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NGCP and TechGirlz National Webinar:
You Can Help Inspire Middle School Girls to Explore Tech
 September 25, 2018
11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern)
In this one hour webinar participants will learn how TechGirlz has worked with volunteers around the country, empowering IT professionals, and college and high school students to teach and inspire middle school girls with their new interactive tech workshops called TechShopz. They have created 50+ TechShopz covering a wide variety of
technology topics. These workshops are packaged in a virtual box, allowing anyone, anywhere to run a TechShop.
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NGCP Celebrates 16 Years Next Month!
Additionally, in September the National Girls Collaborative Project is celebrating our 16th birthday. Webinar participants will hear about some of the things we have accomplished in the last 16 years and address our birthday theme, #AltSweet16: Girls in STEM and the Power of Micromessaging. Watch for more birthday events and ways you can join the celebration in our September e-newsletter.
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New National Champions Board Members
National Champions Board members provide the NGCP leadership with a balance of expertise and regional representation, including industry representatives, informal learning educators, gender equity experts, science and math education representatives, and educational policy experts. We welcome our newest members:
- Karen Bartleson: Karen has 35+ years of experience in the semiconductor industry and retired as Senior Director of Corporate Programs and Initiatives at Synopsys. She was President of the IEEE Standards Association in 2013 and 2014.
- Jake Baskin: Jake is the Executive Director of the Computer Science Teachers Association, and is a former high school computer science teacher, department chair, and professional development provider with the Chicago Public Schools.
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Collaborative Network Activities
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 Leap into Science
Yuma, AZ; August 13, 2018
Leap into Science is a program developed by The Franklin Institute that integrates open-ended science activities with children's books, designed for children ages 3-10 and their families. The program empowers educators to offer workshops in community settings like libraries, museums, and out-of-school time programs to engage underserved audiences in accessible and familiar settings. All library staff and other informal early literacy educators are welcome to attend this training. Register.
CryptoClub Training in Rochester
Rochester, NY; August 28, 2018
Looking for ways to make math fun? CryptoClub engages young people (grades 4-9) in activities that teach code encryption and decryption using a variety of math-based ciphers. This workshop will train educators in the CryptoClub curriculum. CryptoClub training is for both formal and out-of-school time educators, and is ideal in afterschool, summer, and expanded learning. Register.
Leap into Science
Show Low, AZ; September 7, 2018
Leap into Science is a program developed by The Franklin Institute that integrates open-ended science activities with children's books, designed for children ages 3-10 and their families. The program empowers educators to offer workshops in community settings like libraries, museums, and out-of-school time programs to engage underserved audiences in accessible and familiar settings. All library staff and other informal early literacy educators are welcome to attend this training. Register.
Southern Oregon Leap Into Science Training
Medford, OR; September 14, 2018
Informal educators from libraries, museums, and out-of-school time programs are invited to be trained in the Leap into Science curriculum and facilitation strategies. The training sets participants up to share three STEM and literacy events for preschool or elementary school aged children and their families. Register.
Leap Into Science (North Puget Sound) Balance Workshop
Everett, WA; September 19, 2018
Leap into Science is a program developed by The Franklin Institute that integrates open-ended science activities with children's books, designed for children ages 3-10 and their families. The program empowers educators to offer workshops in community settings like libraries, museums, and out-of-school time programs to engage underserved audiences in accessible and familiar settings. Register.
Leap Into Science (South Puget Sound) Balance Workshop
Auburn, WA; September 25, 2018
Leap into Science is a program developed by The Franklin Institute that integrates open-ended science activities with children's books, designed for children ages 3-10 and their families. The program empowers educators to offer workshops in community settings like libraries, museums, and out-of-school time programs to engage underserved audiences in accessible and familiar settings. Register.
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Spotlight
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Upcoming STEM Events
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific Annual Meeting
Rohnert Park, CA; September 10-13, 2018
A broad science education and outreach conference featuring plenary speakers, panels, contributed workshops/sessions, and oral/poster presentations addressing a wide range of professional work, research, and evaluation in education, communication, and diversity in science.
Register.
ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference
Orlando, FL; September 19-22, 2018
The goal of the Tapia Conferences is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, and professionals in computing from all backgrounds and ethnicities to promote and celebrate diversity. This year's theme is "Diversity: Roots of Innovation".
Register.
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Houston, TX; September 26-28, 2018
This year the Conference is putting a greater focus on diversity and will feature leading technical speakers, career development sessions, a poster session, a hackathon and the industry's largest career fair for women in computing.
Register.
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Conference
Hartford, CT; September 29 - October 2, 2018
The ASTC is an organization of science centers and museums dedicated to furthering public engagement with science among diverse audiences. An
online conference program features detailed session, networking, and event listings. Look for The Connectory's poster presentation and NGCP's session "Leveraging Statewide Partnerships for Scalable Outreach". Advance registration discount deadline is September 10, 2018.
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National Career Pathways Network (NCPN) Conference
Louisville, KY; October 11-12, 2018
The NCPN conference provides an opportunity for secondary and post-secondary educators and members of industry to network and share best practices, focusing on Career Pathways implementation at the state and local levels.
Register.
Society of Women Engineers: WE18
Minneapolis, MN; October 18-20, 2018
WE18 offers professionals, collegiates, and employers an opportunity to network, meet role models and mentors, find new talent, provide professional development to current employees and support women in engineering and technology. This year's theme is "Let's Break Boundaries".
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Summer Changes Everything NSLA Conference
Kansas City, MO; November 12-14, 2018
This National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) conference is an opportunity for stakeholders in the summer learning movement to share resources, best practices, and solutions for summer learning and afterschool programs. Special summer discount rate end August 31, 2018.
Register.
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Spotlight
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The Connectory Spotlight highlights STEM program providers and opportunities in
The Connectory. This free online collaboration tool for program providers helps them find partners based on interests, as well as showcase STEM opportunities for youth to families.
This month we are providing tips for using the Partner Search feature.
Gain access to a database of STEM program providers seeking partnerships.
For program providers
The Connectory is a place to showcase programs and opportunities to an engaged audience of families and other STEM providers. Providers open to collaboration are searchable in the
Provider Portal making it easy to locate the perfect partner. This free collaboration tool offers access to a network of more than 5,000 STEM program providers in all 50 states, with a volume that continues to grow by the week.
How to find partners to collaborate with.
Program providers are listed on the
Partner Search page (must be logged in to view), which is only viewable by other providers and is there to aid collaboration. There, you can search for partners by using keywords and filter search results by location or distance, collaboration interest, resources available, and resources needed. By "resources," we mean the assets that providers have or are looking for, such as girls interested in STEM, STEM curriculum, and/or access to tools, equipment, or computers. Detailed provider pages highlight the pertinent details for choosing and contacting the perfect collaborator to enrich and build your program.
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The Connectory to collaborate with STEM program providers and promote your upcoming STEM opportunities to families. Our
Getting Started Guide makes it easy!
Stay connected to The Connectory:
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STEM Resources
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 Decoding STEM/STEAM Report
The Toy Association released a new report, "Decoding STEM/STEAM," to help tackle the challenges, stigmas, and myths related to STEM/STEAM learning. The report explores the role of toys and play in teaching the concepts and provides valuable insights from experts to help you inspire and encourage students' interest in science, math, and related areas.
Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards
The Youth Awards honors Latino high school seniors who excel in the classroom and community and for their excellence in five categories: Business & Entrepreneurship, Community Service, Education, Healthcare & Science, Media & Entertainment, and Technology & Engineering. Recipients are selected in each category and receive a grant to fund their college education or to fund a community service effort that tackles a social issue. Application deadline is October 15, 2018.
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) C4C
Counselors for Computing (C4C) provides professional school counselors with information and resources they can use to support ALL students as they explore computer science education and careers. If young women are to get the exposure and encouragement they need to pursue computing, it is essential that counselors get up to speed on the knowledge and resources necessary to guide effectively.
The Scientista Foundation
Scientista empowers pre-professional women in STEM through content, communities, and conferences. It serves to connect all communities of women in STEM at campuses across the nation, giving such important organizations more visibility and resources, and building a strong, cohesive network of women in science that can act as one voice.
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician National Contest
The American Mathematical Society is organizing the 2019
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician contest and is seeking young women to try for the top prize of $5,000 for the student and $5,000 for the math department of that student's high school (U.S. and Canada). The first round of qualifying takes place September 10-26, 2018. The contest is free to participate and will take place January 19, 2019 in Baltimore, MD as part of the Joint Mathematics Meetings.
The Connectory - Find Summer Camps!
The Connectory is the go-to place to find STEM year-round and summer is the peak season. Many girl focused summer STEM opportunities are available. Search by location, dates, area of interest, and age group.
Find an opportunity near you.
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Global Resources
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 Google Science Fair
The Google Science Fair is a global online science competition for youth ages 13-18. The competition inspires teens to solve real-world problems through the application of STEM. Educators and mentors play an important role and Google has created a full library of accredited teaching materials and exercises focused on the problem-solving process to help get the ideas flowing. Submissions open September 2018.
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