In 2023, the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) and Education Development Center (EDC) co-designed with informal STEM learning practitioners, Advancing the Conversation on Scaling National Informal STEM Programs, a conference to examine current frameworks and conceptions of scale in informal STEM learning. The conference is part of a larger effort to collaboratively redefine principles for scale that center on equitable informal STEM learning from the perspective of those working directly with youth.
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Join the National Girls Collaborative Project, Education Development Center, and practitioners across informal STEM learning spaces for the Scaling STEM Equitably: Practitioner Driven Reflections and Emerging Guidelines webinar on June 4, 2024, to hear reflections from the field on the challenges and opportunities of engaging in equity-centered scaling.
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Since the conference, NGCP and EDC have been working with the conference collaborators to produce products that deepen the field's understanding of program scaling, including the benefits and barriers of scaling and strategies for equitably developing and scaling STEM programs.
A Conference Co-Designed for Diverse Perspectives
This blog post outlines the conference activities and some of the findings, including strategies for equitably developing and scaling programs.
Scaling Up STEM, Equitably
In this roundtable, EDC and NGCP discuss the opportunities and challenges of scaling with two conference participants.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL-221449. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.