IA Leadership Team Meeting November 3, 2008

1. IA Leadership Team MeetingNovember 3, 2008 Introductions, goals, and agenda

2. Introductions • Name • Organization • Your goal today: “I came here to understand/learn….”

3. Goals • Overview of STEM Equity Pipeline Project • Explore Virtual Learning Community • STEM EPP Website • Sharepoint • Begin Strategic Planning

4. Agenda 1:00 Introductions 1:30 Overview of STEM EPP 2:20 Break 2:30 Explore Virtual Learning Community 3:00 Begin Strategic Planning 4:30 Close

5. Meeting the Leadership Team • Create a mnemonic device to help us remember your name and a skill/story/strength related to STEM • Meet your neighbor • Meet someone across the room • And one more person

7. STEM Equity Pipeline Overview

8. National Science Foundation • Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program • Extension Services Grant • Awarded to the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation • 5 years • Approximately $500,000/year

9. NSF Extension Services Grants • Unified program of change • Consulting services within a certain • geographic region • community of practice • Adapt exemplary projects, research-based learning tools, pedagogical approaches, and service or support programs

10. NSF Extension Services Grants • facilitate the interpretation of research knowledge into practice • Inform NSF’s research agenda

11. 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

12. Defining STEM • US Dept. of Ed., Office of Vocational and Adult Education • STEM Transitions Project • www.stemtransitions.org • 16 Career Clusters – 6 Clusters

13. Defining STEM • Science, Technology, Engineering and Math • Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources • Health Science • Information Technology • Manufacturing • Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

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

15. Model

16. Extension Services Group (ESG) • State Facilitator • Cadre of national recognized experts • Focused technical assistance and professional development with State Teams

17. State Teams • 5 states in year one • California • Missouri • Illinois • Oklahoma • Wisconsin • Secondary/Postsecondary collaboration • Led by the State Contact(s) from the agency(ies) that administer career and technical education in the state

18. State Teams • 2 states added in year 2 • Iowa • Minnesota • 3 states added in year 3 • 3 states added in year 4 • 13 states over the life of the grant

19. State Team Members • Personal Passion • Professional or Volunteer Commitment • Provide Professional Development • middle school • high school • community colleges

20. State Team Composition

21. State Leadership Team • Develop Implementation Plan • Data Collection for Evaluation • Host Facilitator On-Site Visits (up to 4/yr) • 5 Step Program Improvement Process Training • Attend the STEM Equity Pipeline State Team Leadership Training

22. State Teams • Advise the State Leadership Team • Integrate into existing professional development systems in the state • Conduct outreach to constituents about the projects activities • Participate in Professional Development • Participate in STEM Equity Pipeline Virtual Learning Community • Conduct “extension services” with STEM teachers

23. State Network • Participate in Professional Development provided by the ESG • Participate in STEM Equity Pipeline Virtual Learning Community • Provide summative and formative feedback • Participate in “Extension Services” provided by State Team

24. Intellectual Specialization • Accountability – Using Data to Drive Program Improvement • The Five Step Process • Professional Development - Implementing Effective Extension Services in the Formal Education Community

25. The Five Step Process

27. Virtual Learning Community

28. www.stemequitypipeline.org • Public portal for the STEM equity community • Listserv • Links • Articles, Resources, Reports and Research • Calendar of Events in STEM • Webcasts, Webinars, Video, Podcasts, Power Points • Online courses and Tutorials • Performance Data on Women & Girls in STEM • Professional Development Needs Assessment • Evaluations Instruments and Surveys • Suggestion Box • More!

29. www.stemequitypipeline.org/StateTeams/IA.aspx • Private portal for the IA Leadership Team • Contacts • Calendar • Documents • Discussions • More! • To enter: • Username = lastname.1 • Password = lastname.1

31. Strategic Planning

32. Goal-setting • Alone, read the IA application (circle/highlight key words, concepts, ideas) • In small groups, discuss your ideas and compare to 3 goals of STEM EPP • In small groups, synthesize the ideas into 1-2 measurable goal(s) • Together, we’ll add to the goals (important dates, events, people, ideas)

33. Next steps • November 5 Webinar • IA Sharepoint site • Minutes • Discussion • November 25 • IA State Team meeting • IA Leadership Team meeting

34. Wrap-up Questions • Who needs to be at the November 25 State Team meeting? • What do we need to discuss? • Data • Events • Projects

35. Questions? Courtney Reed Jenkins,Consultant National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation 1138 US Highway 12/18 Deerfield, WI 53531 608/886-0728 phone creedjenkins@napequity.org