STEM Equity Pipeline Archived Webinars
(Please contact Greg Nagy at nagy.8@osu.edu if you have
any difficulty viewing the archived webinars.)
The STEM Equity Pipeline Project - What and Why?
Mimi Lufkin, CEO, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation
Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology
For anyone interested in learning more about the STEM Equity Pipeline Project and
the status of women and girls in science, technology, engineering and math in the
U.S.
Mimi Lufkin gives a brief overview of the
STEM Equity Pipeline Project, a five year grant from National Science Foundation.
Learn how you can get involved in the project sponsored national professional development
and state level activities in California, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
The process for having your state be selected as the project rolls out is also covered.
Susan Metz, a national expert in STEM education,
provides a backdrop for the projects goals with an overview of the current status
of women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in secondary
education, postsecondary education and career fields. This part of the presentation
is given to participants to share with others to help build the case for participation
in the STEM Equity Pipeline project or other state or local STEM initiatives.
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slides for this webinar.
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Five-Step Program Improvement Process Webinars
Mimi Lufkin, CEO, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation
Overview of the Five-Step Improvement Process
The STEM Equity Pipeline project uses a five step improvement process to help guide
state and local improvement efforts to increase the participation and completion
of females in STEM programs.
This introductory webinar, the first in a series on the Five Step Program Improvement
Process, will provide you with an overview of:
- conducting a performance gap analysis using your Perkins data and identifying other
quantitative and qualitative data sources that can inform your fact finding
- identifying the root causes for low participation and completion rates of female
students in STEM programs
- selecting strategies, models and best practices that will increase the participation
and completion of female students in STEM related career cluster programs of study
- pilot testing and evaluating solutions before attempting full implementation
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Identifying gaps in performance at the student, program and school level and using
appropriate benchmarks is key to beginning the process of understanding the reasons
why women and girls aren't participating or completing STEM related cluster CTE
programs in your school. Learn how to use your Perkins data and other data to help
identify where interventions need to occur to increase student access and success.
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What does the research say about root causes for a lack of participation and completion
of women and girls in STEM programs and how can you conduct your own local action
research to identify the root causes in your program? These questions will be answered
and tools given to you to use immediately.
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the Powerpoint slides for this webinar.
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Once you have identified the most critical root causes to address in your improvement
effort, the next step is to identify and select the solutions that seem most promising
for testing and evaluation. This webinar will assist you in reviewing and selecting
potential solutions for testing in Step 4.
This webinar is a follow-up to the webinars covering Step One and Step Two held
in November and December (see below).
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the Powerpoint slides for this webinar.
(This webinar is in the process of being re-recorded. Please check back for the
archive.)
The fourth in a series of five webinars on the Five-Step Program Improvement Process,
this presentation will focus on how to conduct a pilot test and evaluate solutions
before moving forward with full implementation. Tips for designing a program evaluation
will be reviewed including how to choose a study design, select a pilot site, select
outcome measures, identify data sources, and train pilot site staff. This webinar
will help you identify strategies for testing a solution before full implementation
whether it be in multiple classrooms, schools, institutions or statewide. Relevant
to the classroom teacher, district/college administrator or state agency staff –
this webinar will help you get started on the right path to increasing the participation
and completion of women and girls in STEM related career cluster programs.
This webinar is a follow-up to the webinars covering Step One, Step Two, and Step
Three held in November, December, and January (see below).
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the Powerpoint slides for this webinar.
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The fifth step is to implement fully tested solutions based on plans that evaluate
the success of the solution in reaching the expected performance results. This step
also addresses how to use evaluation results to plan the next steps in state and
local improvement efforts.
This webinar is a follow-up to the webinars covering Step One: Document Performance
Results and Step Two: Identify Root Causes, held in
November and December; Step Three: Select Best Solutions held in
January. Step Four: Pilot Test and Evaluate Solutions held in February.
Look below to view these archived webinars if you missed them.
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GESA Works! Generating Expectations for Student Achievement (GESA)
Dr. Dolores A. Grayson, Developer/Author, CEO, GrayMill Consulting and the GESA
Educational Alliance
GESA Works! Generating Expectations for Student Achievement (GESA): Essential Classroom
Instructional Elements to Improve Student Achievement in STEM
If you are concerned with achievement, success, productivity and retention in the
classroom, this webinar series is for you. Designed for K-16 professional development
staff, administrators, and STEM and CTE coordinators at the local, regional and
state levels, this webinar series is focused on classroom-based strategies that
create high expectations for all students. Strategies are related to the root causes
and other barriers identified in the 5-Step Process presented by Mimi Lufkin.
This first session, in a series of four, will give an overview of the essential
elements for increasing student achievement which explores the correlation between
perceptions, expectations, behaviors and achievement. Research-based areas of disparity
in instruction, that can prevent some students from exploring nontraditional paths
and pursuing interest in STEM-related classes and careers, will be reviewed. You
will be given immediately usable tips and tools for increasing the success of every
student in a classroom.
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(NOTE: This archived webinar is not available at this time.)
GESA Works! Essential Classroom Instructional Elements for Increasing Achievement
in STEM
Dr. Dolores A. Grayson, Developer/Author, CEO, GrayMill Consulting and the GESA
Educational Alliance
This is a series of three in-depth sessions, focusing on the Essential Classroom
Instructional Elements for Increasing Achievement in STEM, condensed and modified
from the specific Generating Expectations for Student Achievement (GESA) units and
spanning decades of longitudinal and updated research. The essential classroom instructional
elements covered in the series are related to the root causes and other barriers
identified in the Five Step Process presented earlier by Mimi Lufkin. These three
follow-up sessions were designed for thirty participants from the GESA Overview
webinar and include the new, revised GESA Participant booklet, power points and
techniques for presentation, for all participating agencies.
(NOTE: Only the 3rd archived webinar is available at this time.)
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Effective Program Assessments
Assessing Effectiveness: Do Your Program Activites Make a Difference?
Insights Learned from the Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) Project
Tricia Berry, Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University
of Texas at Austin
Mimi Lufkin, CEO, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation
Tricia Berry from the Assessing Women in Engineering Project of The University of
Texas at Austin shares about assessments and using objective driven assessment to
improve the success of local programs. By creating an assessment-based culture,
programs can understand what is working, what is not, and why. Webinar participants
will learn to identify objectives for program activities, identify assessment items
/ instruments to support identified objectives, become aware of AWE assessment instruments
and be able to access tools from the AWE Web site.
With good assessment, programs can:
- Better understand the impact of programming activities
- Identify program needs
- Allocate resources effectively
- Meet reporting requirements
- Attract funding
- Create & compare cross activity/cross institutional data
- Command respect
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Building Effective Program Assessments: Adapting and Using Tools from the Assessing
Women and Men in Engineering(AWE)
Tricia Berry, Director of the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University
of Texas at Austin, is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention
of women in the Cockrell School of Engineering
As a follow-up to the May 21st Webinar - "Assessing Effectiveness: Do Your Program
Activities Make a Difference?" - Tricia Berry from the University of Texas at Austin,
will help you access tools from the Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE)
website and adapt these tools for use with your local program. AWE offers exportable
assessment instruments, literature resources and capacity building tools for programs
including surveys, data collection templates, capacity building tools and national
benchmarking. Tricia will share a step-by-step process and give examples so you
can use the AWE tools to improve the evaluation of your recruitment and retention
efforts. Watch the archived May 21st webinar for more information before
viewing this webinar.
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Download the Powerpoint slides for this webinar as a PDF file.
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PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS: HELPING STUDENTS with COLLEGE and CAREER DECISIONS
It's All in Their Heads, Not in Their Brains: Neuroscience and Nontraditional Careers
Presenter: Dr. Tara Ebersole, Professor of Biology, Community College
of Baltimore County
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Females in STEM Classes & Programs of Study: Teacher Strategies to Recruit & Transition
Female Students into STEM Careers
Males in Health Occupation Programs of Study: Teacher Strategies to Recruit & Transition
Male Students into Health Occupations
Presenters: Kelley Ilic, Operations Manager, Oregon Center for
Nursing, and
Lavoy Bray, Jr. RN, MEd; AAMN Board Member and Chair, Membership and New Chapter
Committee
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(Presentation)
Feb 5 webinar Information.pdf (Links and other resources)
Successful Paths to Hot Careers, Best Education & Perfect Jobs: Partnering with
Families
Successful Paths to Hot Careers, Best Education & Perfect Jobs: Partnering with
Business & Industry and Community Organizations
Presenters: Dr. Jeff Weld, Director of Iowa Mathematics & Science
Education Partnership & Executive Director of the Governor's STEM Advisory Council
Mary Lou Erlacher, Director Barb Tupper, Program Liaison Workplace Learning Connection
Meghan Reynolds, Coordinator Real World Externships for Teachers of Mathematics,
Science and Technology, for the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council
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(Links and other resources)
Moms Night Out for STEM: A Strategy to Engage Parents
Presenters: Jeffery Weld and Linda Bisgaard
Goals: During the webinar participants will learn about a strategy
to:
- Unite the assets of communities in engaging youth and parents in STEM and
- Engage parents in understanding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
Description: Moms Night Out for STEM is a program launched in 2010
to help engage parents, especially moms, in developing the interest and motivation
in children to explore the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
It is a statewide celebratory evening of hands-on and informative explorations at
multiple sites across Iowa.
Presenter Bios:
Jeffery Weld, PhD., is the Executive Director of the Governor's
STEM Advisory Council and Director of the inter-univeristy collaborative, Iowa Mathematics
& Science Education Partnership (IMSEP) and Associate Professor of Biology at the
University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Jeff serves on several state
and national boards including the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for
Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation and the Triangle Coalition for Science
and Technology.
Linda Bisgaard is the Director of Advocacy and Collaborations for
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa. She is responsible for representing the Girl Scout
council as the thought leader as well as the voice for and of girls with policy
makers and community leaders at the local, state, and federal levels. Linda has
been a member of the State Leadership STEM Team for Iowa since 2008 which was provided
for through a grant from NAPE. Most recently, Linda has been involved with the Governor's
STEM Advisory Council serving on a work-study group focused on STEM for Highly Able,
Underrepresented, and Nontraditional persons.
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(Presentation)
(Gen STEM Summary.pdf)
(Gen STEM
Tips for Adults.pdf)
(STEM-Tips-Girls.pdf)
(GS_StemBrochure.pdf)
(Family Influence on Engineering Students (AWE).pdf)
(Gender Biases
in Early Number Exposure to Preschool-Aged Children)
The Rosie's Girls Summer Program: A Unique Approach to Career Exploration, Empowerment
& Self-Efficacy for Middle School Girls
Cost: Free!
Presenters: Elizabeth Shayne and Kelly Walsh
Goals: During the webinar participants will
- Learn about the Rosie’s Girls Program and
- Understand Replication Process
Description: Rosie’s Girls, a program of Vermont Works for Women,
is an exciting day camp where girls have a chance to get their hands dirty, express
themselves creatively and explore what the world has to offer them – and what they
have to offer the world. The program combines hands-on instruction in the skilled
trades and STEM careers with lots of arts activities and games, while supporting
girls in finding their own strength, power and confidence in a fun, positive atmosphere.
Join us to learn more about this unique program and how to bring it to your area.
Presenter Bios:
Elizabeth Shayne is co-founder of the Rosie’s Girls Program and
continues to serve in an advisory capacity to the program. She was a middle and
high school administrator at a girls’ school in Manhattan and has a particular interest
in the social-emotional development of young girls. Liz developed the Rosie’s Girls
Program and its curricular materials and has supported the replication of the program
since 2001, including on-site training, technical assistance and conducting a training
institute.
Liz is currently the Interim Head of School at The Schoolhouse in S. Burlington,
VT, a K-6 elementary school. Liz holds a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia
University and an AB in History from Harvard University.
Kelly Walsh is a Program Coordinator at Vermont Works for Women
where her focus is delivering quality, effective programming for middle and high
school girls. Among other programs, Kelly is responsible for the planning, implementation
and evaluation of the Rosie’s Girls Summer Program in Essex and Barre, Vermont as
well as supporting Rosie’s Girls replication sites around the state and across the
country.
Kelly has worked with nonprofit organizations benefitting children and youth for
the past nine years in Vermont, New York, New Mexico, Virginia and Utah. She received
a BA in Sociology from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA and is an Associate
of the Vermont Leadership Institute’s Class of 2012.
Additional Resources:
Presentation
Sample Budget
Program Summary
Rosie's Girls and STEM
Rosie's Girls
Curriculum Sampler
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Nicole Smith, Senior Economist, Georgetown University Center on Education and the
Workforce
Presented by: Nicole Smith, Senior Economist, Georgetown University
Center on Education and the Workforce
Description: Our education system is not producing enough STEM-capable
students to keep up with demand in both traditional STEM occupations and other sectors
across the economy that demand similar STEM competencies. This webinar discusses
the STEM KSAs (Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes) and provides both an economic and non-economic
rationale for the loss of students/workers in the STEM pipeline. We further quantify
the extent of the losses using longitudinal data and highlight the need for a strategy
to STEM the tide. We will discuss the demographics of the STEM worker and peculiar
STEM concerns such as foreign-born talent and the outsourcing of STEM jobs. We will
discuss the extent to which STEM "pays" and the wage differentials that exist for
STEM majors who choose to major in STEM or non-STEM fields.
Goals: During the webinar, participants will
- Learn about the state of STEM jobs in the US today and 10 years in the future
- Understand STEM demand/supply prospects and whether we are meeting the demand
- Recognize the demand for STEM competencies in various job sectors
PowerPoint Slides
STEM Projections Chat Transcript.pdf
clusters-execsum.pdf
clusters-complete-update1.pdf
clusters-states-complete-update1.pdf
stem-execsum.pdf
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Professional Learning Communities: Connecting Faculty Development to Student Outcomes
Tara Eisenhauer Ebersole, Ph.D.
Cost: FREE!
Presenter: Tara Eisenhauer Ebersole, Ph.D.
Description: Professional communities for faculty are growing in
popularity at secondary and postsecondary institutions across the country. These
communities provide support and networking for faculty, but what are the impacts
on student learning? This session will provide evidence of the incalculable positive
impact one such community has had on student learning and steps for how to implement
professional learning communities at your institution.
Goals: During the webinar participants will:
- Learn the components of a successful Professional Learning Community for faculty.
- Review an assessment of the impact of a Professional Learning Community on student
learning.
- Discuss the steps to implement a Professional Learning Community.
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(Powerpoint
Slides)
(JFD 22-1 Ebersole.pdf)
Race/Ethnicity Matters When Recruiting and Retaining Undergraduate Women Engineers
Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D.
Cost: FREE!
Presenter: Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D.
Description: The number of responses to the Project to Assess Climate
in Engineering (PACE) survey provided a great opportunity to examine student experiences
by race and ethnicity. This study focuses on women studying engineering in the undergraduate
academic environment, the need to recognize that changes are needed in engineering
classrooms, and the need to think about women as a diverse group. Researchers examined
the data and found some interesting and statistically significant differences among
women by race/ethnicity. These findings advance our understanding of race and undergraduate
engineering education. Findings could help institutions better retain particular
underrepresented groups of students. Join the webinar to learn about student experiences
in engineering, understand how experiences could impact educational outcomes, and
hear about some targeted interventions that can help retain underrepresented women.
Goals: During the webinar participants will:
- Understand overall trends from a research study of female engineering student's
experiences in the classroom.
- Recognize that women are a diverse group, and understand the differences between
African-American, Asian-American, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Native-American experiences.
- Gain a better understanding of students' experiences and what may lead to underrepresented
females staying in engineering.
- Learn about targeted interventions to improve recruitment and retention of underrepresented
groups of students.
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(Powerpoint Slides)
Litzler Jaros Brainard_ASEE 2010 PACE Findings Final.pdf
Litzler
Mody-Pan Brainard 2011.pdf
PACE_ASEE Research into Practice Paper.pdf
Cognitive Beliefs and Cultural Variables Matter in STEM Career Development
Angela M. Byars-Winston, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cost: FREE!
Presenter: ANGELA M. BYARS-WINSTON, Ph.D., Director of Research
Initiatives, School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Center for Women’s Health Research.
Description: This webinar focuses on the relevance of cognitive
beliefs and cultural variables on academic and career commitment in science and
engineering. Data from studies of underrepresented STEM populations at the undergraduate
level will be presented. Examples of strategies for increasing STEM career interests,
commitment to research, reinforcing STEM students’ academic self-efficacy beliefs,
and reducing perceived academic barriers at the individual, department, and institutional
levels will be discussed.
Goals: During the webinar participants will:
- Increase knowledge of social cognitive theory relative to STEM career development
- Learn about current career development research with racial/ethnic minority undergraduates
in STEM
- Generate ideas for culturally-relevant interventions that promote STEM career choice
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(PDF Slides)
Fred Smyth, University of Virginia
Cost: FREE!
Presenter:Fred Smyth, University of Virginia
Description: Become acquainted with evidence of the operation of
implicit mindsets on important, sometimes life-altering, judgments and decisions.
Learn about research linking implicit biases to critical STEM outcomes, such as
choice of major and performance on high stakes tests and strategies for changing
implicit biases. Be introduced to methods for measuring implicit bias in STEM, including
the demonstration website for the Implicit Association Test (https://implicit.harvard.edu) where you can take a “Gender-Science”
IAT.
Webinar Goals:
- Raise awareness of implicit mindsets in STEM, their measurability and effects.
- Promote adoption of a “nurture” rather than “nature” mindset about STEM ability.
- Alert participants to strategies for changing implicit biases and for combating
their negative effects.
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(PDF
Slides)
Spark Talented Minority Girls' Interest in Engineering
The FREE Project (Female Recruits Explore Engineering)
Dr. Monica Bruning, Iowa State University
Female Recruits Explore Engineering - FREE is a collaborative research and outreach
program conducted by researchers and educators from three Universities. In school
and afterschool programs for high achieving 10th grade Latina, African-American,
Native American, Asian American, and a few Caucasian girls were conducted to explore
career possibilities in engineering. Two-thirds of the girls lived in families that
qualify for free or reduced lunch at school and very few had considered engineering
as a college or career choice. In addition to a variety of activities, the project
developed a secure website for the girls to share their explorations, and each girl
had a Blackberry smartphone to communicate with other FREE participants.
Goals: During the webinar participants will:
- Become aware of FREE as an intervention strategy to increase the participation of
girls in STEM courses and careers.
- Learn about implementing the project with an on-line tool kit.
- Understand data focused on research questions related to girls pursing engineering
careers.
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(Powerpoint)
FREE Website - http://www.xploreengineering.org
Pink Brain, Blue Brain? Females and Males in Math and Science
Lise Eliot, Ph.D.
Hear the latest science related to female brain development, including the role
of genes, hormones, and environmental influences, and how social factors are proving
to be far more powerful than popularly conceived. Learn concrete ways educators
can help females and rein in harmful stereotypes. As a parent of two sons and one
daughter, she understands the difficulty of confronting gender expectations and
the value of doing so.
(PowerPoint)
(Hyde gender similarities (sept05).pdf)
(Else-Quest, Hyde and Linn (2010) international gender gap in math
has closed.pdf)
(OECD (2009) gender diff similarities in 15-year-old.pdf)
(Beilock, Levine et al (2010 PNAS) teachers math anxiety affects
girls achievement.pdf)
(Feingold and Mazzella (1998) gender diffs in body image are increasing.pdf)
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Pilot Site Orientation
Mimi Lufkin, CEO, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation
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How to Market Your CTE STEM Program: Tell Your Story to the Right People the Right
Way and Get the Right Results
Jill Chan, MBA, Account Executive, Phillips Design, Sacramento, CA
Phillips Design has done extensive work in education. www.phillipsdesign.com
This webinar will help you to understand the dos and don'ts of successful marketing
and to learn a focused strategy to create communication pieces that work! It will
provide marketing strategies and examples to recruit and retain females in CTE STEM
programs. Learn to:
- Determine your marketing objective
- Identify your target audience
- Consider the appropriate message
- Decide the best method to communicate
(PowerPoint)
(Worksheet)
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Subtle Micro-Messages Impact the Success of Women and Girls in STEM
Dr. Robbin Chapman, Manager of diversity recruiting for the School of Architecture
and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Micro-inequities are those subtle "micro-messages" that devalue, discourage, and
dismiss women and girls as exceptional scholars, scientists, and engineers. To increase
women in STEM careers requires examining practices to ensure equitable treatment
in the classroom. During these two webinars learn:
- About micro-messaging, micro-affirmation, and micro-inequity.
- Practical, hands-on techniques to recognize, challenge and educate others about
micro-inequities.
- Strategies for sending micro-messages that fuel positive behaviors and outcomes
for women and girls in STEM fields.
Session 1 provides the building blocks to understanding micro-messaging and its
impact on communication and performance.
Session 2 delves deeper into the core concepts plus gives participants tools for
taking action to diagnose and devise interventions in micro-inequities that they
perceive in the classroom and workplace.
Documents for Session 1:
(PowerPoint Slides for
Session 1)
(Small Slights Article.pdf)
(Rowe-micro-affirmation.pdf)
(Rowe-Article-Long.pdf)
(Micro-Messaging
Worksheets.pdf)
Documents for Session 2
(PowerPoint Slides for
Session 2)
(Research
on Bias and Assumptions.pdf)
(Resources Webinar
II.pdf)
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here to register and view the archived webinars.
Improving Academic Achievement: Effects of Stereotypes, Beliefs about Intelligence,
and Belonging
Catherine Good, Baruch College, City University of New York
Stereotype threat is not just a laboratory phenomenon, it is a force in real-world
settings. During this webinar learn how:
- Stereotype threat contributes to students' underperformance.
- A Sense of Belonging can mediate the effects of stereotype threat on performance
and participation.
- Ensuring learning environments that convey incremental views of intelligence can
help students maintain a sense of belonging, choose to remain in academics and help
maintain high performance, even in the face of negative stereotypes.
Goals:
- Compare the difference between Entity and Incremental Implicit Theories of Intelligence.
- Understand the relationship of negative stereotype to ability and belonging.
- Comprehend the effects of incremental and entity classrooms on vulnerability to
stereotype threats.
- Identify ways to reduce stereotype threat in the classroom.
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for this webinar.
Additional Links:
http://www.reducingstereotypethreat.org/
(NOTE: This archived webinar is not available at this time.)
Girl Tech: Mentoring Girls in STEM
Jessica Bullock, Girl Tech Site Coordinator, Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Oklahoma
City, OK
The 2009 winner of the Programs and Practices That Work Award, the Girl Tech program
at Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Oklahoma City, OK has been successful in increasing
the participation and completion of girls in their pre-engineering academy. Girl
Tech includes both online and in-person activities and adds the essential ingredient
of relationships by providing female students with professionals in STEM careers
as mentors and role models who give them assurance that they can succeed.
Download the Powerpoint
slides for this webinar.
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Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root Causes and Strategies
Mimi Lufkin, CEO, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
NAPE has developed a new tool for educators that distills the current research literature
on nontraditional career preparation with an emphasis on women in STEM fields. The
tool includes a summary table that can be used in workshop settings as an overview
of the root causes, theories and strategies that lead to increasing the participation
and completion of underrepresented gender students in nontraditional career preparation
programs. The tool also includes a more comprehensive section that provides you
with more detail on the research evidence, strategies and recommendations for program
development and resources for strategy implementation. In addition to the tool,
NAPE has developed an online version that allows for self-directed exploration and
provides a web-based location for the addition of new resources and models. This
webinar will introduce you to these tools, show you how to use them for your own
professional development as well as make recommendations for their use in group
professional development settings.
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for this webinar.
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Interactive Effects in the Theory of Planned Behavior: Examining Attitudes, Norms,
Control, and Stereotype Threat to Predict Girls' Math Performance and Intentions
Bettina Casad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
This webinar will discuss the role of stereotype threat in girls' performance in
STEM disciplines. The presentation will review research on stereotype threat and
provide evidence for why STEM educators should consider this phenomenon in their
classrooms and educational practices. Findings from a study with eighth grade Algebra
students who participated in an experiment on stereotype threat will be highlighted.
The presentation will conclude with a discussion on how educators can help eliminate
stereotype threat and its negative influence on girls' performance in STEM disciplines.
Download the Powerpoint
slides for this webinar.
Reducing
Stereotype Threat.pdf
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