1. Increasing the Participation and Completion of Women in Project Lead the Way Mimi Lufkin National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

2. Workshop Goals Identify root causes for why women are not choosing to participate and complete Identify strategies for recruiting and retaining women Explore recruitment and retention resources Identify methods and resources needed to incorporate gender equity into the STI’s National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

3. Workshop Agenda Root causes for participation Strategies for recruitment Small group session Root causes for completion Strategies for retention Small group session National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

4. Perkins Accountability Measure Increase the participation and completion of students in nontraditional training and employment programs Occupations or fields of work, including careers in computer science, technology, and other emerging high skill occupations, for which individuals from one gender comprise less than 25 percent of the individuals employed in each such occupation or field of work. National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

5. Root Causes for Participation Career guidance materials and practices Access to and participation in math, science, and technology Instructional strategies Nontraditional role models Early exposure National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

6. Root Causes for Participation Curriculum materials Occupational choice Self-efficacy School climate Student attitudes National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

7. Root Causes for Participation Family demographic characteristics Peer influence Media representation Wage potential Social attitudes National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

8. Root Causes Activity Place a sticker on the poster identifying the two most common root causes that you have observed for women entering Project Lead the Way programs. Write any additional root causes that have not been identified and place it on the “other root causes” poster National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

9. Strategies for Recruitment Review career guidance materials and practices for gender bias and nontraditional exposure and support Am I a Fair Counselor Destination Success, MAVCC Guidelines for Identifying Bias in Curriculum and Materials Safe Schools Coalition National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

10. Strategies for Recruitment Invite, involve and educate parents Talented Girls Bright Futures Publication by Project Lead the Way National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

11. Strategies for Recruitment Conduct middle school programs Minot Public Schools Minot, North Dakota Programs and Practices That Work 2005 Award Winner National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

12. 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 National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

13. Strategies for Recruitment Conduct targeted recruitment activities Summer Camps Cisco Gender Initiative Strategies I am an Engineer Cisco Systems, Inc. National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

14. Strategies for Recruitment Conduct pre-technical training programs Rosies Girls Northern New England Tradeswomen National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

15. Strategies for Recruitment Collaborate with community-based organizations Operation SMART Girls, Inc. National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

16. Strategies for Recruitment Conduct professional development with teachers at all levels Generating Expectations for Student Achievement Graymill National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

17. Strategies for Recruitment Implement and model gender-fair institutional strategies Checking Your School for Sexism Destination Success, MAVCC National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

18. Morning Breakout Session Breakout by your master teacher course group into groups of 5-8. Use the worksheet provided Identify a recorder Identify strategies and resources needed for integrating gender equity into the Summer Institutes to help build the capacity of PLTW instructors to increase the participation of women in PLTW programs National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

19. Root Causes for Completion Classroom climate Support services Student isolation based on gender Role models Instructional strategies Self-efficacy Spousal/significant-other/parental support National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

20. Root Causes Activity In groups of 5 Identify any additional root causes your group thinks are missing on a blank card Rank the root causes by your groups sense of their prevalence in PLTW programs Post the cards on the wall in that order National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

21. Strategies for Retention Evaluate all school materials for gender bias and positive nontraditional images Gender Equity Tip Sheets National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

22. Strategies for Retention Increase teacher and administrator quality and equity-capacity through professional development The Equity Principal Graymill NAPE Professional Development Institute May 1-4, 2006 Washington, DC National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

23. Strategies for Retention Increase competence in diversity and sexual harassment prevention Gender Equity Tip Sheets Tolerance.org Southern Poverty Law Center National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

24. Strategies for Retention Conduct nontraditional student support groups and peer counseling Computer Clubhouse Boston’s Museum of Science National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

25. Strategies for Retention Provide nontraditional role models, mentors, and job shadowing MentorNet How to Plan and Facilitate a Job Shadowing Experience Destination Success, MAVCC National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

26. Strategies for Retention Invite, involve and educate parents Ways for Parents to Support Expanded Occupational Options Destination Success, MAVCC National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

27. 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 National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

28. Strategies for Retention Invite, involve, and educate business Cisco Systems, Inc. Gender Initiative Cisco Systems, Inc. Society of Women Engineers National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

29. Additional Resources Women in Engineering Organization Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates NetworkWomen in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network Women’s Engineering Society (UK)Women’s Engineering Society Groups Relating to Women in Science and EngineeringGroups Relating to Women in Science and Engineering National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

30. Additional Resources National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity P.O. Box 369 Cochranville, PA 19330 610-345-9246 phone 610-869-4380 fax www.napequity.org National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

31. Afternoon Breakout Session Complete your work from the morning breakout session Report out STI strategies Turn in small group worksheets to facilitator Complete post-evaluation Volunteer to participate in the Master Teacher Trainers Group National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity