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Developing a Successful Parent Program in Conjunction with an Established K-12 Outreach Event
Jessica Block & Stephanie [email protected], [email protected] Georgia Institute of Technology- Grad SWE
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Agenda
Program HistoryLogistics and StructureStem Gap and Gender BiasHands-on ActivityCollege PreparationIntroduction to EngineeringStudent PanelAssessment SurveysResources
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Program History
Georgia Tech hosts 4-6 100+ girl outreach events per year
Graduate students want to get involved
Parent program developed in Spring 2014, led and run by
graduate student SWE members
Since then, we have:
• Held 6 parent programs
• Had 97 attendees
• Had 12 unique volunteers
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Logistics and Structure
Reserve an extra room/space• Projector• Seating• Space/Resources for activity• Should be separate from any other activity rooms
Ensure you have separate volunteers for the program• Allows dedications to K-12 outreach AND parent program• Avoids volunteer burnout
Space and Volunteer Considerations
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Logistics and Structure
Work with existing event coordinators • After children are signed up, invite parents to the program• Informal RSVP to estimate activity supplies• Invite parents on-site to participate even if they didn’t RSVP
Be flexible• Parents may have other obligations and be in/out of the room• May have younger kids/siblings with them• Ensure parents understand the hours of the outreach event AND
the parent program
Recruiting the Parents
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Sample Schedule
9:00 am- Sign In/General Undergrad SWE Intros9:30- Intro and Overview of Schedule9:35- Gender Bias Presentation10:00- Intro to Engineering Presentation10:15- Hands-on Activity11:00- How to Get to College Presentation11:15- Panel Discussion12:00 pm- Wrap-up
Early finish allows parents to get lunch or watch last activity
(Regular outreach events run 9am-2pm)
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Gender Bias Presentation
30-minute presentation
Introduces the STEM gap, motivating the need for engineers in the job market
Majority of presentation presents information on biases that many women experience in a STEM workforce
Offers take-away tips for parents to assist the girls in handling these biases
Purpose
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Gender Bias Presentation
• Speaker Background• Generational Fast Facts• Girls in STEM• Our Current Situation• Issues Women Face in STEM:
– Beliefs about intelligence– Stereotypes– Self-Assessment– Spatial Skills– Implicit Bias
• Conclusion and Action Items
Material Covered
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Gender Bias Presentation
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Gender Bias Presentation
• Shared presentation has a narrative in the “notes” section for easy presenting
• Statistics should be updated EACH YEAR
• Read the executive summary of the AAUW report “Why So Few?” to be able to understand context and field audience questions
• Check resource links before sharing the presentation with any attendees
Tips for your presentation
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Introduction to Engineering Presentation
15 minute presentation
Goal to introduce parents to what an engineer does
Covers personality traits that engineers typically express
Overview of the different engineering specialties
Purpose
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Introduction to Engineering Presentation
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Introduction to Engineering Presentation
• Have fun with this!
• Poll the parents and include some trivia
• Highlight diversity of engineers
• Don’t forget salary and creativity!
Tips for your presentation
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Hands On Activity
45 minute session
Allows parents to participate in the engineering design process
Provide talking points for parents to share with their daughters
Don’t forget the science and design process discussion after the activity
Purpose
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Hands On Activity
• Newspaper Tables
• Egg-drop
• Tinfoil Boat
Activity Ideas
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Hands On Activity
• Choose an activity with minimal materials and easy cleanup
• Bring the science in! You can also have parents sketch out designs
• Pick one of the activities the students are doing as your parent activity
• You can also offer other activity resources for parents
Tips for your activity
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How to Get to College Presentation
15 minute presentation
Include specific state-wide requirements to graduate high school
Includes action items to help students prepare for college
Purpose
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How to Get to College Presentation
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How to Get to College Presentation
• Change the presentation to reflect your audience (middle school vs high school parents)
• Ask an admission counselor to come and give a SHORT presentation for high school events
• Update the presentation to fit your state and keep up-to-date
• Don’t forget scholarship resources!
Tips for your presentation
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Student Panel
45 minutes panel discussion with 4-5 graduate students or professionals
Allows parents to ask questions from graduates of a STEM degree program
Diversity of panelists allows for experiences of out-of-state studies and comparisons of different programs
Purpose
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Student Panel
• Brief background of each panelist- undergraduate program and school, funding, interests, and current position or area of study
• What made you choose your type of engineering?
• Did you ever think you were going to quit? What helped you persevere?
• How do you think your experience in STEM may have been different from your male cohorts?
Sample Starter Questions
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Assessment
Distribute a survey to parents to better your program
Allows you to send them presentations of interest
Also allows you to document your program’s success for award applications!
Purpose
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Assessment
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Assessment
• Print instead of email! You’ll get more responses
• Incorporate changes as you get feedback to fit your program’s audience
• Consider that each parent will have a different level of exposure to STEM prior to this program and will have their own take-aways
Tips for the survey
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Resources
-PDF guide with complete event overview and resources from each presentation/activity-Powerpoints for each session-Sign-In Sheet and Assessment Survey
Most are available online from We15 or the app with our section info.
Others are available via the following websites: http://jessicatblock.com/resources.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/stephaniegillespieportfolio/service/parent-program-resources
Use our resources as a starting point or feel free to edit!
Questions?
• Jessica Block & Stephanie Gillespie• [email protected], [email protected] • Georgia Institute of Technology- Grad SWE
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• What do you think would be the hardest part of the parent program?
• What other material would you include in your parent program?
• How would you adapt the parent program for repeat- attendees?
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