paying it forward: leveraging female voices in ed tech (iste 2015)
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Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today’s Female Voice
Ellen Bialo CEO, President and Founder
Interactive Educational Systems Design @iesdinc
#edtech4women
Dr. Mila Fuller Deputy Executive Director
National Council of Teachers of English @MilaFuller
Dr. Kari Stubbs Vice President,
Learning & Innovation BrainPOP
@karistubbs Margaret Roth Chief Marketing Officer /Co-Founder
Yet Analytics @teachingdaisy Julie Evans
CEO Project Tomorrow @JulieEvans_PT
Reality check
+ Women in
education
Women in
education
Technology roles, attitudes and values
Did you know?
School District technology leadership positions: CIO/CTO Director of Technology IT Director Directors of Education Technology
Did you know?
School District technology leadership positions: CIO/CTO Director of Technology IT Director Directors of Education Technology
3X more males than females in these positions
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School level technology positions: Technology coordinator Instructional technology coordinator
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School level technology positions: Technology coordinator Instructional technology coordinator
65% of those positions are held by women
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School or district technology support positions:
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School or district technology support positions:
Men are twice as likely to be in those jobs
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School site principal positions:
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School site principal positions:
52% of school principals are male 40% are female – mostly in elementary schools
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School site principal positions:
Self-assessment of tech skills? Does it have a gender component?
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
School site principal positions:
My tech skills are advanced compared to my peers:
29% of women say yes!
37% of men say yes!
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Did you know?
District level leadership positions:
Per AASA: Only 24% of district superintendents are female
Did you know?
District level leadership positions:
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Men are 2X as likely to be Assistant Supts Women are 2X as likely to be Curriculum
Directors
Did you know?
District level leadership positions:
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
Self-assessment of tech skills? Does it have a gender component?
Did you know?
District level leadership positions:
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
My tech skills are advanced compared to my peers:
46% of women say yes!
57% of men say yes!
1. Disparity in education positions
2. Gender-related tech skill attitudes
What does it mean?
1. Disparity in education positions
2. Gender-related tech skill attitudes
What does it mean?
Does it impact other views?
Pop Quiz
Quiz: Challenges school district leaders are
facing in their district today
“What is waking you up in the middle of the night?” Who is more likely to say this is a wake up challenge for them . . .
a female district leader or a male district leader?
Potential Wake Up Issues Female School
District Leaders
Male School
District Leaders
Adequate funding for education
Serving a diverse population of students
Closing the achievement gap
School/student safety issues
Staff morale and motivation
Use of technology within instruction
Quiz: Challenges school district leaders are
facing in their district today
What is waking you up in the middle of the night? Who is more likely to say this is a wake up challenge for them
– a male district leader or a female district leader?
Wake Up Issues Female School
District Leaders
Male School
District Leaders
Adequate funding for education 52% 66% Serving a diverse population of
students 41% 28%
Closing the achievement gap 56% 37% School/student safety issues 20% 32% Staff morale and motivation 46% 35% Use of technology within instruction 40% 49%
Source: Speak Up 2014 National Data
1. Disparity in education positions
2. Gender-related tech skill attitudes
3. Gender impacts other edu issues
What does it mean?
What does it mean?
It’s about culture
Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today’s Female Voice
Ellen Bialo CEO, President and Founder
Interactive Educational Systems Design @iesdinc
#edtech4women
Dr. Mila Fuller Deputy Executive Director
National Council of Teachers of English @MilaFuller
Dr. Kari Stubbs Vice President,
Learning & Innovation BrainPOP
@karistubbs Margaret Roth Chief Marketing Officer /Co-Founder
Yet Analytics @teachingdaisy Julie Evans
CEO Project Tomorrow @JulieEvans_PT
Personal journeys
Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today’s Female Voice
Ellen Bialo CEO, President and Founder
Interactive Educational Systems Design @iesdinc
#edtech4women
Dr. Mila Fuller Deputy Executive Director
National Council of Teachers of English @MilaFuller
Dr. Kari Stubbs Vice President,
Learning & Innovation BrainPOP
@karistubbs Margaret Roth Chief Marketing Officer /Co-Founder
Yet Analytics @teachingdaisy Julie Evans
CEO Project Tomorrow @JulieEvans_PT
Qualities of
leadership
Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today’s Female Voice
Ellen Bialo CEO, President and Founder
Interactive Educational Systems Design @iesdinc
#edtech4women
Dr. Mila Fuller Deputy Executive Director
National Council of Teachers of English @MilaFuller
Dr. Kari Stubbs Vice President,
Learning & Innovation BrainPOP
@karistubbs Margaret Roth Chief Marketing Officer /Co-Founder
Yet Analytics @teachingdaisy Julie Evans
CEO Project Tomorrow @JulieEvans_PT
Personal
leadership network
@edtechwomen
What can/will you do within
the next 24 hours to become
a better leader in the ed tech
sector for women?
Tweet your response!
#edtech4women
Paying it Forward: Leveraging Today’s Female Voice
Ellen Bialo CEO, President and Founder
Interactive Educational Systems Design @iesdinc
#edtech4women
Dr. Mila Fuller Deputy Executive Director
National Council of Teachers of English @MilaFuller
Dr. Kari Stubbs Vice President,
Learning & Innovation BrainPOP
@karistubbs Margaret Roth Chief Marketing Officer /Co-Founder
Yet Analytics @teachingdaisy Julie Evans
CEO Project Tomorrow @JulieEvans_PT