Workforce Development Day
March
8
2023
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Did you know?
The Blue Economy is a rapidly expanding sector that refers to all economic and sustainable activities related to oceans, seas, and coastal areas.
In 2020, San Diego’s maritime, water, and Blue Tech businesses employed more than 114,000 people, accounting for more than 9% of employment in San Diego County. With initiatives underway like the United Nation’s Ocean Decade, President Biden’s national goal of 30 gigawatts by 2030, andSan Diego’s own Climate Action Plan, the need for Blue Tech and Blue Economy workers is growing. This includes industries such as fisheries, tourism, renewable energy, and marine biotechnology. There is a growing demand for skilled professionals who can work in these fields, and educators can help prepare students to take advantage of these opportunities.
If you are an educator
Please join TMA Blue Tech, San Diego Unified School District, MiraCostaCollege, and the University of San Diego for this one-day conference on how to develop the curriculum needed at the K-12, community college and university levels to build the Blue Economy workforce that will be a critical part of our future.
Educators from all over the San Diego region will attend for a day of presentations and group discussions. This event will begin to coordinate a streamlined approach to the Blue Economy and develop tabletop action plans for implementing changes, new curriculum, and ideas into our schools, Colleges and Universities that help is still a sense of environmental stewardship and promote responsible business practices.
Featured topics with experts from educational and blue economy sectors will help us explore the following topics:
● Futures Thinking and Educational Disruptors, with Chris Hill, Senior Dean of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, MiraCosta College and Grossmont College
● Workforce for the Future, with Linda Kurokawa, Executive Director, Community Education & Workforce Development,MiraCosta College
● Watershed to the Blue Economy, with Dr. Michel Boudrias, Associate Professor in Environmental and Ocean Sciences, University of San Diego
● Blue Economy Policies in Practice, with Serge Dedina, former Mayor of Imperial Beach, current Executive Director of WILDCOAST
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Date
April 6, 2023
Time
8:30am - 3:00pm
Location
UCSD Extension – University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, SD CA, 92122
Cost
$50 for full-day conference including morning coffee and pastries, lunch and free parking
To Register https://commed.miracosta.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=2390974
Parking (free parking available on site) https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/about-division-of-extended-studies/locations-maps-and-transportation
The Blue Economy is a rapidly expanding sector that refers to all economic and sustainable activities related to oceans, seas, and coastal areas.
In 2020, San Diego’s maritime, water, and Blue Tech businesses employed more than 114,000 people, accounting for more than 9% of employment in San Diego County. With initiatives underway like the United Nation’s Ocean Decade, President Biden’s national goal of 30 gigawatts by 2030, andSan Diego’s own Climate Action Plan, the need for Blue Tech and Blue Economy workers is growing. This includes industries such as fisheries, tourism, renewable energy, and marine biotechnology. There is a growing demand for skilled professionals who can work in these fields, and educators can help prepare students to take advantage of these opportunities.
If you are an educator
Please join TMA Blue Tech, San Diego Unified School District, MiraCostaCollege, and the University of San Diego for this one-day conference on how to develop the curriculum needed at the K-12, community college and university levels to build the Blue Economy workforce that will be a critical part of our future.
Educators from all over the San Diego region will attend for a day of presentations and group discussions. This event will begin to coordinate a streamlined approach to the Blue Economy and develop tabletop action plans for implementing changes, new curriculum, and ideas into our schools, Colleges and Universities that help is still a sense of environmental stewardship and promote responsible business practices.
Featured topics with experts from educational and blue economy sectors will help us explore the following topics:
● Futures Thinking and Educational Disruptors, with Chris Hill, Senior Dean of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, MiraCosta College and Grossmont College
● Workforce for the Future, with Linda Kurokawa, Executive Director, Community Education & Workforce Development,MiraCosta College
● Watershed to the Blue Economy, with Dr. Michel Boudrias, Associate Professor in Environmental and Ocean Sciences, University of San Diego
● Blue Economy Policies in Practice, with Serge Dedina, former Mayor of Imperial Beach, current Executive Director of WILDCOAST
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Date
April 6, 2023
Time
8:30am - 3:00pm
Location
UCSD Extension – University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, SD CA, 92122
Cost
$50 for full-day conference including morning coffee and pastries, lunch and free parking
To Register https://commed.miracosta.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=2390974
Parking (free parking available on site) https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/about-division-of-extended-studies/locations-maps-and-transportation
