Newsletter #6
Welcome to the sixth newsletter. If you have suggestions for information to include in the newsletter, please send an email to Martha Peet.
Input Needed For Upcoming Forums
Forums will be half-day meetings on a topic of general interest to the Collaborative, but we need your input. The first Forum is scheduled for Feb 17, 2006. There were three ideas for Forum topics suggested at the Kick Off Conference: 1) Funding opportunities and grant writing, include assessments, objectives, and research, 2) Career Awareness, and 3) Building Successful Collaborations ? Community Collaboration. If you have suggestions for other topics, or possible speakers for the three suggested topics, please send an email to Martha Peet.
Time to apply for SCGCP Mini Grants
Applications for the SouthCentral Girls Collaborative Project Mini-Grants are now being accepted. $1,000 mini-grants will be awarded to a minimum of 25 girl-serving STEM programs (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in 5-state area to support collaborative projects that encourage girls in STEM activities.
There are a few requirements to get funding. Two or more organizations must collaborate on the grant activities to be considered for funding. Additionally, each of the organizations that are applying for a mini-grant must be registered in the Program Guide. Organizations don't have to have 501(3)c status. The short two-page application which includes a budget of expected expenses is found on http://www.tcet.unt.edu/scgcp/grants/applications/.
The first group of mini-grants awarded will be for projects during the 2005-2006 school year. Phase one applications are due November 1, 2005, with award notification on November 15, 2005.
SCGCP Web Site
Don't forget you can now advertise events your organization is planning on the SCGCP Web site. The Discovery Science Place in Tyler, Texas just announced the opening of their Move It! Exhibit, http://www.tcet.unt.edu/scgcp/events/upcoming-ongoing/. If your organization has any upcoming events, please register them.
SCGCP Program Guide
The Program Guide has added 7 organizations in the past month, so be sure to check out the list. The purpose of this guide is to help organizations and individuals network, share resources, and collaborate on STEM-related projects for girls. We encourage everyone to register in order to maximize the benefits of this powerful collaboration tool. Please register your organization in the Program Guide.
Resources
This month's resources are for K-16 faculty who are interested in making their classroom more gender equitable.
- Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms: A Guide for Faculty (1996)
- Compiled by Women Science Students and Science Faculty and Staff at NECUSE Colleges and Based Upon Initial Work by Students at Brown University.
- National Science Teachers Association Position statement: Gender Equity in Science Education (2003)
- National Science Teachers Association declarations about how to achieve gender equity in the science classroom
- Introducing Equity in the Classroom (2003)
- Includes Reaching at-risk learners, Gender equitable schools benefit everyone, and WEEA Resources for teachers
- Why Me? Why my classroom? Patricia B. Campbell, Ph.D. and Jennifer N. Storo (.pdf)
- After discussing the need for equitable coed classes, the authors give simple instructions on evaluating your own classroom. Also browse the site for other good resources.
- Promoting Gender Equity in the Science Classroom: A practical guide to accessing and implementing gender-fair strategies (.pdf)
- A draft version for an online course Engaging Middle School Girls in Math and Science.
