To inspire high school girls to engage in STEM academic and career pathways, the Fox Cities Chamber is providing the sixth-annual Smart Girls Rock event in November. The event will take place virtually and is open to all high school female students who want to explore interactive presentations/stations with adult female mentors working in STEM careers and industries throughout the Fox Cities region.

This year’s virtual event will be expanded to three days instead of one and is open to all high school grades. Each day will feature four different mentor presentations in a single STEM category. With registration, students will have complete access to all three events and receive an electronic booklet with mentor biographies, recommended coursework and extra-curricular activities, advice from mentors, and post-secondary education or training needed for each featured STEM career.

Smart Girls Rock also highlights regional STEM employers, as well as the career pathways, projects, and talents of Fox Cities’ women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The intended impact of this program is to increase awareness and knowledge of STEM occupations in the Fox Cities and access to diverse mentors who can provide on-going support to students.

Students will participate through a Zoom link sent to their school email address. Throughout the event and after the event, students will have the opportunity to connect with over 20 women mentors in STEM-related careers.

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Science Day

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Technology Day

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Engineering & Math Day

“This is an amazing program with the goal of using mentoring to generate enthusiasm for STEM, show how STEM subjects apply to real-world settings and issues, and to nurture self-identification as a female who could be a scientist or engineer, or apply technology skills in their future career.” –Amy Andersen, Director of Talent and K-16 Relations, Fox Cities Chamber

This helpful eBook contains 3 self-assessment checklists, a 21-point guide, and 3 approaches organizations take when addressing their data warehouse challenges (including two that don’t work, and one that does).

You will get:

• 3 self-assessment checklists

• 21-point guide of what to consider when planning a data warehouse initiative

• 3 approaches organizations take when addressing their data warehouse challenges (2 that don’t work, and 1 that does)

Are you looking for a way to give back and develop the next generation of STEM talent? Be part of STEM Foward’s Day of STEM!

DAY OF STEM

STEM Forward’s Day of STEM program partners a primary or secondary school with a local business in a one-day format. This may be reduced to a one hour class period based on the need for a teacher. An individual or a team of employee volunteers are identified, prepped with content, and sent on a visit to a local school on a predetermined date. Given current times, this could be virtual via Zoom or in-person if classes are being held in-person. In addition to serving as STEM role models, volunteers engage students in discussion and a variety of STEM activities.

STEM PROFESSIONALS & EMPLOYERS

We need your help to volunteer your time (virtually or in-person) to a classroom to enhance the curriculum and bring your professional experiences to the students. Or another option would be to submit a video describing STEM career choices and the day in the life of a STEM professional. Educators are looking for videos on an organization to provide a virtual field trip for their students, let us know if you can help! 

For additional questions, please contact Rich Merkel, STEM Forward Executive Director at rmerkel@stemforward.org.

CSTA Wisconsin Dairyland leaders are facilitating monthly sharing sessions throughout the year to help support teachers.  We can all learn so much from each other!  The next session is November 18, 2020  at 7:00pm and the focus will be planned for CS Ed Week in early December.  Join in the conversation using this Zoom info

CSTA Sharing Sessions:

January 20 | 7:00pm-8:00pm

February 17 | 7:00pm-8:00pm

April 21 | 7:00pm-8:00pm

Meeting ID: 918 3513 8697
Passcode: 223963

Please join us!  If you have a focus for a future session, please contact our co-Presidents Amy Fetherston or Linnea Logan.

CompuScholar is offering two of their courses and study guides which should prepare you to take the Computer Science Praxis Exam (5652) in Wisconsin.  This is entirely free of charge and offered by CompuScholar in conjunction with the CSTA WI-Dairyland.  The courses are online, self-paced and self-study, so you can get started at any time and take up to 6 months to complete them!