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New Resources for Women in STEM Careers

New Resources for Women in STEM Careers. Lynn Reha and Lisa Matejka, ICSPS. Photo courtesy Lake Land College. Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support. Mission. We assist professionals in gaining the knowledge and skills needed for helping every learner to succeed through

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New Resources for Women in STEM Careers

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  1. New Resources for Women in STEM Careers Lynn Reha and Lisa Matejka, ICSPS Photo courtesy Lake Land College

  2. Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support Mission We assist professionals in gaining the knowledge and skills needed for helping every learner to succeed through • professional development, • publications, • and technical assistance. ICSPS Illinois Career and Technical Education projects are developed through grants from Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Community College Board and funded 100% through Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006.

  3. STEM Careers are good for women. High wage High demand Non-traditional jobs are attractive to women because they generally offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $30 per hour.1 1http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2008.htm Growth in the economy is projected to expand employment in many of these occupations and secondly, there will be strong demand for workers in these fields due to projected retirements or transfers of current workers to other occupations. Source: U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2008.

  4. Women are good for STEM careers. Women needed Recruitment vital Eighty percent of Fortune 1000 STEM executives report that their companies face challenges in hiring adequate numbers of women and minorities for STEM positions and 95% believe the US will lose its global leadership in science and technology due to a shortage of STEM talent. Bayer Facts of Science Education Survey, 2008 There was a 79% decline in the number of incoming undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2008. National Center for Women in Information Technology, 2008

  5. Doing What Works Photo credit: Lake Land College

  6. STEM Equity Pipeline/NAPE

  7. Success Has No Gender

  8. Could This Be Your Life? Could This Be Your Life?

  9. Dot Divas

  10. Engineer Your Life

  11. National Girls Collaborative Project

  12. Thank You. Lynn Reha lcreha@ilstu.edu Lisa Matejka lkmatej@ilstu.edu Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support www.icsps.ilstu.edu

  13. QUESTIONS? This presentation will be available online www.icsps.ilstu.edu Photo courtesy Lake Land College

  14. Websites • National Girls Collaborative Project http://www.ngcproject.org/directory/index.cfm • Doing What Works http://www.dww.ed.gov/topic/?T_ID=1 • STEM Equity Pipeline http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/Default.aspx • Success Has No Gender http://home.cod.edu/academics/specialprograms/nontraditional • Could This Be Your Life http://www.icsps.ilstu.edu/projects/index_ctbyl.html • Dot Divas http://www.dotdiva.org • Engineer Your Life http://www.engineeryourlife.org/http

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