donna-milgram-executive-director-cropDonna Milgram, Executive Director of IWITTS

What are the best practices to help female students succeed and thrive in science, technology engineering and math programs? There are proven, low-cost strategies that high schools, colleges and universities can implement right away so that more female students will complete their STEM education.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11 am PT/ 12 pm MT / 1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET



Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will learn:

  • How to create a campus-wide retention effort to boost success
  • Tools to get your students off to a positive start & breed confidence
  • Ways to engage female students when the numbers in STEM are small
  • Real world success: Actionable examples of women in STEM programs

 

Webinar Highlights:

Build a Leadership Team Model for Women in STEM: Strategies for Success

  • Ways to partner with faculty, administrators, student services & others
  • No educator is an island: Ways to work together & boost STEM retention
  • The top 3 qualities of an effective Leadership Team & how to employ them 

Strategies to Keep STEM Students On Course & Improve Graduation Rates:

  • How to make female students feel welcome, and what not to do
  • Ways to bolster confidence in STEM students to ensure success
  • Strategies to help your female students be successful in the lab
  • Building block skills to help close the experience gap 

Addressing the STEM Challenge: Appeal to Women Who Aren’t Excited by STEM

  • Connecting students with female role models & creating community
  • An “ah-ha” moment on spatial reasoning: what you need to know
  • How faculty can teach to female learning styles

Live question and answer session - Have your specific Women in STEM questions answered by Donna Milgram, Executive Director of IWITTS!