GSE/EXT: Great Science for Girls: Extension Services for Gender Equity in Science through After-School Programs

面向女孩的伟大科学：通过课后项目促进科学领域性别平等的扩展服务（GSG扩展服务）将利用21世纪的技术，结合面对面的专业发展、定制咨询服务和基于证据的性别平等课程，创建一个围绕女孩和STEM的统一变革计划。该项目将把教育发展学院的教育公平中心（EEC/AED）和在课后领域广泛开展工作的两个AED中心——青年发展和政策研究中心（CYD）和国家社区青年工作培训研究所（NTI）作为合作伙伴聚集在一起。此外，该项目将与向课后中心提供培训和技术援助的区域中介组织合作；以及直接为女孩和其他得不到服务的青少年服务的课后中心。智力优势——GSG推广服务将建设课后中心的能力，提供以证据为基础的项目，为女孩提供包括领导机会在内的学习环境；与相关成人和其他学生进行积极、明智的交流；以探究为基础，动手实验；冒险的;挑战和解决问题；合作学习;和乐趣。该项目的组成部分将是EEC/AED的科学、性别和课后在线实践社区（COP）。COP将作为项目实施的在线虚拟支持系统，以及项目参与者的重要后续工具。此外，缔约方会议将为国家客户群提供持续的前沿信息和服务，并作为研究人员和从业人员之间的持续联系。更广泛的影响：在五年项目期间，GSG推广服务将通过建设16个国家中介组织的能力，在其服务的2720个中心为10880名青年工作人员实施统一的变革方案，最终惠及162800名女孩，从而产生重大影响。通过这种综合方法，GSG推广服务将为大量低收入和中等收入的女孩和其他参加课后项目的代表性不足的学生提供STEM机会。

Great Science for Girls: Extension Services for Gender Equity in Science through After-School Programs (GSG Extension Services) will use 21st century technologies in combination with in-person professional development, customized consulting services, and evidence-based, gender-equitable curricula to create a unified program of change around girls and STEM. The project will bring together the Educational Equity Center at the Academy for Educational Development (EEC/AED) and two AED Centers that have worked extensively in the after-school field: the Center for Youth Development and Policy Research (CYD) and the National Training Institute for Community Youth Work (NTI) as partners. In addition, the project will work in partnership with regional intermediary organizations that provide training and technical assistance to after-school centers; and after-school centers directly serving girls and other underserved youth.Intellectual merit-- GSG Extension Services will build the capacity of after-school centers to deliver evidence-based programming that provides a learning environment for girls that includes opportunities for leadership; active, intelligent engagement with concerned adults and other students; inquiry-based, hands-on experimentation; risk-taking; challenges and problem-solving; cooperative learning; and fun. Integral to this project will be EEC/AED's Science, Gender and After-school On-Line Community of Practice (COP). The COP will serve as an online virtual support system for program implementation, and an important follow-up tool for program participants. In addition, the COP will provide ongoing, cutting-edge information and services to a national client base, and act as a continuous link between researchers and practitioners.Broader Impacts: During the five-year project period, GSG Extension Services will make significant impact by building the capacity of 16 national intermediary organizations to implement the unified program of change with 10,880 youth workers in the 2,720 centers they serve, ultimately reaching 162,800 girls. Through this comprehensive approach, GSG Extension Service will advance STEM opportunities for the large number of low and moderate-income girls and other underrepresented students who attend after-school programs.