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STEM Recruitment and Retention Strategies for the Female Student
CFE Institute
Susan RaineyNon-Traditional & AdvancED Coordinator, Oakland Schools/Career Focused Education [email protected]
Julie OuelletteLakeland High School – Huron Valley [email protected]
Cathy ArtleySchool-to-Career Coordinator, Oakland Schools Technical Campus NE/Career Focused Education [email protected]
Laura CloutierWalled Lake High [email protected]
• 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
