An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Retention and Success in a Changing Workforce
This highly interactive workshop will provide updated research on strategies to increase achievement and retention and prepare students for a changing workplace. Participants will learn strategies that have been proven especially effective with students from diverse cultural and language backgrounds; those in poverty; those with perceived developmental or physical challenges; and those on nontraditional career paths, especially women in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Dolores Grayson, GrayMill Consulting, Tehachapi , CA
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Getting Women into Nanoscience and Other STEM-Related Fields
This presentation will provide an overview of a successful strategy for reaching out to women and stimulating their interest in a nontraditional, high-tech, high-paying field. Hear data on the different perspectives between men and women in STEM-related topics, and how the data can be used to tailor outreach efforts to women.
Dr Kristi Jean, NDSCS Center for Nanoscience Technology Training, Wahpeton, ND
Cheryl Brown, NDSCS Center for Nanoscience Technology Training, Wahpeton, ND
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Winning Rights, Raises and Respect for Women in the Workplace
Learn about the barriers to equity that women face in today's workplace, how to effectively organize for change in your community, and how you can connect with other organizations working on these issues. This presentation will describe three major barriers- discrimination, the lack of leave for family care responsibilities, and sexual harassment- and discuss specific methods and strategies to effect policy change at the local, statewide and national levels.
Linda Meric, 9to5, National Association of Working Women, Milwaukee , WI
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Single-Sex Schools and Classrooms in Public Education: Why People Want and Don't Want Them
Recent legislative changes allow more public schools/classes to be single-sex. This presentation concentrates on arguments regarding why these environments are supported/opposed. Such discussions are especially important in science education because science serves as a gateway to many professional opportunities, but males tend to outperform females in science and are more likely to enter science careers. The presentation explores related studies and theories and the presenter's work with single-sex middle school science classrooms.
Howard Glasser, National Alliance for Partnerships Equity, Okemos , MI
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Human Capital Development Meets the Bottom Line
This presentation will highlight The SOURCE's proven employer driven and sustained/supported model, which connects service providers and educators to partner with employers in bringing practical, applicable, solutions to address the specific needs of women and their workforce as a whole.
Rachel Kunnath, The SOURCE, Grand Rapids , MI
Ashleigh Emmerson, West Michigan TEAM, Grand Rapids , MI
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Using Coalition Partners, Program Providers, and Participants to Sway Legislators
The Wisconsin State Assembly's proposed 2007-09 budget included devastating 62% cuts to displaced homemaker funding. In this interactive presentation, workshop participants will learn how Wisconsin Women Work!, a Women Work! state affiliate, developed and implemented a grassroots campaign to restore funding to these crucial programs. Topics covered will include the variety of ways to contact legislators, finding and working with coalition partners, mobilizing program providers and participants, and sustaining extended advocacy efforts.
Patti Saunders, Lakeshore Technical College , Co-Chair of Wisconsin Women Work!, Sheboygan , WI
Judy Stanton, Lakeshore Technical College , Co-Chair of Wisconsin Women Work!, Manitowoc , WI
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Helping Girls Stay in School: Spotlight on Pregnant and Parenting Students
This presentation will examine the dropout crisis for girls in our nation's schools and provide recommendations for advocates, educators and policymakers. The presenters will also discuss the specific challenges faced by pregnant and parenting students, the importance of keeping them in school, and rights guaranteed to them by Title IX.
Kristina Gupta, National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC
Taryn Wilgus Null, National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC
Abby Kahn, Healthy Teen Network, Washington , DC
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Will Career Clusters, Pathways, and Programs of Study Serve Special Population Learners Well?
The new Perkins Act requires secondary and post-secondary recipients to organize CTE into Programs of Study based on the State Director's Career Clusters Model. This session will provide an overview of the Career Clusters Model and discuss potential areas for equity concerns to arise and to be addressed. Participants will identify strategies and leverage points for ensuring that the development and implementation of clusters, pathways, and programs of study do indeed serve the needs of special population learners.
Barbara Bitters, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
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New Look On-line
The award-winning New Look Project motivated over 80% of the community colleges in Illinois to create innovative services for special populations learners, and especially for learners preparing for careers which are nontraditional for gender. This presentation will discuss the initiative's on-line programmatic self-study, a tool that integrates qualitative and quantitative data, root causes, research-based effective strategies and partnering, and can be applied to a variety of educational settings.
Lynn Reha, Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support, Normal , IL
Lisa Matejka, Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support, Normal , IL
Aimee Julian , Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support, Normal , IL
Norma Tims, Michigan Department of Education, Lansing , MI
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Achieving the Dream of Family Sustainable Careers
This workshop will discuss how an innovative public/private educational partnership is breaking ground for working women and men with aspirations of becoming registered nurses. Learn how work-based learning, contextualized curriculum enhancements, hybrid course delivery and learner supports with employer-sponsored incentives can translate dreams into living wage reality.
Rebecca Starr, Jobs for the Future, Boston , MA
Cynthia Fiorella, Owensboro Community and Technical College , Owensboro , KY
Mary Culhane, WorkSource Partners, Brookline , MA
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