Numerous programs and initiatives to create gender equity in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have been implemented only to lose effectiveness or fade away. Had these programs had the benefit of collaboration with other girl-serving projects, organizations and institutions, and tools to assess and evaluate the impact of their efforts, their capacity for continuation and/or broader impact could have been substantially increased.
| How do we Collaborate? | NGCP Updates | NGCP Webcast |
Collaboration, as an interactive process, enables professionals across projects and communities to generate and carry out creative solutions and strategies that maximize benefit beyond that which one project or community could accomplish. This model includes a number of strategic activities that provide value and incentives to encourage organizations and individuals to work together and to use the leverage of a network or collaboration of individual girl-serving STEM programs to create the tipping point for gender equity in STEM.
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Northeastern Kick-Off Conference and Mini-Grants Texas Regional Fall Forums The Texas Girls Collaborative Project welcomes participants from K-12 and higher education institutions, industry, not-for-profit and informal learning organizations, museums, and government agencies from across the state to join us at one of four remaining Regional Fall Forums. Register for these forums. NGCP in The Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering |
NGCP webcasts will be taking December and January off, returning on February 11th, 2009. NGCP February Webcast NGCP uses a number of strategic activities to encourage collaboration among girl-serving STEM projects and programs. This webcast will examine the key elements of effective collaboration by providing lessons learned from NGCP project staff and partners. Register for this webcast. All previous NGCP webcasts are archived and accessible on the NGCP Web site. Webcasts have focused on a variety of topics relevant to girls in STEM, including engaging girls in STEM, applying for NGCP mini-grants, and reaching underserved populations in STEM.
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