STEM Presentation

STEM Recruitment and Retention Strategies for the Female Student

CFE Institute

Susan RaineyNon-Traditional & AdvancED Coordinator, Oakland Schools/Career Focused Education Susan.rainey@oakland.k12.mi.us

Julie OuelletteLakeland High School – Huron Valley SchoolsJulie.Ouellette@hvs.org

Cathy ArtleySchool-to-Career Coordinator, Oakland Schools Technical Campus NE/Career Focused Education cathryn.artley@oakland.k12.mi.us

Laura CloutierWalled Lake High Schoollauracloutier@wlcsd.org

• Training is by an organization called the Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS)

• Learn about various recruitment & retention strategies geared towards female students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Pathways.

Donna MilgramExecutive Director, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and ScienceTrainer, WomenTech Educators Online Traininghttp://www.iwitts.org/

10 WEEK ONLINE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TRAINING

GOALS FOR TODAY

• Pick up proven recruitment and retention techniques for your STEM programs

• Share success stories

WHO’S HERE

Name

School District

Position

Unique fact about yourself What are you hoping to take away from

this presentation?

PROBLEM SOLVING/PAIRING

Team Work • Pen Assembly Activity

PERKINS REQUIREMENTS

6S1 Non-Traditional Participation (Recruitment) 6S2 Non-Traditional Completion (Retention)

Carl Perkins is the largest federal source of grant money for public educationdistributed to the states states distribute funds to ISD/county service agencies

Non-traditional definition is less than 25% of either gender employed in any given career fieldnursing used to non-traditional, but males are now more than 25% part of

the work force

6S1 & 6S2 PERFORMANCE

OS NON TRADITIONAL PROGRAM NUMBERS 

CONFIDENCE BUILDER1ST DAY OF CLASS

• Teamwork exercise using pipe cleaners to build a tower• Should include structured assigned roles or it

could lead to lack of confidence in female students if male students take over - switch roles throughout exercise

COUNTY LEVEL RECRUITMENT

• Training Staff• Generic brochures• CC: non-traditional Bios/Pathways• Leadership Teams• Websites/communication• Social media

Send your event to www.studentandeducator.org

EVENT-BASED RECRUITING HOW TO GET FREE PRESS

Have your district do a press release

RECRUITMENT— DISTRICTOAKLAND SCHOOLS TECHNICAL CAMPUS CLUSTERS

RECRUITMENT—ONLINE AND WEB-BASED OUTREACH

OAKLAND SCHOOLS TECHNICAL CAMPUS

Create a Facebook page specific for the STEM Clusters “OS Campus Lady Success”

• Have pictures of female students demonstrating hands-on projects in classrooms

• Add a link to the school homepage to encourage viewers to visit the new site

• Target current students & parents to share with friends• Add “Where We Are Now” section highlighting

professional post-grad women and their successes (interviews & photos)

• Include current campus success stories

RECRUITMENT—OAKLAND SCHOOLS TECHNICAL CAMPUS

Career Night• Have students demonstrating hands-on project in

classrooms• Invite post-grad students to speak to guests• Have current students hang posters in their sending

schools

Bring a Friend Day• Create a letter for current female students to give invite

female friend/guests• Student will do hands-on project with their guest• Give extra credit

RECRUITMENT—SCHOOL

• Career Day 8th & 11th grade• 8th grade field trips• Curriculum Fair/scheduling presentation get out to kids• Grade level parent meeting• Open House• Classroom presentations• Tables at lunch• Expo Night• Incoming 9th grade parents

SOLUTIONS FOR GATEKEEPING CLASSES

• Math integrated into program• Hands-on activities that teach lab

techniques• Tool identification game• Spatial reasoning game• Problem solving• Slower paced summer programs

SPATIAL RELATION ACTIVITY

Problem solving

SPATIAL REASONING WEBSITES FOR PRACTICE

www.aptitude-test.com/spacial-visualization1.html

www.globalclassroom.org/rulergame200/

MATH INTEGRATED INTO PROGRAM

TOOL IDENTIFICATION GAMEFLASH CARDS

http:quizlet.com/12626415/tool-identification-flash-card/

ROLE PLAYING• Non-gender specific dialogue

• How NOT to talk

• Audience feedback

Welcoming conversation script

LEARNING STYLES

Driving & Navigating Techniqueswww.careercruising.com

See your building CareerCruising Administrator for access

LEARNING DIFFERENCES

LEARNING STYLES

GIRLS - BOYS

Girls function differently in single gender groups when experiencing science or technology which they often perceive as intimating or difficult.

Studies show that teachers tend to pay more attention to boys that “call out” answers.

Boys tend to take over leaving girls to be the recorder for the group.

Girls tend to stop trying when things get harder.

Blind Building (building Lego™ structures behind a screen while telling a partner how to build the same structure) is a great activity for working on spatial skills.

LEARNING STYLES