 3
- Priorities, Goals, Course of Action
3:00pm – 3:30pm: Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm: Small Group Workshop 2
5:00pm – 5:30pm: Full Group Session 4
Dinner on your own
Day 3: Bridging the Gap
Document gaps and challenges for students pursuing careers in the private sector. Recommend actions for both the Academic Sector and Private Sector that help address the gaps and challenges. Lay the groundwork for future opportunities to collaborate between private sector, academia and students.
8:00am – 10:00am: Full Group Session 4
- Small Group Reports
- Large Group Discussion
10:00am – 10:15am: Break
10:15am - Noon: Full Group Session 5
- Document gaps and challenges
- Draft recommendations
- Define the road ahead for this group
Thank you!! (Lunch on your own)
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REFERENCE MATERIALS AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
- The current AMS Statement on the guidelines of a degree in atmospheric science:
- The US. Gov requirements for a degree in meteorology
- The WMO standards for education and training for meteorologists
- AMS Financial Weather and Climate Risk Management Committee and the Board of Private Sector Meteorologists document on "Non-Meteorological Subsect Areas and Coursework to Prepare Students for Employment in the Private Sector"
- NCAR SOARS presentation on "The gap between graduates' skills and employers' expectations" by V. Sloan
- From the 2014 AMS/AGU Heads and Chairs meeting, panel discussion on "Job market trends and exploring the gaps between the skills of our graduates and employers' expectations." by J. Knox