TxGCP Fall 2008 Forums Highlights

The Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) went on the road during the fall to connect with organizations and individuals around the state interested in the advancement of girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).  Forums were held in Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso and Houston.

TxGCP Fall Forum participants had the opportunity to network and find possible collaborative partners, gain ideas for programs, learn about other programs and resources, learn about easy to use and easy to implement assessment instruments, and learn more about the TxGCP. Regional Fall Forums build upon the five themes which surfaced at the April 2008 TxGCP Kick-off Conference regarding the needs across the state and where the TxGCP can provide leadership in pre-college STEM initiatives targeting girls:

• Build Community and Collaborations across Texas
• Provide a Forum to share Resources/Ideas/Questions.
• Catalogue and Share Information on STEM Programs and Informal Learning Curriculum across Texas
• Build Community, Public and Political Awareness across Texas
• Create Standards or Common Assessment of Programs

Fall Forum Resources and Handouts

• Fall Forum Agenda
• Assessment Workshop
  • Building Effective Program Assessments Presentation
  • Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE)
  • STEM Equity Pipeline Archived Webinar - "Building Effective Program Assessments: Adapting and Using Tools from the Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE)"
  • STEM Equity Pipeline Archived Webinar - "Assessing Effectiveness: Do Your Program Activities Make a Difference? Insights Learned from the Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) Project"
    
• Resources on Effective Messaging about STEM to Pre-college Girls
  • National Academy of Engineering Executive Summary "Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering"
  • National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Talking Points
  • Engineer Your Life
• TxGCP Resources
  • National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) Program Directory - Search on Texas or Other Fields to Find Resources and Networks in Your Area
  • TxGCP Group in Facebook
  • TxGCP eNewsletter
  • Regional Listservs - Coming in January
  • TxGCP Group in LinkedIn - Coming in January
  • Mini-Grant Opportunities - Coming in the Spring
  • Next Event - July 19, 2009, Austin, Texas in conjunction with the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) National Conference