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The Five Step Program Improvement Process: STEP Three Choose Best Solutions Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Five Step Program Improvement Process: STEP Three Choose Best Solutions Tuesday, January 13, 2009. Mimi Lufkin Chief Executive Officer National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation. STEM Equity Pipeline.

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The Five Step Program Improvement Process: STEP Three Choose Best Solutions Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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  1. The Five Step Program Improvement Process:STEP ThreeChoose Best SolutionsTuesday, January 13, 2009 Mimi Lufkin Chief Executive Officer National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation

  2. STEM Equity Pipeline • Project of the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation • Funded by the National Science Foundation • Human Resources Directorate, Gender in Science and Engineering Program, Extension Services Grant

  3. Goals • Build the capacity of the formal education community • Institutionalize the implemented strategies by connecting the outcomes to existing accountability systems • Broaden the commitment to gender equity in STEM education

  4. STEM Equity Pipeline Project Methods • Professional Development • Teacher Training • Consulting and Technical Assistance • Virtual Web-based Professional Learning Community • Best Practices Handbook

  5. How can you get involved? • Participate on your State Team if from • CA, IA, IL, MN, MO, OK, WI • Participate in the virtual learning community by going to www.stemequitypipeline.org

  6. The Five Step Process

  7. Choose Best Solutions Don’t be too quick to adopt best practices before getting the facts straight • Identify solutions that can impact the root causes identified in Step Two • Identify potential strategies and models • Assess and compare alternative strategies and models

  8. Review Research Summary Strategies • Chapter 6 Tables 18 and 21 • Improving Performance on Perkins III Core Indicators: Summary of Research on Causes and Improvement Strategies • Authors: Robert Sheets, Mimi Lufkin, and David Stevens for the National Centers for Career & Technical Education • Available at stemequitypipeline.org

  9. Identify Potential Strategies and Models • Review What Others Propose • NSF- New Formulas for America’s Workforce • Benchmark Peers and Leading Performers • Programs and Practices That Work • Best Practices in STEM Education • National Girls Collaborative Program Directory • Develop Your Own Solutions

  10. Assessing and Comparing Alternative Strategies • Sound Theory • Strong Evidence • Costs/Time of Further Testing • Resources Available • Stakeholder Support

  11. Strategies for Recruitment

  12. Strategies for Recruitment • Review career guidance materials and practices for gender bias and nontraditional exposure and support • Guidelines for Identifying Bias in Curriculum and Materials Safe Schools Coalition • EEES-NAPE-PLTW Guidance Counselor Presentation • Am I a Fair Counselor Destination Success, MAVCC • Could This Be Your Life? Rutgers Nontraditional Career Resource Center

  13. Strategies for Recruitment • Invite, involve and educate parents Talented Girls Bright Futures Publication by Project Lead the Way American Careers Magazine Expanding Career Options Issue Career Communications, Inc.

  14. Strategies for Recruitment • Conduct middle school programs Minot Public Schools Minot, North Dakota Programs and Practices That Work 2005 Award Winner

  15. Strategies for Recruitment • Provide role models and mentors Girls E-Mentoring in Science, Engineering and Technology GEM-SET USDOL, Women’s Bureau Engineer Girl National Academy of Engineering

  16. Strategies for Recruitment • Conduct targeted recruitment activities Summer Camps Cisco Gender Initiative Strategies I am an Engineer Cisco Systems, Inc.

  17. Strategies for Recruitment • Conduct pre-technical training programs Rosies Girls Northern New England Tradeswomen TechBridge Chabot Space and Science Center

  18. Strategies for Recruitment • Collaborate with community-based organizations Operation SMART, Girls, Inc. Expanding Your Horizons Girl Scouts National Girls Collaborative Project

  19. Strategies for Recruitment • Conduct professional development with teachers at all levels Generating Expectations for Student Achievement, Graymill STEM Equity Pipeline Career Technical Education Equity Council

  20. Strategies for Recruitment • Implement and model gender-fair institutional strategies Checking Your School for Sexism Destination Success, MAVCC Gender Equity Item Bank Midwest Equity Assistance Center

  21. Strategies for Retention

  22. Strategies for Retention • Evaluate all school and curriculum materials for gender bias and positive nontraditional images Gender Equity Tip Sheets Bias Evaluation Instrument Nova Scotia Department of Education Five Step Process Training Materials

  23. Strategies for Retention • Increase teacher and administrator quality and equity-capacity through professional development The Equity Principal Graymill NAPE Professional Development Institute Washington, DC

  24. Strategies for Retention • Increase competence in diversity and sexual harassment prevention Gender Equity Tip Sheets Tolerance.org Southern Poverty Law Center Project Implicit, Harvard University

  25. Strategies for Retention • Conduct nontraditional student support groups and peer counseling Computer Clubhouse Boston’s Museum of Science NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program (Facebook Group)

  26. Strategies for Retention • Provide nontraditional role models, mentors, and job shadowing IGNITE, Seattle Public School System MentorNet How to Plan and Facilitate a Job Shadowing Experience Destination Success, MAVCC

  27. Strategies for Retention • Invite, involve and educate parents Trailblazers VA Department of Education Ways for Parents to Support Expanded Occupational Options Destination Success, MAVCC

  28. Strategies for Retention • Provide a continuum of support services • Tutoring • Child care • Transportation • Financial Aid • Books, Equipment, Tools, Clothing • Tuition • Modification of Curriculum, Equipment • Student/Teacher Aides • More

  29. Strategies for Retention • Invite, involve, and educate business Cisco Systems, Inc. Gender Initiative Cisco Systems, Inc. Society of Women Engineers

  30. Resources on the Virtual Learning Community Don’t Forget These Additional Teacher Focused Resources! • Gender Equity Tip Sheets • Teacher Resources Folder

  31. The Five Step Process

  32. Wednesday, January 28, 20092pm ET, 1pm MT, 12 noon CT, 11am PT GESA Works! Essential Classroom Instructional Elements to Improve Student Achievement in STEM Dr. Dee Grayson, CEO Graymill Consulting GESA Educational Alliance For more information go to www.stemequitypipeline.org

  33. Wednesday, February 11, 20092pm ET, 1pm MT, 12 noon CT, 11am PT The Five Step Program Improvement Process Step Four: Pilot Test and Evaluate Solutions Mimi Lufkin Chief Executive Officer National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation For more information go to www.stemequitypipeline.org

  34. Mimi Lufkin Chief Executive Officer National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation www.stemequitypipeline.org mimilufkin@napequity.org Questions?

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