INSPIRE

• Establish baseline student perceptions and use engaging industry and pathway content to shift perceptions and measure student/family impact.

• Build space boot camps, and modules, for middle/high school students to excite them about the space industry and seamlessly integrate them into the 19 high-demand pathways and relevant 2-year and 4-year programs.

• Create short videos highlighting employee success stories in space careers with local employers to post on websites, and social media, and send to school systems.

PREPARE

• Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Innovation Center is collaborating with North AlabamaWorks, Futures Inc., and leading space employers to create fast-track training programs to support 11 pathways with the fastest training for entry-level employment. 

• Fast-track programs will be piloted with regional high schools, job seekers, and incumbent workers to train students and integrate them into space pathways at Drake and Calhoun.

EMPLOY 

• The military represents the highest concentration of job-ready talent for the U.S. space industry.

• Employers struggle to crosswalk job requirements to the 15,000+ military occupation codes (MOCs) and rank structure of the military.

• Alabama is collaborating with Futures Inc. to match and connect transitioning service members and Alabama National Guard members with space employers and their job openings. 

• Army (Fort Liberty), Navy (Norfolk), and the Alabama National Guard represent more than 29,500 candidates, within the next 12 months.