Day 1. Please choose the two which most interest you.
A Manufacturing Call to Action
President and CEO of Nth Works Tom Hudson will share his views on the urgency and need for employers to take a much more proactive role in securing their talent to remain competitive in global economy.
The New AMT Career Pathway: Tool & Die
Denis Taylor, developer of the new AMT Program for Tool & Die, will give an overview of this program which is being designed to be the best in the U.S.
Only the Best: The AMT Recruiting Model
AMT does not seek the same general student population that has traditionally been sought for technical programs. A key contributor to building a global best program is to start with students who are globally competitive in their academic pursuits. This session will explain AMT recruiting targets, goals, and ideal practices.
Old Bread in a New Wrapper is Still Old Bread
An educational program can sound exciting and new. If it does not change the old ways of approaching preparation for technical careers, however, the results will still “same old.” Tom Hudson discusses the Nth Works experience with such a program and how its lessons light the way for a stronger AMT Program.
The College Roundtable
For the first time AMT College Partners will gather in a roundtable to discuss common practices, issues and problems.
TOYOTA Manufacturing Plant Tour No. 1
See Toyota’s West Virginia engine and transmission plant in Buffalo. World class power trains are produced in the beautiful hills of the Mountain State. The tour is limited to 15 particpants.
Taking the AMT Program to the Sun, and Beyond!
The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and the Kentucky Community & Technical College System will present the remarkable work that they have done to turn AMT into a powerful tool for both advancing the state’s ability to produce significantly better technical graduates and to use that as a powerful recruiting tool for both domestic and foreign business and industry who consider availability of technical talent as a prime consideration for investing in new operations.
DAY 2: Session 1. Please choose the two which most interest you.
TOYOTA Manufacturing Plant Tour No. 2
See Toyota’s West Virginia engine and transmission plant in Buffalo. World class power trains are produced in the beautiful hills of the Mountain State. The tour is limited to 15 particpants.
Managing AMT Floor Development for Top Performance
Hear tips and success stories on how to most effectively develop your AMT student when working in your facility.
Planning and Tracking AMT Floor Training for Top Performance
Hear from some of the most effective practitioners how to plan, track, and document training and development for your AMT students so that you can achieve the best output. You may also get some excellent ideas for you incumbent employees!
The AMT Faculty Instructor: It’s a Whole New Ballgame
A crucial change in the AMT Model is a complete revisioning of the roles and responsibilities of the AMT faculty instructor. This is so important that schools considering the program are counseled that their effort will fail if they do not successfully procure staff who can educate and operate in the AMT model. This session will describe that new model of instruction and mentoring.
Faculty Training: Developing the AMT Professional Behaviors
One of the three major areas of development for AMT students are the “Professional Behaviors,” and it is the primary responsibility of the faculty instructor to develop these. What are they, and how is it done? This session will provide practices and tips for effectively fulfilling this important task.
Diversity Workshop
Diverse representation has always been a challenge for the fields of technology and engineering in the U.S., with females and people of color being significantly underrepresented in the workforce. Changing the face of these fields is a daunting task, but part of that effort starts well before students reach the workforce. The National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity will offer a workshop which will address both some of the challenges faced in building a diverse workforce, and offer some practices and tips to enhance the effort to create and achieve change.
DAY 2: Session 2. Please choose the two which most interest you.
Best Practices in AMT: Manufacturing
3-4 specific examples for best practices in managing and developing AMT’s at the worksite
Best Practices in AMT: Manufacturing Core Exercises
3-4 specific examples for best practices in teaching the Manufacturing Core Exercises to AMT’s.
Best Practices in AMT: Education
3-4 specific examples for best practices in managing and developing AMT’s at the College Partner
Best Practices in AMT: Recruiting
3-4 specific examples for best practices for recruiting top talent to AMT. This is a complementary session to Only the Best: The AMT Recruiting Model
The New AME and AMB Career Pathways
Learn about the two newest career pathways, both connected to and coordinated with AMT, to start in the Advanced Manufacturing Career Pathways system. AMT provides you with the best possible technicians. Want the best engineers? AME will do that for you. Want to deepen the capability of your technicians and your engineers, or to develop the most manufacturing savvy business professionals for your office and administration? AMB will provide those. Adoption of the entire Advanced Manufacturing Career Pathways system will set your company up have the most comprehensively prepared workforce in the manufacturing world. There are also resources here for your current workforce!
General Roundtable
A roundtable session in which the key stakeholders of AMT all come together: manufacturers, college partners, AMT students, and workforce/economic development. Contribute your insight, and learn from the perspectives of others as we all seek the same goal: to build a U.S. manufacturing talent pool that can be matched by none in the world!
