Objectives and Responsibilities

• Maintain focus for the AEM workforce development initiative on specific areas of need in which a real impact may be made.
• Identify ongoing objectives, tactics and target audience.
• Support relevant industry partners for a unified AEM-led industry initiative.
• Provide guidance for the allocation of resources used to execute workforce development activities.
• Help facilitate additional AEM member engagement in the initiative.

2022 Priorities

Goal 1: Activate Industry Leaders

• Create opportunity for peer-to-peer conversations around effective workforce development efforts
  • Both C-Suite and HR Levels
• Create a leadership video focused on what it takes to lead successful workforce development engagement. Engaged leaders challenging all leaders to activate
• Help shape leadership’s view of workforce efforts as strategic instead of just tactical
• Engage more c-suit leaders at the committee level

Goal 2: Explore how to Gamify / Celebrate Engaged Workforce Efforts

• Explore “workforce in a box” concept (Possibly like I Make America)
• Construct a points or rating system for workforce so we can measure engagement and progress
• Award and rate companies that participate
• Use 2022 to create a framework and explore this concept so we could budget for a roll out in 2023 if we decide to move forward

Ongoing Goals:

• Communicate Foundational Best Practices
  • Help every member, regardless of size, resources, location or sector, to have easy access to best practices for workforce development.
  • Support the toolkit with updated material and continue to promote to our members as an AEM resource.
• Facilitate formal partnerships with industry partners, education partners and student membership organizations.
• Expand equipment industry engagement in K-12 workforce development outreach.
• Agriculture teacher scholarship program / Curriculum for Agriculture Science Education program continuation

Leadership

• The Chair is elected by the group and serves a two-year term.
• The Vice Chair is elected by the group and serves until Chair succession.

Composition

• Executive-level representatives from AEM member companies.

Meetings

• At least one face-to-face meeting annually, in conjunction with other meetings/events if possible.
• Additional virtual or conference call meetings as required.