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STEM Equity Pipeline Overview

STEM Equity Pipeline Overview. Overview . NSF/Extension Services Grant Programs STEM Equity Pipeline Goals STEM Equity Pipeline Model and Structure STEM Equity Pipeline Methods Lessons Learned From First Year States. National Science Foundation.

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STEM Equity Pipeline Overview

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  1. STEM Equity Pipeline Overview

  2. Overview • NSF/Extension Services Grant Programs • STEM Equity Pipeline Goals • STEM Equity Pipeline Model and Structure • STEM Equity Pipeline Methods • Lessons Learned From First Year States

  3. 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

  4. 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

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

  6. STEM Equity Pipeline Goals

  7. Goals • Build the capacity of the formal education community to provide high quality professional development on gender equity in STEM education • Institutionalize the implemented strategies by connecting the outcomes to existing accountability systems • Broaden the commitment to gender equity in STEM education

  8. Defining STEM • US Dept. of Ed., Office of Vocational and Adult Education – 16 career clusters • 7 STEM related clusters

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

  10. Professional Development • Formal education community • In-school programs • Teacher-based • Academic and Career and Technical Education STEM educators • Train the trainer process • Imbed the knowledge in existing professional development mechanisms

  11. Accountability • Using existing accountability systems to inform program improvement efforts • Perkins nontraditional measures for participation and completion in STEM related career cluster programs of study • Student achievement data in STEM • Student course taking behaviors in STEM

  12. Outreach • Increasing awareness of the need for diversifying the STEM workforce pipeline • Gender and • Race/Ethnicity • Disability • Creating collaborations with others to leverage the impact of the work

  13. STEM Equity Pipeline Model and Implementation

  14. Model

  15. National Advisory Board • 24 representatives of national organizations and business with an interest in the STEM pipeline • Provide advice and direction to the project implementation plan • Provide resources • Conduct outreach to their constituencies

  16. Extension Services Group (ESG) • State Facilitator • Cadre of nationally recognized experts • Focused technical assistance and professional development with State Teams • Outreach in participating states

  17. State Teams • 5 states in year one • California • Missouri • Illinois • Oklahoma • Wisconsin • 2 states in year two • Iowa • Minnesota

  18. State Teams • 3 states added in year 3 • 3 states added in year 4 • 13 states over the life of the grant • Secondary/Postsecondary collaboration • Led by the State Contact(s) from the agency(ies) that administer career and technical education in the state

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

  20. State Team Composition

  21. State Leadership Team • Develop Implementation Plan • Submit Data for Evaluation (Perkins) • Host Facilitator On-Site Visits (up to 4/yr) • Organize the 5 Step Program Improvement Process Train-the-Trainer Training • Attend the STEM Equity Pipeline State Team Leadership Training • Organize and Participate in State Team Activities

  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 Five Step Program Improvement Process Train-the-Trainer Training • 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. Virtual Learning Communitywww.stemequitypipeline.org • Public portal for the STEM equity pipeline community • Communication vehicle • Professional Development • Resources

  25. STEM Equity Pipeline Methods

  26. Technical Assistance • Assign a State Facilitator to assist with • Developing State Team of Professional Development Leaders • Identify Professional Development Opportunities • Identify Professional Development Needs • Develop an Implementation Plan • Accessing Use of Experts

  27. Professional Development • Five Step Program Improvement Process Training • Use of experts for specific professional development implementation • Online professional development • Outreach workshops

  28. The Five Step Process

  29. Virtual Learning Community • Public portal for the STEM equity community • Listserv • Organization Links, Articles, Resources, Reports • Calendar of Events in STEM • Webcasts, Webinars, Video, Podcasts, Power Points • Online courses and Tutorials • Five Step Program Improvement Process Training Materials • Professional Development Needs Assessment • Participating State Pages • Expert portfolios and online request portal • “Extension Agent” report portal

  30. Best Practices Handbook • Lessons learned • Inform future State professional development efforts • Gender equity in STEM professional development resources collection • Document effective practices and methods

  31. First Year Lessons Learned

  32. First Year Progress • Missouri • Eight regional career education coordinators • Trained to use the Five Step Program Improvement Process • Each selecting pilot site to implement • State team functions as an advisory committee • Professional development at selected conferences

  33. First Year Progress • Illinois • Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support • Using nontraditional setaside funds to support programs to implement the New Look project • National Girls Collaborative Project, New Look, STEM Equity Pipeline Launch • State Team Members implementing training • Project Lead the Way • Chicago Public Schools

  34. First Year Progress • California • Joint Special Populations Advisory Committee • Annual Conference • Pre-Conference session on the Five Step Program Improvement Process – 55 participants • Sponsoring a strand of workshops using Experts • Professional Development Consultants • Trained 40 Community College and K-Adult Leaders • Outreach workshop • California Community College Association of Occupational Educators

  35. First Year Progress • Oklahoma • Outreach workshops at their summer conference • Targeting pre-engineering programs for initial state team development • Five site teams received Five Step Program Improvement Process training • Expanding to include Engineering Technology programs in the spring

  36. First Year Progress • Wisconsin • Conducted Five Step Program Improvement Process training with the state team • Conducted follow-up training on data analysis including a labor market analysis done by the WI Department of Labor • Outreach workshop at the Milwaukee sySTEM Now! Conference • Developing single page data fact sheets • Surveying state teams training material needs and developing topic specific training modules • Conducting a 8 day professional development institute in Northwest Wisconsin

  37. Lessons Learned • Involve those who conduct or control professional development for STEM teachers in the state • Focus with a group • Pilot sites • Specific programs • Interested participants • Collaborate with existing programs/initiatives • Take on a manageable implementation plan

  38. Questions? Mimi Lufkin Project Director National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation www.stemequitypipeline.org 610-593-8038 mimilufkin@napequity.org

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