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Aspire Web Seminar
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)
Join the Society for Women Engineers for a
webinar:
Role
Modeling
101: Inspire Girls in Engineering
sponsored
through a
generous grant from the ExxonMobil
Foundation.
Participants will learn tips and techniques to
become
more effective role models. Dr. Linda Kekelis
and Meg
Shimizu from TechBridge (www.tech
bridge
girls.org)
will be presenting.
Register:
https://ams.swe.org/swessa/ssaauthma
in.log
in_page
NSF ITEST Scale-Up Grant Awarded!
In August, the Stevens Institute of
Technology's
Center for Innovation in Engineering and
Science
Education (CIESE), in partnership with the
National
Girls Collaborative Project was awarded a
National
Science Foundation ITEST Scale-Up grant.
The grant
will scale the CIESE's successful
Build IT Underwater Robotics Program for
underserved middle and high school youth to
four new
regions across the United States, including two
NGCP
collaboratives and two member colleges of the
League for Innovation. To learn more: http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?
v=A0kMWVU273o
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Regional Collaborative News |
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Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative Kick-Off
Conference
The Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative hosted the
MAGiC Kick-Off on September 26, 2009, at the Universities
at Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland.
Keynote
speaker Catherine Didion, senior program
officer at the National Academy of
Engineering, set the
stage with an engaging discussion about
Winning
Strategies to Engage Female Students.
Additional
activities included an overview of NGCP and
the
MAGiC Collaborative, speed networking
(always a hit),
a panel discussion of "Theory to Practice -
Designing
Effective Programs", the launching of the
MAGiC Mini-Grants, and ended with community
presentations
featuring various programs represented at the
conference.
NGCP Regional Collaborative Mini-Grants
NCGP mini-grants are designed to enhance
access
to and build collaboration between programs
and
resources. Mini-grant application resources,
including
a sample application, research based
strategies, and
evaluation requirements are available online at
http://www.ngcproject.org/mini-grant/app-resources.cfm. The following
collaboratives are currently offering mini-grants:
- Mid-Atlantic mini-grants close October
30,
2009
- Maine mini-grants close November 14,
2009
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Regional Collaborative Events |
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Michigan Upper Peninsula Kick-Off,
Marquette, MI
October 3, 2009
Register: http://www.ngcproject.org/events/even
ts.cfm?
eventid=144
Wisconsin Kick-Off Conference, Wausau,
WI
October 10, 2009
This conference offers the chance for schools
and
organizations committed to informing and
motivating
girls to pursue classes and careers in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) to
come together to share best practices,
develop new
collaborations, and share resources. Along
with an
introduction to the Great Lakes Girls
Collaborative
Project, participants will learn about how to
apply for a
mini-grant, and have time for networking.
Register: http://www.ngcproject.org/events/regis
ter.cfm?
eventid=152
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Upcoming STEM Events |
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Lights On Afterschool
October 22, 2009
Lights On Afterschool is celebrated nationwide
to call
attention to the importance of afterschool
programs for
children, families, and communities. More than
7,500
communities and one million Americans
celebrate
Lights On Afterschool every year. Lights On
Afterschool is a project of the Afterschool
Alliance, a
nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring
that all
children have access to quality, affordable
afterschool
programs.
Register your afterschool
event:
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/loa.cfm
NMSA 36th Annual Conference and Exhibit,
Indianapolis, IN
Making a World of Difference
November 5-7, 2009
The National Middle School Association will
host over
8,000 attendees for middle level professional
development. The conference will allow
educators
and attendees the opportunity to learn, share,
and
connect.
http://www.nmsa.org/annual
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Resources |
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EDC Works with Middle School Girls to
Promote
Interest in Science and Engineering
The Girls Communicating Career Connections
(GC3) media series - short video segments
produced by middle school aged girls -
captures the inquiry-based learning
experiences of six girls as they
investigate what it means to be a scientist or
engineer. Education Development Center, in
collaboration with partners, the Young
Women's Leadership Charter School and Spy
Hop Productions,
has created this youth-produced, Web-based
media series and companion educator
materials on science and engineering careers
targeting girls from underserved groups.
http://gc3.edc.org/
EESC's Annual Engineering Poster
Contest is
Now Underway
"Engineers of America" is the theme for the
Engineering Education Service Center's 2009
poster
contest. Posters should be fun, motivational
and
inspire students to pursue a degree in
engineering,
technology, math, and/or science.
Contest deadline: November 6,
2009
To enter: http://www.engineeringedu.com/postercontest.html
Informal Science Assessment Web site
Needs
Your Feedback This searchable Web
site
developed by PEAR (Program in Education,
Afterschool and Resiliency), with the support
of the
Noyce Foundation, provides assessment tools
for
informal science learning. The goal is to
provide
practitioners, evaluators, researchers, and
policy
makers with the information to choose
appropriate
tools for assessing program quality and
outcomes for
children and youth. The Web site offers users
the
opportunity to post ratings for each
assessment tool.
We encourage you to take the time to review
tools you
have used (or try out new tools) and provide
feedback
on the Web site to inform others in the field of
informal
science. http://atis.pearw
eb.org/
NGCP Program Directory - Register your
Program
Today!
The online Program Directory lists
organizations and
programs that focus on motivating girls to
pursue
STEM careers. The purpose of the directory
is
to help
organizations and individuals network, share
resources, and collaborate on STEM-related
projects
for girls. When you sign up for the Program
Directory
you will enter your program description,
resources
available within your organization, program
and/or
organizational needs, and contact
information.
http://www.ngcproject.org/directory
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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.
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The goal of the National Girls
Collaborative Project
is to maximize access to shared
resources within
projects and with public and private
sector
organizations and institutions
interested in
expanding girls' participation in
STEM.
Find out more....
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