The Five-Step Program Improvement Process STEP Five: Implement Solutions Wednesday, March 11, 2009

1. The Five-Step Program Improvement ProcessSTEP Five: Implement SolutionsWednesday, March 11, 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

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

6. Poll • How did you hear about this webinar? • Email from the STEM Equity Pipeline listserv • Email from another listserv (chat) • Email forwarded from a colleague • Presentation at a conference (chat) • Announcement in the Pipeline Press • Announcement in another newsletter (chat) • STEM Equity Pipeline website • Another website (chat) • Search engine result

7. The Five Step Process

8. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

9. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

10. Define Your Project/Program • Performance Gap Analysis • Girls not transitioning from GTT (PLTW middle school program) to IED (PLTW first high school course) at the same rate as boys • Root Causes • Don’t think the curriculum is for them • Don’t think they are qualified • Not familiar with the high school program • Lack of role models • Strong parental influence on student course selection in high school

11. Define Your Project/Program • Select a Strategy • Extend personal invitation to girls to take the high school PLTW program • Educate parents about the benefits of the PLTW program • Educate parents about the opportunities for their daughters in engineering • Inform the girls about the PLTW curriculum • Provide role models and peer support

12. Project Scope Diagram Middle School Girls Parents Women Engineers Focus Your Future PLTW Teacher(s) Principal Counselors Teachers High School Girls in PLTW Program

13. Implementation Team Development • Moving from Planning to Implementation • Review your team’s composition for stakeholder representation • Have pilot sites train new implementers • Invite new members • Worker Bee’s

14. Types of Evaluations • Formative Evaluation • Process measures • How well was the program implemented • “The cook tasting the soup” • Summative Evaluation • Outcome measures • Did the program produce the desired results • “The guests taste the soup”

15. Poll What type of evaluation measurement is this objective? 50 women will participate in the mentoring workshop on Saturday, June 15. • Formative evaluation – process measure • Summative evaluation – outcome measure

16. Short-term measures Increase in awareness Increase in knowledge Change in attitude Change in behavior Long-term measures Enrollment Achievement Completion Graduation Transition Select Outcome Measures

17. Select Process Measures • Attendance • Response rate • Satisfaction of implementers with process • Satisfaction of participants with process • On time accomplishment of tasks • Quality evaluation of implementation services • More

18. Write SMART Objectives • Evaluation objectives must be • Specific • Measurable • Achievable • Relevant • Time-limited

19. Outcome Objective • Short-term - After participating in Focus Your Future event 50% of the participating students will show a one point (on a 5 point likert scale) increase in their willingness to consider enrolling in the pre-engineering program at the high school. • Long-term – The high school pre-engineering programs will increase the participation of girls by 5% the year following the implementation of the Focus Your Future event.

20. Process Objectives • 75% of invitees will respond to the invitation by the RSVP date • 60% of the invitees will attend the event • 50% of the participants will bring at least one parent or guardian to the event • 75% of the participants will score their satisfaction with the event as a 4 (very good) or 5 (excellent) on the exit evaluation instrument

21. Develop an Evaluation Plan

22. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

23. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

24. Work Breakdown Structure

25. Focus Your Future WBS

26. Task List

27. Gantt Chart

28. Gantt Chart

29. Budget Development

30. Poll Which of the following project management tools have you used? • Work Breakdown Structure • Gantt Chart • Both

31. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

32. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

33. Project Tracking Spreadsheet

34. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

35. Dare to Properly Manage Resources Model Define Plan Review • Create a schedule • Assign people and resources • Draw up a budget • Establish Project Scope • Set outcome and process objectives • Analyze evaluation results • Hold a post review • Document successes and failures Manage • Control work in progress • Provide feedback • Negotiate for resources

36. Evaluation Report

37. Project Tracking Spreadsheet

38. The Five Step Process

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