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Nontraditional Career Preparation:
Root Causes and Strategies
Tools for Professional Development
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Mimi Lufkin
Chief Executive Officer
National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation
Poll
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Email from the STEM Equity Pipeline listserv
Email from another listserv (chat)
Email forwarded from a colleague
Presentation at a conference (chat)
Announcement in the Pipeline Press
Announcement in another newsletter (chat)
STEM Equity Pipeline website
Another website (chat)
Search engine result
STEM Equity Pipeline
• Project of the National Alliance for
Partnerships in Equity Education
Foundation
• Funded by the National Science
Foundation
• Human Resources Directorate, Gender in
Science and Engineering Program,
Extension Services Grant
Goals
• Build the capacity of the formal education
community to provide high quality
professional development on gender
equity in STEM education
• Institutionalize the implemented strategies
by connecting the outcomes to existing
accountability systems
• Broaden the commitment to gender equity
in STEM education
STEM Equity Pipeline Project
Methods
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Professional Development
Teacher Training
Consulting and Technical Assistance
Virtual Web-based Professional Learning
Community
• Best Practices Handbook
How can you get involved?
• Participate on your State Team if from
– CA, IA, IL, MN, MO, OK, WI
• Participate in the virtual learning
community by going to
www.stemequitypipeline.org
Poll
Who is participating in today’s webinar?
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School/College Administrator
Teacher/Faculty Member
Counselor/Student Services Staff
State Agency Staff
STEM Organization Staff
Other
STEP 1
Document
Performance Results
STEP 5
Implement
Solutions
STEP 2
Identify
Root Causes
The Five
Step
Process
STEP 4
Pilot Test and
Evaluate
Best Solutions
STEP 3
Choose
Best Solutions
Poll
What do you know about STEP 2 of the Five Step
Program Improvement Process?
1. Nothing
2. I have read materials on the STEM Equity
Pipeline Website
3. I participated in the live STEP 2 webinar on
November 19, 2008
4. I viewed the archived STEP 2 webinar
5. I have attended a Five Step Program
Improvement Process Training or Workshop
6. Other
Review Research Summary
•“Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root
Causes and Strategies”
•Authors: Lynn Reha, ICSPS; Mimi Lufkin,
NAPE; Laurie Harrison, Foothill Associates
Research Literature Review
•“Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root
Causes and Strategies”
•Authors: Lynn Reha, ICSPS; Mimi Lufkin,
NAPE; Laurie Harrison, Foothill Associates
Part I: Introductory Guide
• Organized by categories based on
areas of influence
• Within each category– Root cause
– Theory
– Strategies
Root Causes Categories
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Education
Career Information
Family
Internal/Individual
Societal Issues
Part II
• More comprehensive information
– Root Cause
– Theory
– Evidence
– Recommendations and Strategies
– Effective Practices and Resources
Education
• Academic Proficiency
• Access to and Participation in Math,
Science and Technology
• Curriculum
• Instructional Strategies
• School/Classroom Climate
• Support Services
Career Information
• Materials and Practices
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Assessment
Interest Inventories
Marketing
Recruitment
• Early Intervention
• Characteristics of an Occupation
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Job Satisfaction
Career-Family Balance
Occupational Perception
Wage Potential
Family
• Family Characteristics
Internal/Individual
• Self-Efficacy
• Attribution
• Stereotype Threat
Societal Issues
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Media (negative)
Media (positive)
Peers
Role Models/Mentoring
Collaboration
Resources
• Downloadable document and web-based
exploratory tool available at
http://www.napequity.org/foundation/page.php?55
or at
www.napequity.org
- click on Resources
- click on Root Causes and Strategies under the
Five Step Program Improvement Process
Use as a Professional
Development Tool
• Introductory Table as a review
– Break into groups around each category or
root cause
– Discuss a root cause they have witnessed
– Identify strategies implemented by group
members
– Report out results
Use as a Professional
Development Tool
• Complete Document
– Jigsaw each root cause
– Have individuals present on what they learned
from the reading or web-based exploration
• Developing a Root Cause Theory
Exercises (available at www.stemequitypipeline.org)
– Group exercise
– Individual exercise
Use as a Professional
Development Tool
What do you propose?
Poll
How do you see yourself using this tool?
1. For my own education
2. I will share immediately with my
colleagues
3. I am going to use this in a professional
development presentation
4. Other
Thursday, June 18, 2009
2pm ET, 1pm MT, 12 noon CT, 11am PT
Girl Tech
Mentoring Girls for STEM Careers
Jessica Bullock
Girl Tech Site Coordinator
Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Oklahoma City, OK
For more information go to
www.stemequitypipeline.org
Questions?
Mimi Lufkin
Chief Executive Officer
National Alliance for Partnerships
in Equity Education
Foundation
www.stemequitypipeline.org
[email protected]