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Trinidad State Junior College. WGB Mini Grant Presented by Erin Comden and Laura Gowen . What we planned. Project 1 : Girls in the Middle (GIM) Conference – GIM will focus on middle-school (7 th and 8 th Grade) girls and includes hands-on workshops that highlight non-traditional careers.
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Trinidad State Junior College WGB Mini Grant Presented by Erin Comden and Laura Gowen
What we planned • Project 1: Girls in the Middle (GIM) Conference – GIM will focus on middle-school (7th and 8th Grade) girls and includes hands-on workshops that highlight non-traditional careers. • Project 2: Career in Technical Education (CTE) Workshops – TSJC will organize and host hands-on workshops to introduce middle-school boys and girls to careers in CTE. • Project 3: Her World Conference –TSJC will transport 30 junior and senior girls to Denver at Devry University to explore careers in STEM. • Project 4: Area High School Visits – The Recruitment Specialist will share career earning potential and statistics, as well as video clips of non-traditional gender careers. • Project 5: In-Service Speaker – TSJC will contract a gender equity expert to debase hidden biases faculty, staff, industry and business leaders may have towards students in non-traditional career roles.
Project 1: Girls in the Middle • Branson School Online • Branson School • Colorado Connects • Gardner • Hoehne • Holy Trinity Academy • Peakview • Primero • Raton • Trinidad Students represented 10 schools:
Girls in the Middle Conference Middle school girls participated in the following workshops; • Ag Science • Computer Technology • Environmental • Equine Science • Genetics • Geology and Engineering • Nursing • Medical • Veterinary Science • Wildlife Management & Aquaculture • Zookeeping STEMOPOLY
Survey Results After today, would you take more math and science classes?
Survey results How many GIM Conferences have you attended?
Survey Results Amount of students considering non-traditional careers.
Some comments from the day • It was fun. It taught me new stuff and I learned of new careers. • I LOVED IT! • Very fun and educational! • It was an enriching amazing experience. • It got me really thinking about college. • In my experience this was the best in 2 years. Can’t wait till next year. • Today was the best day EVER seriously • My first GIM was an exciting journey and I can’t wait till next year. • I had a lot of fun learning about different careers. • BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
Project 2: CTE Day • 23 Students Registered for the event. • Students represented 4 schools • Primero • Trinidad Middle School • Hoehne • Holy Trinity Academy • Frustrations
What we learned • Most students signed up for traditional careers. • Middle school girls are more apt to go into non-traditional careers than middle school boys.
What we would do Different TIMING! Sub Reimbursements?
Project 3: HerWorld Conference Incentives Free Registration Free Transportation to Denver for up to 30 students $100 Sub Reimbursements Breakfast and Dinner for all Students and Adults
HerWorld Conference • 30 junior and senior students from 4 different schools in the region • 23 students attend the event
Survey QuestionsSome courses in our school are "boy" courses and some are "girls" courses
Survey QuestionI am good at making decisions The way I feel about my abilities affects my willingness to try new things Pre Post
Project 4: Area High School Visits Visited 14 area high schools to speak about non-traditional careers. • Aguilar • Des Moines • Fowler • Hoehne • John Mall • Kim • La Veta • Manzanola • Maxwell • Primero • Raton • Rocky Ford • Rye • Trinidad High School
What would we do different? • Take more faculty • Take more non-traditional students in the career • Website assisting
Project 5: In-service Speaker • Contacted Courtney Reed-Jenkins from NAPE to speak at our April 1stIn-Service • 60-80 people • Every 3 min there was a time to engage • Very engaged and attentive • Micromessaging • Equity in the classroom • Gender Biases
Debriefing • Content and the quality of the conversation was very thoughtful and specific • They don’t have a high level of content about equity in the classroom but they have a high level to learn about equity in the classroom. • People thought “I thought I was doing the right thing but now I realize I need to change my classroom strategies” • She felt as though it was a nice blend on helping them think things through and strategies to implement.
Where to we go? 3 Recommendations • 1. To work with the faculty and staff and host an in house book session to discuss and deepen their practice at the local level with not a lot of financial investment on the part of the college • Whistling Vivaldi • Mindset • 2. Pulling together a small group of people (like an equity committee) to charge them with leadership roles and responsibility • Look at webinars on the NAPE website every 2 weeks or once a month • 3. To continue professional development and pull together faculty w/data (who are teaching non-trad classes who are struggling to get numbers for non-trad) for a day long data retreat and summit • A. Use a database continuous improvement model (look at classroom level data) • B. Classroom based research strategies (looking at recruiting or retention) • C. Look at strategies and intervention • D. Creating an action plan