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The Ohio STEM Equity The Ohio STEM Equity Pipeline ProjectPipeline Project

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If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. ~Jim Rohn

AgendaAgenda• Relevance and importance of

increasing access to STEM Fields

• STEM Equity Pipeline Model research-based model

• Resources that can help3

Relevance of this subject and projectRelevance of this subject and project

• Unprecedented growth in STEM initiatives

• Urgency and opportunity for economic development in Ohio

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Relevance continuedRelevance continued• Remaining gaps in educational

completion at the certificate, associates, and bachelors degree levels

• Breakthrough models are those with clear career pathways and “career architecture”

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Now and in the Future….Now and in the Future….• Current shortage of 1 million

construction and engineering industry personnel, – Projected shortfall of 5 million

workers by 2025.

• Current and near future concerns as to technical skill sets: – Life cycle costing, – Facilities, operations and

management, – GPS/GIS– building integration management

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A research-A research-based model based model that works!that works!

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When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Victor Frankl

Ohio STEM Equity Pipeline Project

National Science Foundation (NSF) grant-funded project

through the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

(NAPE)9

Purpose of the Project▫Increase access, participation, degree completion, and job placement for women in STEM fields

▫Particular emphasis on affecting Perkins Nontraditional measures for secondary and postsecondary students

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Ohio Vision StatementOhio Vision Statement

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Vision Statement The Ohio STEM Equity Pipeline

Project will systematically increase participation of underrepresented citizens in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers.

http://www.stemequitypipeline.org/StateTeams/OH.aspx

Ohio Mission StatementOhio Mission Statement• The mission of this project is to use a

research-based model to collaboratively and systematically increase the participation, educational completion and career placement of girls and women, and other underrepresented citizens, in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in the state of Ohio.

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STEP 5ImplementSolutions

STEP 4Pilot Test and

Evaluate Best Solutions

STEP 3Choose

Best Solutions

STEP 2Identify

Root Causes

The Five Step Process

Step #1Step #1Document Performance ResultsDocument Performance Results•Assess current and past student performance–By school and college–By program area–By population groups

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Step #1Step #1Document Performance ResultsDocument Performance Results•Assist you–Documenting–Understanding performance

results–Help identify areas of

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Step #1 WorksheetStep #1 WorksheetDocument Performance ResultsDocument Performance Results• Identify a program/area you think

you would like to focus on having low enrollment, but there is a need • Identify resources you would use in

order to obtain data to verify –Low enrollment–There is a need

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Target Programs Program Contact Partners

Step 1: Document Performance Results

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STEP 1Document

Performance Results

STEP 5ImplementSolutions

STEP 4Pilot Test and

Evaluate Best Solutions

STEP 3Choose

Best Solutions

The Five Step Process

Step #2Step #2Identify Root Identify Root CausesCauses

•Designed to address the why questions

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Search for Root CausesSearch for Root CausesSystematic ProcessSystematic Process

1. Identifies all potential causes2. Determine whether causes within

your control are direct or indirect3. Select the most critical to target

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Review Research SummaryReview Research Summary• “Nontraditional Career Preparation: Root

Causes and Strategies”• Authors: – Lynn Reha, ICSPS; – Mimi Lufkin, NAPE; – Laurie Harrison, Foothill Associates

• www.napequity.org

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Root Cause - EducationRoot Cause - Education• Academic proficiency• Access to and participation in Math,

Science and Technology• Curriculum• Instructional strategies• School/classroom climate• Support Services

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Root Cause – Career InformationRoot Cause – Career Information

• Materials, practices, marketing and recruitment• Early intervention• Characteristics of an

occupation/Wage potential (Careers that give back to the community can attract both females and males)

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Root Cause - FamilyRoot Cause - FamilyCharacteristics and

engagement of family of origin have a strong influence on career

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Root Cause – Root Cause – Internal/IndividualInternal/Individual

•Self-efficacy•Attribution

•Stereotype threat25

Root Cause – Societal IssuesRoot Cause – Societal Issues

• Media (negative/positive)• Peers• Role Models/Mentoring• Collaboration (between

educational and community organizations key)

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Phases of Step #2Phases of Step #2• Phase 1: Identify Potential Causes• Phase 2: Analyze and Evaluate

Potential Causes• Phase 3: Organize Your Theory and

Select the Most Critical Root Causes

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Step #2 WorksheetStep #2 WorksheetIdentify Root CausesIdentify Root Causes

• Develop your own root cause theory–What barriers do you think the students are

facing–What action research method would you

use to validate this theory?–Who would you engage in your research

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EducationRoot Cause Evidence Academic Proficiency

Access to and Participation in Math, Science and Technology

Curriculum

Instructional Strategies

School/Classroom Climate

Support Services

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STEP 1Document

Performance Results

STEP 5ImplementSolutions

STEP 4Pilot Test and

Evaluate Best Solutions

STEP 2Identify

Root Causes

The Five Step Process

Step #3Step #3Choose Best SolutionsChoose Best Solutions

• Identify and select the solutions that seem most promising for testing and evaluation

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Choose Best SolutionsChoose Best Solutions

Don’t be too quick to adopt best practices

before getting the facts straight

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Questions to AskQuestions to Ask• How do you identify possible

strategies and model practices?• How do you evaluate strategies and

models?• How do you compare and assess

alternative solutions and make a decision?

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Step #3 WorksheetStep #3 WorksheetSelect Best SolutionsSelect Best Solutions

Note on worksheet sites for

“best practices”34

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GOAL:

Benchmark/Strategy/Activity

to Increase Participation or

Completion

Tasks toAccomplishBenchmark

Person(s)Responsible

Timeline Evaluation Plan

Process Measures

Outcome Measures

1.1 Benchmark, strategy or activity planned

1.1 task one Name Completion Date

Enter measures

Enter Measures

1.2 task two

2.1 2.1

2.2

2.3

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I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. ~John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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STEP 1Document

Performance Results

STEP 5ImplementSolutions

STEP 3Choose

Best Solutions

STEP 2Identify

Root Causes

The Five Step Process

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Step #4Step #4Create an Create an Evaluation Evaluation

PlanPlan

Why Evaluate?Why Evaluate?Make sure your

improvement strategy works somewhere

before you attempt to apply it everywhere.

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Formative EvaluationFormative Evaluation

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Summative EvaluationSummative Evaluation• Outcomes

Measures–Did the

program produce the desired results?–“The guests

taste the soup”41

Set Realistic GoalsSet Realistic Goals• Broad statements of what you want

to accomplish• The main single aim• Not strictly measurable or tangible• Long term• The purpose toward which an

endeavor is directed42

Write SMART ObjectivesWrite SMART Objectives• Specific•Measurable•Achievable•Relevant• Time-limited

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Ohio State Team GoalsOhio State Team Goals• Increase public awareness and create

opportunities for girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

• Increase participation of girls and women in non-traditional STEM fields (as identified by 25% or fewer of that gender represented in the workforce).

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Ohio State Team GoalsOhio State Team Goals• Increase persistence, retention and

completion of girls and women in STEM programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels.

• Increase job placement of females into STEM careers in Ohio.

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Ohio State Team GoalsOhio State Team Goals• Increase participation, certificate and

degree completion, and job placement in STEM fields for other underrepresented groups.

• Collaborate with and engage key stakeholders in improving opportunities for STEM.

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Step #4 WorksheetStep #4 WorksheetCreate an Evaluation PlanCreate an Evaluation Plan

Make sure your improvement strategy works somewhere beforeyou attempt to apply it everywhere….

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GOAL:

Benchmark/Strategy/Activity

to Increase Participation or

Completion

Tasks toAccomplishBenchmark

Person(s)Responsible

Timeline Evaluation Plan

Process Measures

Outcome Measures

1.1 Benchmark, strategy or activity planned

1.1 task one Name Completion Date

Enter measures

Enter Measures

1.2 task two

2.1 2.1

2.2

2.3

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STEP 1Document

Performance Results

STEP 4Pilot Test and

Evaluate Best Solutions

STEP 3Choose

Best Solutions

STEP 2Identify

Root Causes

The Five Step Process

Step #5 Step #5 Implement SolutionsImplement Solutions

•Don’t say you’ve solved the problem until you’ve fully implemented solutions and achieved results!

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

~Theodore Roosevelt