There are numerous strategies, resources and success stories which
work for recruiting girls to STEM
programs, yet overall recruitment numbers for
girls in STEM subjects and careers still lag behind the interest and enrollment
boys show for STEM programs. The Recruiting
Girls to STEM webinar hosted by FLATE in partnership with MATEC (Maricopa
Advanced Technology Education Center) looks at “what works” from the unique
perspective of teachers in the field at progressive levels of education:
Elementary, Middle, High School, and College programs and outcomes. This
one hour webinar will be held May 27 at 3 p.m., and will focus on successful strategies
designed and currently implemented by STEM professionals to engage girls in
STEM. Anyone interested can register at http://www.matecnetworks.org/webreg/?client=1011.
Webinar panelists and guest presenters include a distinguished group
of STEM professionals who will discuss tried and tested methodologies that have
proven highly effective in recruiting and retaining girls in STEM.
Christine
Angel Danger, coordinator of math and science partnerships for the School
District of Hillsborough County will discuss the H.O.T (Higher Order Thinking)
Girls initiative, an ‘all girls’ club targeted to help girls sharpen
mathematical understanding. Elizabeth Simpson,
lead technology education teacher at Greco Pre-Engineering STEM Academy in
Tampa, will highlight strategies for getting middle school students interested
in STEM programs. Not to leave male educators out of the recruitment efforts,
Jeff Kaloostian, Chair of the career & technical education department and
aerospace technology teacher at Robinson High School in Tampa will highlight
the aerospace technology program at Robinson High School, and share challenges
and successes his program has faced in getting girls engaged and enrolled in
the STEM program.
Outside of the educators’ first hand perspectives, Dr. Marilyn
Barger, executive director and Dr. Marie Boyette, associate director of FLATE
will share data trends related to enrollment in technology programs at STEM
academies and at the post-secondary level. They will also highlight key
statistics related to female enrollment and completion of the two year A.S
degree in engineering technology currently offered at 15 state and community
colleges across Florida. Panelists will also learn about existing gaps in the
educational and social structure that inhibit girls from pursuing STEM related
programs, and determine tools, or access free curriculum resources developed by
FLATE to help educators address/fill preexisting gaps.
You can register for this webinar at http://www.matecnetworks.org/webreg/?client=1011.
You can also email Dr. Marilyn Barger and Dr. Marie Boyetter at barger@fl-ate.org and Boyette@fl-ate.org
, or visit www.fl-ate.org and www.madeinflorida.org for more information.
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