PLN - Creating the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

PLN-培养新一代科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)皮马县学校负责人，当地一家教育机构(LEA)将为西班牙裔5年级和6年级女孩制定和试行一项课外计划--在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域培养下一代女性领导人。培养领导者将创新的领导力培训与增强的STEM计划相结合。Creating Leaders计划是创新的，建立在研究的基础上，这些研究已经确定了为拉美裔女孩成功编程的要素。这一计划的创新部分包括：1.将领导力发展培训与STEM丰富相结合；2.教授数学在金融和投资中的实际应用；3.将STEM与政治和公共政策联系起来；4.发展STEM职业女性、5年级和6年级女孩及其父母之间的伙伴关系；5.向中小学女孩发放STEM微型助学金。计划资助的成果包括：1.更广泛的文献搜索，为课程设计和项目计划提供信息；2.为课外计划制定课程，供5年级和6年级的拉美裔女孩及其家长使用；3.建立一个咨询委员会；4.建立伙伴关系，以便在多个地点实施该计划；5.在一所小学进行课后计划的试点试验；6.与参与试点的焦点小组进行试验；以及7.制定创造领袖计划的完整提案。课外创造领袖计划将在亚利桑那州图森市的埃尔维拉小学试行。与文化相关的项目部分旨在协同工作，使STEM变得有趣并与现实生活相关，提高SMET的识字能力，通过实践活动加强学习，让女孩通过解决社区问题来练习她们新获得的技能和知识，并激励女孩在STEM领域寻求STEM课程、职业和领导职位。计划活动包括：1.玩真正的游戏，向学生传授全球经济知识，同时加强团队合作的重要性。通过玩现金流游戏提高财务知识，该游戏教授投资、回报率、企业所有权和现金流计算；3.参加在STEM职业生涯中雇用女性的组织和当地大学的实地考察。利用STEM职业女性和高中生作为榜样和导师。开展领导力发展活动。教女孩提出资助建议，并接受小额赠款，以利用STEM解决社区问题。学习STEM、政治和公共政策之间的关系。通过学术和职业规划，制定STEM教育和职业目标。让家庭成员参与支持女孩STEM的教育和职业目标。为该计划中的教师和女孩开发在线电子工具。这一多学科计划将在教育、领导力发展、公共政策以及广泛的科学、技术、工程和数学领域的知识方面提供重大进展。建议的活动将扩大发现和了解如何成功接触到代表性不足的群体，并将促进K-12工作人员和行政人员、学生、家庭、从事STEM职业的妇女和雇用他们的组织进行教学、培训和学习。培养领导者将通过创建供西班牙裔5年级和6年级女孩及其家庭使用的课程来影响知识资本，通过建立旨在改善拉美裔女孩STEM成就和职业成就的社区伙伴关系影响社会资本，以及通过人力资本改善西班牙裔女孩的STEM教育和职业成就。

PLN - Creating the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)The Pima County Superintendent of Schools, a local education agency (LEA) will develop and pilot an after school program for Hispanic 5th and 6th grade girls --Creating the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics (STEM). Creating Leaders combines innovative leadership training with enhanced STEM programming. The Creating Leaders program is innovative and builds on research that has identified elements of successful programming for Hispanic girls. Innovative components of this program include: 1.combining leadership development training with STEM enrichment; 2. teaching practical applications of mathematics in finance and investment; 3. linking STEM with politics and public policy; 4. developing partnershipsbetween women in STEM careers, 5th and 6th grade girls and their parents; and 5. awarding STEM mini-grants to elementary and middle school girls.Outcomes of the planning grant will include:1. A more extensive literature search to inform curriculum design and program planning;2. The development of curricula for the after school program to be utilized with Hispanic girls in 5th and 6th grades and their parents;3. The development of an Advisory Board;4. The development of partnerships for implementing the program at multiple sites;5. A pilot test of the after school program in one elementary school;6. Focus groups with participants in the pilot; and7. The development of a full proposal for the Creating Leaders program.The Creating Leaders after school program will be piloted in the Elvira ElementarySchool in Tucson, Arizona. The culturally relevant program components are designedto work synergistically to make SMET fun and relevant to real life, raise SMET literacy,reinforce learning through hands-on activities, allow girls to practice their newly acquired skills and knowledge through community problem solving, and inspire girls topursue STEM coursework, careers, and leadership positions in STEM fields. Program activities include:1. Playing the Real Game which teaches students about the global economy while reinforcing the importance of teamwork and cooperation.2. Raising financial literacy by playing the Cashflow Game which teaches about investing,rate of return, business ownership, and calculating cash flow;3. Attending field trips to organizations which employ women in STEM careers and local colleges and universities.4. Utilizing women in STEM careers and high school students to serve as role models and mentors.5. Leadership development activities.6. Teaching girls to develop proposals for funding and receive mini-grants to solve a community problem using STEM.7. Learning about the relationship between STEM, politics and public policy.8. Developing STEM educational and career goals through academic and career planning.9. Involving family members in supporting girls STEM educational and career goals.10. Developing on-line e-tools for teachers and girls in the program.This multi-disciplinary program will provide significant advances in knowledge inthe fields of education, leadership development, public policy, and the wide range ofScience, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields. The activities proposed will broaden the discovery and understanding of how to successfully reach underrepresented groupsand will promote teaching, training, and learning among K-12 staff and administrators, students, families, women in STEM careers, and organizations which employ them.Creating Leaders will impact knowledge capital through the creation of a curriculum foruse with Hispanic 5th and 6th grade girls and their families, social capital throughthe creation of a community-based partnership designed to improve the STEM achievement and career attainment of Hispanic girls, and human capital in the improvement in STEM educational and career attainment of Hispanic girls.