Million Girls Moonshot Monday: Diverse Role Models and Mentors

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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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Million Girls Moonshot picture of Dr. Ciara Sivels

There is an old adage that says "seeing is believing". Certainly, we can apply this to the ways the visibility of diverse STEM role models provide modeling. This month, the Million Girls Moonshot will continue to focus on diverse role models and mentors as a strategy to strengthen equity and inclusion in STEM programs.

Webinars

From the National Girls Collaborative Project Team

Incorporating STEM role models into afterschool: Let’s get started!

This is a three-part series of webinars focused on STEM role models for afterschool networks and programs, presented by the National Girls Collaborative. Exposure to diverse STEM role models can broaden girls’ perceptions of STEM careers and dispel stereotypes about who does STEM. The presenters will provide an overview of STEM role models, the benefits of incorporating role models into STEM programs for girls, and resources and strategies for identifying and engaging role models. In preparation for the webinar, participants are encouraged to think about how they currently use (or do not use) role models in their network or program, and identify challenges to incorporating STEM role models.

View Part 1 here.

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PART II

March 23rd, 4:00pm - 5:00pm EST

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PART III

April 27th, 4:00pm - 5:00 pm EST

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From Techbridge Girls Inc.

Role Models Matters Training for STEM Volunteers

April 13th, 4:00pm - 5:00 pm 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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Join the Virginia Coalition for Equity in OST STEM

STEM is a staple of OST programs as the environment and culture promote exploration and innovation. How do we ensure girls, non-binary, Black, and Latinx kids feel like STEM is for them? VPOST is starting an Equity in OST STEM Programs Coalition to address this very issue. Join us to collaborate with STEM educators and leaders across Virginia!

Learn More!

The IF/THEN^® Collection is the largest free resource of its kind dedicated to increasing access to authentic and relatable images of real women in STEM.

In the digital library, you will find thousands of photos, videos, and other assets that authentically represent women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The content features careers as diverse as shark tagging, fashion design, and training Olympic athletes, and nudges public perceptions in a more realistic direction that illuminates the importance of STEM everywhere.

Check out this example of one of many activity sheets and accompanying videos that can be found in the collection. The Pom Pom Launcher Activity Sheet from Curiosity Camp can be used with the All About Nuclear Engineering: What it's Really Like to be a Nuclear Engineer video which features IF/THEN Ambassador and nuclear engineer, Dr. Ciara Sivels. Plus, you can get the This is what a scientist looks like poster of Dr. Ciara Sivels to use highlight this inspiring role model.

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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