Numerous programs and initiatives to create gender equity in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have been implemented only to lose effectiveness or fade away. Had these programs had the benefit of collaboration with other girl-serving projects, organizations and institutions, and tools to assess and evaluate the impact of their efforts, their capacity for continuation and/or broader impact could have been substantially increased.
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Collaboration, as an interactive process, enables professionals across projects and communities to generate and carry out creative solutions and strategies that maximize benefit beyond that which one project or community could accomplish. This model includes a number of strategic activities that provide value and incentives to encourage organizations and individuals to work together and to use the leverage of a network or collaboration of individual girl-serving STEM programs to create the tipping point for gender equity in STEM.
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Mini-grants Available to Increase Girls' Interest in STEM The Kentucky Girls STEM Collaborative is currently offering mini-grants of up to $1,000. Projects may vary from a one-day event with a single classroom or Girl Scout troop partnering with a professional organization, corporation, or an extended project of monthly meetings or summer camp. Applications for mini-grants accepted from July 1- July 31. For more information: www.ngcproject.org/ mini-grant. Regional Collaboratives Kick-Off Conferences This Fall Girls Raised in Tennessee Science Collaborative Kick-Off Middle Tennessee State University September 26, 2008 www.ngcproject.org/tennessee Maine Girls Collaborative Project Kick-Off Wells Commons, University of Maine October 10, 2008 www.ngcproject.org/maine Connecticut Girls Collaborative Kick-Off Yale Peabody Museum October 23, 2008 www.ngcproject.org/connecticut |
NGCP webcasts will be taking July and August off, returning on September 10th, 2008. All previous NGCP webcasts are archived and accessible on the NGCP Web site. Webcasts have focused on a variety of topics relevant to girls in STEM, including evaluating girl-serving STEM outreach activities, applying for NGCP mini-grants, and reaching underserved populations in STEM. For example, the November 2007 webcast presented 'Effective Strategies for Working with Girls in STEM'. Sarita Nair-Pillai, Education Development Center, presented current research on engaging girls in STEM, including mentoring, experiential learning and fostering persistence. Jill Denner, Girl Game Company, and Zakiyyah Kareem, Girlstart, provided real-life examples of implementing these research-based strategies in their girl-serving STEM programs. |
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