New Search Features in the NGCP Program Directory
An advanced search option is now available for NGCP Program Directory users. The advanced search allows users to locate programs by populations served, collaboration interests, and service delivery format. The service delivery format is especially useful for parents and educators looking for after school programs, summer offerings, special events, and more.
http://ngcproject.org/directory/programsearch.cfm ?adv

NGCP February Webcast
Best Practices in Creating Successful Collaborations: Lessons Learned from the National Girls Collaborative Project
February 11, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
NGCP uses a number of strategic activities to encourage collaboration among girl-serving STEM projects and programs. This webcast will examine the key elements of effective collaboration by providing lessons learned from NGCP project staff and partners.
Register: http:// ngcproject.org/events/webcasts.cfm

Great Lakes Girls Collaborative-Indiana Kickoff Event
The Grea t Lakes Girls Collaborative Project (GLGCP) will host the Indiana Kick-Off Event on February 21, 2009, at the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Campus Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. If members of your organizations or agency are interested in increasing capacity to involve girls in STEM through collaboration with others, attend to find out about NGCP and GLGCP, network with others, and learn about mini-grant opportunities.
Register: http://ngcproject.org/events/events.cfm? eventid=113

Regional Collaboratives Currently Offering Mini-Grants
A number of regional collaboratives are currently accepting mini-grant applications from collaborating programs in their state or region. NGCP mini-grants are awarded to girl-serving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) focused programs to support collaboration, address gaps and overlaps in service, and share promising practices.

• Northeastern mini-grants close January 21, 2009
• Kentucky mini-grants close January 31, 2009
• Maine mini-grants close January 31, 2009

SITE 2009 International Conference
Charleston, South Carolina
March 2-6, 2009
The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) and the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) have organized this annual forum to offer numerous opportunities to share ideas, explore current research, and to network with field leaders.
http://site.aace.org/conf/

NAPE's 30th Annual Professional Development Institute
Arlington, Virginia
March 28 - April 2, 2009
This spring, Women Work! and the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity will once again bring experts from the workforce development community to Washington, DC, for three days of professional development, networking, and advocacy opportunities.
http://www.womenwork.org/network/conferences.htm

WEPAN 2009 National Conference
Center Stage: Effective Strategies for Recruitment and Talent Development
Austin, Texas
June 17-19, 2009
The Women in Engineering ProActive Network's (WEPAN) national conference gathers over 200 professionals annually to translate the most current research into best practices. Recurring and emerging issues are addressed by participants representing industry, community college and universities, K-12 and informal education, policy makers, and other advocates.
http://www.wepan.org/

AGELE 30th Annual National Conference
Educational Equity for the 21st Century: Increasing Achievement for All
Los Angeles, California
August 1-3, 2009
The 2009 Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education (AGELE) National Conference will be held at the Manhattan Beach Marriott in Los Angeles. The planning team is developing a conference program that will include keynote speakers, concurrent themed sessions, exhibits, and other activities. Proposals are due March 1, 2009.
http://www.agele.org

Great Science for Girls
Working with afterschool centers around the country Great Science for Girls delivers curricula, research, and professional development and consulting services to help promote the concept that science is, indeed, a "girl thing." Offering evidence-based programs with proven effectiveness, GSG provides listings of useful Web sites for girls and practitioners, role models/mentors, professional development, families, and organizations, as well as research on the most effective practices in afterschool and STEM.

American Association of University Women (AAUW) members across the country are serving as Regional Liaisons for the National Girls Collaborative Project. These Regional Liaisons help the people involved in the NGCP to make connections - to one another, to resources on gender equity, and to AAUW.

AWE is the Assessing Women and Men in Engineering Project, which provides exportable assessment instruments, literature resources, and methodologies for Women in Engineering and similar programs. AWE is developing resources for use by K-12 STEM programs as part of NGCP services.