Overview

About: Our PD provides a hands-on approach to learning the ICT content and how to facilitate the afterschool ICT4me curriculum.

Institution SRI International Data for: {Choose: 2012/13 or 2013/14}

PI/Leader: Melissa Koch Age of Program: 7 years

Location: Afterschool network headquarters (e.g. CalSAC, Bay Area, CA; Girls Inc. Indianapolis, IN)

School Districts: California; Girls Inc. network throughout U.S. and Canada

Educators ServedServed: 20-30 afterschool educators Dosage: 48 hours/educator

Grade(s): Middle school (5th through 8th grade) Characteristics Training on ICT and mathematics curricula for afterschool educators and their managers

Program BudgetSources: National Science Foundation; Noyce

Foundation; Bechtel FoundationBudget: Approximately $100K-$200K per

year, based on grants

Learning Goals

• Learn the content, how to facilitate it, and how to train others to facilitate it

• Gain hands-on experience with each of the six units

• Learn about and use the Design Process

• Learn how to help sites recruit and facilitate ICT professionals visits and fieldtrips, and facilitate family tech nights

PD Structure• Format: Train-the-trainer approach– Trainers as learners, facilitators, and trainers– Trainers and facilitators get 8 hours of PD / unit (each unit

is ~40 contact hrs)• PD Team: SRI International and Network leaders (e.g. Girls Inc.

national; California School Age Consortium)

• Participants: Trainers of afterschool programs and afterschool service providers/facilitators. Primarily women of color in their 20s and 30s across the U.S. and Canada, with diverse education backgrounds.

Mission• Motivate middle school youth

too Use technology to strengthen

and build their information and communication technology (ICT) fluency

o Take high school algebra and computer science courses in preparation for postsecondary STEM education and ICT careers

o Explore ICT and pursue ICT careers

• Enhance staff capacity to offer ICT fluency programming

Successes and Challenges

Successes• Achieving Mission*• Program being scaled up,

continued use in existing sites

• Funded initial PD = 8 hours/unit

• Ongoing PD at original sites• Girls Inc. national

delivering PD after scale up funding ended

Challenges• PD days for new sites,

without specific funding, ≠ 8 hours/unit

• Funding• Time for prep and PD

available in afterschool• Variability of youth-

development, gender-equity, ICT / content knowledge and expertise of trainers and site staff

* Implementation data from observations, interviews, youth attitude and concept surveys, staff surveys. and facilitation logs

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