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Do you want to change the way girls think about CTE/STEM studies and careers?

Twin Cities PBS (TPT) invites schools and school districts across Minnesota and Wisconsin to participate in SciGirls Strategies: Gender Equitable Teaching Practices in CTE Pathways for High School Girls!

This National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Train-the-Trainer program provides high school-level Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) teachers and district leaders a FREE four-day workshop on employing gender-equitable equitable teaching strategies (GETS) with the goal of attracting and retaining more female students in CTE/STEM classes.

This course will be held at Twin Cities PBS (TPT) studios in St. Paul, Minnesota in July 2019. It will be taught by Dr. Barbara Billington from the University of Minnesota’s STEM Center, and Leah Defenbaugh, STEM Outreach Manager at TPT. Transportation and lodging will be reimbursed.

After the GETS Train-the-Trainer workshop, participating educators will:

• Lead a professional development course for their colleagues during the 2019-2020 school year, providing best practices in creating a gender equitable STEM and CTE culture in their school or district;
• Receive a $500 stipend; and
• Receive a $1000 implementation grant for the school or district.

Benefits to schools and districts include:

• Professional development for educators on best practices for creating gender equitable CTE/STEM classrooms;
• Increased number of girls in non-traditionally female CTE and STEM courses including computer science, engineering, manufacturing and trades, as well as STEM classes that are disproportionally male;
• Evaluative feedback around student and teacher outcomes; and
• Ongoing resources and support from TPT staff.

To learn more, contact Alex Dexheimer (adexheimer@tpt.org).