1. Attracting Females Through TEE Courses Offerings Barbara Bitters and Brent Kindred WTEA Spring Conference March 8, 2012

2. 2010 CTE Enrollment by Gender Grades 6-8 CTE Area% Male% Female Agriculture52.447.6 Business and IT52.347.7 Family and Consumer Science49.850.2 Health ScienceNone Marketing and EntrepreneurshipNone Tech Ed and Engineering56.743.3 All CTE52.947.1

3. 2010 CTE Enrollment by Gender Grades 9-12 CTE Area% Male% Female Agriculture61.938.1 Business and IT53.146.9 Family and Consumer Science35.764.3 Health Science34.066.0 Marketing and Entrepreneurship59.240.8 Tech Ed and Engineering83.616.4 All CTE56.343.7

4. Technology and Engineering TitleMaleFemale Introductory Construction 90.0%10.0% Advanced Construction 93.5%6.5% Introductory Manufacturing 93.0%7.0% Advanced Manufacturing 94.6%5.4% Introductory Transportation 71.9%28.1% Advanced Transportation 92.8%7.2% Intro communications/electronic systems 70.0%30.0% Advanced communications/electronic systems 69.7%30.3% Engineering and Applied Courses 82.8%17.2% Broad-based Technology Education 74.9%25.1%

5. Changing the: Content (what you teach) And Process (how you teach) 5

6. Stages in Building Educational Equity in the Curriculum 1.Complying with the letter of the law 2.Neutralizing Stereotypes and Bias in existing instructional materials, course content, the classroom environment and teaching methods. 3.Revising existing curriculum to attract and meet the interests, needs, and learning supports of diverse students 4.Developing new curriculum content to attract and meet the needs of diverse students and to provide instruction relevant to future workforce success.

7. 1. Complying with the letter of the law Review district nondiscrimination policies and procedures o Admissions o Master Schedule Course Descriptions, Content, Pre-Requisites, Assignments Counseling and Advisement Facilities, condition, restrooms, safety Classroom management

8. 2. Neutralizing Stereotypes and Bias in existing instructional materials, course content, the classroom environment and teaching methods. Review course content, instructional materials and environment for stereotypes and bias based on sex (and other protected groups) Review Instructional Methods used and research methods that support learning and comfort for all students. Language and respectful communication Skills USA/CTSO activities and leadership

9. 3. Revising existing curriculum to attract and meet the interests, needs, and learning supports of diverse students Target females in recruitment strategies by increasing their knowledge of opportunities and their confidence in their abilities to succeed. Provide female role models, at the next educational level up and from local employers. Ensure environment is safe, clean, filled with images portraying diverse students and workers. Practice instructional methods and learning supports that remove barriers for females and extend their learning.

10. 4. Developing new curriculum content to attract and meet the needs of diverse students. Adding courses to the course offerings that are specifically designed to attract females. This can be done in co-ed classrooms This can be done with a rigorous curriculum, not watered down curriculum. Courses must build a foundation for additional career-related courses and programs of study. Ongoing teacher effort to manage climate/environment. content, projects/activities, and instruction to achieve inclusive results and avoid gender-related barriers Ongoing teacher efforts to apply gender awareness of learning barriers and self-defeating self perceptions. Self efficacy, attribution, “fixed mind set, stereotype threat

11. Beware the Paradox In reaching out to the nontraditional student, a troublesome paradox occurs. In order to attract students, educators identify and reach out to them based on their CURRENT interests which are frequently based on stereotypes or biases. Without care our efforts will reinforce and perpetuate gender and career stereotypes.

12. Teacher Student Interactions Praise and Criticism (general, form, specific to achievement) Directing questions and nature of questions Responding to student questions Discipline number and severity Teacher as authoritarian, less democratic, less open

13. New Strategies for NTO Reducing Stereotype Threat Building Self-Efficacy Reducing “micro messages” Nurturing a “Growth” vs. “Fixed” Mindset Understanding Implicit Bias o learn about your unconscious bias at https://implicit.harvard.edu https://implicit.harvard.edu

14. How Can We Determine Curriculum Activities Girl’s May Be Interested In? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

15. Discuss-What Courses Might Attract More Female Students 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8.

16. What Information or Tools Do You Need? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

17. Introducing New Initiative of WTEA and WDPI Three Year Plan to Increase Female Participation and Career Choice

18. Model to Increase TEQUITY Gender and Culture Aware Inclusive Learning Environme nt Research-based Differentiated Increase Female TE Success Inclusive and Relevant Curriculum Diverse Instructional Strategies and Learning Supports

19. Resources See Wisconsin www.stemequitypipeline.org Root Causes and Strategies http://02b47b1.netsolhost.com/foundation/page.php?55 Join NAPE for access to their website and resources http://www.napequity.org Diva Tech –NTO workshops http://pages.minot.k12.nd.us/votech/File/resources/divatech09.htm Inspiring Girls Now in Technology Evolution IGNITE http://www.ignite-us.org/

20. Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science (IWITTS) www.iwitts.org/ Non Trad 101 e course http://www.nontrad.info/101/?loc=homehttp://www.nontrad.info/101/?loc=home Nontraditional career information http://fightthetype.org/index.htmlhttp://fightthetype.org/index.html Nontraditional career resource center http://www.ncrc.rutgers.edu/ Society of Women Engineers (SWE) http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/ Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) http://itestlrc.edc.org/ http://itestlrc.edc.org/publications/engaging-girls-and-women- science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics-future-workforc Tech Team-Getting Girls into Science and Technology Http://www.knowitall.org/techteam/ Taking the Road Less Traveled—for a free copy contact your local CTE Coordinator or Brent Kindred. http://www.napequity.org/page.php?196

21. Invitation to Join the Stem Equity Pipeline Project www.stemequuitypipeline.org www.stemequuitypipeline.org Comments Questions Appreciations