Million Girls Moonshot Monday: Coalition Spring Convening and more!

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VPOST is so excited to enter into year two of our partnership with Million Girls Moonshot, which began April 1st. We look forward to working with our partners to transform out-of-school-time programming to create more equitable and inclusive engagement for youth in STEM.

Join us on April 28th at 10:30 AM for our spring convening of the Virginia Equity in OST STEM Coalition. This is our second meeting and we are still welcoming new members. Come help us brainstorm the issues and barriers to STEM engagement and get access to additional resources. Simply fill out the interest form below to get on the contact list for meeting invites and other updates.

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Webinars

From Techbridge Girls Inc.

Role Models Matters Training for STEM Volunteers

April 13th, 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST

STEM identity is critical to STEM persistence and how role models are critical to STEM identity, shared through research. In this webinar, we will explore three strategies for connecting to and preparing role models to work with youth. Strategies will consist of:

Role Model Strategy 1: Making a Connection
Role Model Strategy 2: Talking About Your Work in Age-Appropriate Ways
Role Model Strategy 3: Using Culturally Relevant and Youth Development Practices

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Tell Us How Virginia Does STEM!

We need to hear from you on how you do STEM. Please join this important effort! Your answers will help us to better understand how we can best support programs statewide.

Everyone who completes the survey will have exclusive access to a webinar on engaging kids in hands-on engineering activities from home. Everyone who responds will be entered into a drawing for a $100 gift certificate.

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Resources

Mizzen By Mott inspires, engages, and sparks learning in young people. Supported by the Mott Foundation, Mizzen is available at no cost to afterschool professionals! Please be sure to download the Mizzen By Mott app to access the activities below.

Aluminum Boats and the Edmund Fitzgerald
Build Your Own Roller Coaster
Engineering a Tetrahedron Kite
Make It Move 1 -5: Transportation Prototype Design Challenge

About VPOST Million Girls Moonshot Monday

VPOST is proud to be a part of the Million Girls Moonshot initiative, working to inspire and prepare the next generation of innovators by engaging one million more girls in STEM learning opportunities through afterschool and summer programs over the next five years. The Million Girls Moonshot is an initiative of the STEM Next Opportunity Fund.

VPOST, Moonshot Monday is our twice a month newsletter, arriving in your inbox every other Monday and filled with resources and opportunities to better engage girls in STEM. We will also have this information available on our Resource Exchange website, to make it easily available to you.

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