Not Your Mama’s

Gender Equity: Lessons from

NAPE Adrian San Miguel

Allison Molitor

Lucilla Mendoza

Pat Weber

Introductions Adrian San Miguel, Career and Guidance

Transition Coordinator, Idaho Division of Professional Technical Education

Allison Molitor, Learning Community Coordinator, CND, College of Western Idaho

Lucilla Mendoza, PTEC Counselor, Lewis-Clark State College

Pat Weber, Center for New Directions, Grants Director, College of Southern Idaho

Equity is the means; equality is the result

What is equity? Equity is a set of actions, attitudes, and

assumptions that provide opportunities and create expectations about individuals.

Gender Equity - is the process of being fair to women and men.

Women in Trades

Fields with a Higher Median Wage Have Fewer Female Students

Percentage of Students that are Female Average Median Hourly Wage

100%98%

$30.00

87% $24.35

80%$25.00

69%$17.38 $20.00

60%$18.74

$17.53 $17.74 $15.00$15.66

40%

$10.00

$10.2525%

20% $8.4816%

9% 10% $5.0018%

0% $0.00Child Care Cosme- Health Ag. Auto

Precision& Dev tology Prof. Mgmt. Prod.

Const. &Repair

Engineering

Career Counseling for Equity

Equity Statements1. In 2012,_ % of registered nurses were men2. In 2012, % of firefighters were women3. In 2012, % of automotive service technicians were

women4. In 2012, % of childcare workers were men.5. Women comprised_____% of the total U.S. labor force in 2011. 6. Carpenters are expected to have a percentage employment

increase from 2010 to 2020 of_____%.7. In 2012, % of mechanical engineers were women.8. In 2011, women worked full-time year round earned cents

for each dollar earned by men.9. In 1975, 34.3% of women with children under age 3 were in the

civilian labor force. In 2011,_____% of women with children under age 3 were in the civilian labor force.

10. In terms of women in leadership positions, in 2009 only 24 percent of CEOs in the US were women and they earned_ ____% percent as much as male CEOs

9.4 3.4 1.25.9 58.

121.7

4.577

60.9

74.5

What is equity?Question?

How does gender equity impact your work?

Question?

Evidence Based Practices

Stem Equity pipeline Dallas-Fort-Worth Texas Instruments Projects

High Tech High Heels 700 Girls attended 2 week camps

AP Physics Camps for HS Girls Girls taking more physics exams to earn college

credit increased by almost 100, with girls passing 161

tests for college credit in 2010 Gender Equity Training

gender equity training was offered to 57 teachers with a focus on physics teachers

STEM Career workshops for counselors

Vermont Projects

Rosie’s GirlsWomen Can DoYouth Advisory CouncilLead In - Career exploration

MICROMESSAGING – To Reach and Teach Every StudentTraining for educators,

administrators, and counselorsAcademy-9-12 month program for

educators30 hours of professional

developmentWorkshops, webinars and online

courses

NAPE Focus on Counselors Initiative-Counselor Tool Kit and Resources•1 Exploring STEM Careers Booklet•4 lesson plans and related documents

• STEM careers scavenger hunt STEM careers are essential to our health happiness & safety (lesson plan,worksheet 1, worksheet 2)

• Engineering our world (lesson plan)• Work values (lesson plan and 

worksheet)•100 Kudos Cards to encourage girls in STEM•1 desktop Kudos Cards holder

Pipe stem-program improvement process for equity in STEM

NAPE offers PIPE-STEM for any type of educational institution K-12 and beyond

Five step process to increase the participation, completion, and transition of females and other underrepresented groups in STEM-related programs of study

NAPE provides training and technical support

NAPE STEM Equity Pipeline Goals

Build the capacity of formal education community to implement research based approaches proven to increase the participation and completion of females, including those with disabilities, in STEM education

Institutionalize the implemented strategies by connecting the outcomes to existing accountability systems

Broaden the commitment to gender equity in STEM education

Idaho Equity Efforts Creation of Career Pioneer Network for statewide

collaboration Mission: To inspire individuals to explore and pursue a full range

of career options by enhancing awareness and knowledge of nontraditional careers; encouraging participation through best practices of recruitment, and retention strategies; and effectively removing barriers to success for females and males of all ages.

Career Pioneer: students or professionals who either train for or work in occupations where one’s gender comprises less the 25% of that occupation or field of work

Focus on women in STEM and men in healthcare

Connection with NAPE to support efforts

Idaho NAPE Pipeline Efforts Creation the Idaho Career Pioneer Network

website http://www.careerpioneernetwork.org/ Resources for:

Students Counselors Parents Teachers Business/Industry

Idaho NAPE Pipeline Efforts

Billboards in Eastern Idaho promoting nontraditional fields

Data dashboards

Monthly professional development provided by NAPE

CPN Symposiums

Idaho NAPE Pipeline Efforts STEM conferences at all CNDs

Focus on girls or women Hands-on activities

Nontraditional scholarships

1. How can we impact gender equity on a state level?

2. What ideas do you have for the Career Pioneer Network?

Question?

Local Equity Efforts Trainings with high school teachers on

equity Nontraditional networking

luncheons/end of year celebrations Collaboration with iSTEM Review of marketing items with an

equity lens