GSE/COM: Role Models Make a World of Difference: Promoting Effective Outreach to Girls in Technology, Science, and Engineering

Techbridge于2000年由Chabot空间科学中心创立，旨在为服务不足社区的女孩建立一个有效的示范项目，鼓励和促进她们对技术、科学和工程的兴趣。该项目强调女孩的职业探索，使工作人员能够获得专业知识，培训专业人员和企业合作伙伴，以便在榜样和学生之间成功互动。Techbridge的评估数据和研究证实，与榜样一起参观和实地考察对影响女孩的学业选择和职业道路有重大而持久的影响。此外，这些拓展工作有利于组织，提高公司士气和发展员工的领导能力。在强有力的评估结果的支持下，一个成功的项目到位，Techbridge开发了一个名为“参与”的榜样培训模式和资源指南。做出改变。《K-12学生课堂参观和实地考察指南》培训和资源指南以实际指导和案例研究为特色，突出活动和榜样与青年之间的成功互动。在这个项目中，Techbridge将扩展“Get Involved”的分布。，并为合作伙伴提供基于研究的、经过实地测试的资源和培训，以帮助他们招募和支持榜样。智力优势——“榜样创造世界”项目：1)通过为榜样和合作伙伴提供组织良好、实用、有用且易于获取的信息和资源，填补未被满足的需求；2)提供资源和培训，这些资源和培训基于一个强大的模式项目，该项目有7年的记录，通过课堂访问和实地考察成功地吸引了榜样；3)聘请一个为项目带来广泛专业知识的团队，他们在为女孩开发职业资源方面拥有超过二十年的经验；4)根据Techbridge的研究和纵向调查的投入，分发榜样指导方针，鼓励榜样以最有可能对女孩的学业和职业理想产生积极影响的方式呈现。更广泛的影响——“榜样改变世界”项目通过外联、培训以及与致力于提高女孩在技术、科学和工程领域参与度的教育、企业和政府机构的合作，产生了广泛而长期的影响。预计在该项目期间将培训和支持22.5万多名榜样，以促进女孩参与技术、科学和工程。

Techbridge was founded in 2000 by Chabot Space & Science Center to build an effective model program for girls in underserved communities and to encourage and promote their interests in technology, science, and engineering. The program''s emphasis on career exploration for girls has enabled staff to gain expertise training professionals and corporate partners for successful interactions between role models and students. Techbridge''s evaluation data and research confirm that visits with role models and field trips to worksites have a significant and lasting impact in influencing girls'' academic choices and career paths. In addition, these outreach efforts benefit organizations, boosting company morale and developing employee leadership. With a successful program in place backed by strong evaluation results, Techbridge developed a training model and resource guide for role models called "Get Involved. Make a Difference. A Guide for Classroom Visits and Field Trips for K-12 Students." The training and resource guide feature practical guidance and case studies that highlight activities and successful interactions between role models and youth. In this project, Techbridge will extend the distribution of "Get Involved. Make a Difference." to a wider audience and provide partners with research-based, field-tested resources and training to assist them in recruiting and supporting role models. Intellectual Merit--The Role Models Make a World of Difference project: 1) fills an unmet need by providing information and resources that are well organized, practical, useful, and easily accessible to role models and partners; 2) provides resources and training that are based upon a robust model program that has a 7-year track record for successfully engaging role models in outreach through classroom visits and field trips; 3) engages a team that brings extensive expertise to the project, with over two decades of experience developing career resources for girls; and 4) distributes guidelines for role models, developed with input from Techbridge''s research study and longitudinal investigation, to encourage role models to present in ways that are most likely to positively impact girls'' academic and career aspirations. Broader Impacts--The Role Models Make a World of Difference project has broad, long-term impact through outreach, training, and partnerships with educational, corporate, and government agencies that are committed to increasing girls'' participation in technology, science, and engineering. It is expected that over 225,000 role models will be trained and supported during the project that will promote the participation of girls in technology, science, and engineering.