Welcome to the National Partner Webcast for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

We will begin at 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern

Webcast Agenda• Overview of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and 2011

Theme• Objective of Event / 10 Week Initiative• Introduce 10 National Partners and Discuss Commitments• Examples of Ways Partners Can Participate• Preview Web site, Resources, Materials• Gather Partner Feedback• Questions & Answers• Next Steps

Introduction of Presenters• Leslie Collins - National Engineers Week

Foundation• Amy Foster – National Girls Collaborative Project• Cheryl Juarez – Girls RISEnet National Museum

Network• Laura Huerta Migus – Girls RISEnet National

Museum Network

About the National Engineers Week Foundation

• The Foundation is the E in STEM.• We work year-round. • We are collaboration at work, owned by all.• Our strengths are in volunteerism outreach and

informal education.• Programs are … compelling yet simple to execute

so that anyone and everyone can innovate with them.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day2001 Founding partners with Foundation: AWIS,

IBM, Mentornet, SWE, WEPAN

Call to action in engineering profession

Attention to issue of under-representation

Girl Day Current Model10,000 engineers

1 million K-12 girls

Foundation provides toolkit and national pledge roster

‘10 for 10’ Anniversary Campaign• 10 national signature partners each with 10

partners/affiliates• Outreach to 10,000 10-year-old girls• 10 weeks • Launch February 24, 2011• Conclude Mother’s Day May 8, 2011

‘10 for 10’ National PartnersGirls RISEnet/ASTC*

NGCP*AAUW

Girl ScoutsNational Engineers Week Foundation*

NCGSSciGirls

SWEWEPAN

*Adhoc committee

‘10 for 10’ National Partners1. Participate in telecons and help organize and implement the national

program.2. Reach out to 10 other affiliates, schools, sections, or subsidiaries to

engage and ensure participation.3. Give those orgs ideas on how to participate.4. Get them to report to the database.5. Give logo and boilerplate about the national org to National Engineers

Week Foundation. 6. Both to appear online.7. National partners included in launch press release. Should be

prepared for comment.

‘10 for 10’ Local Partners• Create and implement events• Report to national office

National Girls Collaborative Project

The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) brings together organizations that are committed

to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and

mathematics (STEM).www.ngcproject.org

Project Goals1. Maximize access to shared resources within projects and

with public and private sector organizations and institutions interested in expanding girls’ participation in STEM.

2. Strengthen capacity of existing and evolving projects by sharing promising practice research and program models, outcomes and products.

3. Use the leverage of a network or collaboration of individual girl-serving STEM programs to create the tipping point for gender equity in STEM.

Educators- Ways to Participate• Host a role model luncheon. Invite professionals to share

about their career during roundtable discussions.• Organize a fun field trip. You can find an event or site at

www.mydiscover-e.org or www.engineeringsights.org. • Check out the engaging curriculum Techbridge offers to

provide girls with hands-on experiences to introduce engineering concepts. See www.techbridgegirls.org.

• Collaborate with your local Society of Women Engineers section to host an event for girls. http://aspire.swe.org

Educators- Ways to Participate• Participate in the March Global Marathon For, By and About

Women in Engineering & Technology www.globalmarathon.net• Attend a special program hosted at your local science center. • Check out the engineering activities that are found in the Girl

Scout journey series “It’s Your Planet-Love It!” or contact your local Girl Scout Council to find out if a special event is being held in honor of E-Week.

• Host a spring break engineering camp at your college to engage girls in positive experiences and provide a tour of the campus.

Industry-Ways to Participate• Visit a classroom to share more about your career and

educational pathway. • Let a high school student shadow you on the job.• Hold a Saturday program for employees’ daughters and

granddaughters.• Work with a local Girl Scout troop on technology-related

badges and journey activities. • Participate in the March Global Marathon For, By and

About Women in Engineering & Technology.

Everyone-Ways to Participate• Search the National Girls Collaborative Project Program

Directory to find collaborating partners, scientists, and programs for girls www.ngcproject.org/directory/index.cfm.

• Sign the Engineers Pledge on Facebook to help give engineering a better image.

• Visit engineering Web sites designed especially for girls: www.engineergirl.org, www.Gettech.org, www.engineeryourlife.org, www.wieo.org.

• Attend a special program hosted at your local science center. • Find a SciGirls Science Club at http://pbskids.org/scigirls.

Girls RISEnet (Raising Interest in Science and Engineering)National Museum Network• Project goals:

– Address the national need to cultivate diversity in preparing the next generation of female engineers.

– Build a national network of science centers committed to strengthening the professional capacity of informal science educators to engage and motivate girls in science and engineering.

– Contribute to the development of a diverse pool of female engineers, enabling the nation to move toward a more equitable workforce.

• Project Partners: – Miami Science Museum– Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) – SECME, Inc.

• Core components: – Train-the-trainer model to build capacity of 11 partner museums

and museum practitioners in their regions. – Follow-up support– Mini-grants to support implementation in regions– Web site resources

Funded by NSF HRD Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program/Extension Services (GSE/EXT)

• RISEnet Regional Museum Hubs:– California Academy of Sciences– Connecticut Science Center– Center of Science Industry COSI Columbus– Explora!– Louisville Science Center– Maryland Science Center– Miami Science Museum– New York Hall of Science – NYSCI– Oregon Museum of Science & Industry – OMSI– Saint Louis Science Center– Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science Center

• Suggestions for Museums:– Expand on events already planned for

Engineering Week to include activities for girls.– Add an engineering component to your

afterschool or weekend programming.– Contact engineering societies or chapters at your

local universities – they may be able to provide activities and volunteers for the event.

– Contact local industry partners to recruit female engineer role models for your program participants.

Tools and resources• Ideas for participation• National media outreach• Press release template for local events• Graphic/icon• Web portal at eweek.org• Data capture• Engineering outreach portal at mydiscover-e.org for

public events

Survey Monkey - Fields1. Last Name2. City3. State4. Country5. Email Address6. Profession

Survey Monkey - Fields7. Which program are you Participating with?

– National Engineers Week Foundation– National Girls Collaborative Project– Girls RISEnet/ASTC– Girls Inc– Society of Women Engineers– National Coalition of Girls Schools– SciGirls– AAUW– Girl Scouts– WEPAN

Survey Monkey - Fields8. Event contact email if different9. Organization PR Contact Email10. Number of Girls participating?11. Number of 10 year olds participating?12. What are your activity or event plans?13. Date of event or activity?14. Location of activity (school, home, science center, etc.)?15. Is this the first time you have organized or participated in an event

to encourage girls in engineering & technology?16. Other partner groups at the event?

To access this survey please go to:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PRDPXFN

Questions & AnswersNext Steps

http://www.eweek.org/EngineersWeek/Introduce.aspx