At the National WomenTech Educators Train-the-Trainer Workshop you’ll learn strategies that work!

• Discover Best Practices. The WomenTech Training is based on best practices and is always solutions-oriented.
• Learn New Recruitment Strategies. Learn a menu of new recruitment strategies (video) that cost just a little or nothing at all based on proven best practice methods from urban, rural and suburban schools. Become skilled at putting on a WomenTech Career Expo and make girl geeks cool in your school!
• Explore Gender-Specific Learning Styles. Concentrate on an in-depth module on gender differences in learning styles (video). Learn how to excite and engage female students in technology by teaching to their learning style; help technophobic female students overcome their fear of breaking the computer; incorporate bridge activities and course modules that will enable ALL of your students to succeed in the technology classroom, and much more!
• Work through Retention Case Studies. Problem solve with colleagues on retention challenges that arise in classes where the number of female students is small. Help your female students withstand negative peer pressure and connect with female role models.
• Create an Action Plan. Develop an action plan to recruit women to your traditionally male-dominated classes and then put the plan to action right away to retain women in your classrooms with both high school and community college recruitment strategies.
• Interact and Have Fun! Through interactive video, case studies, online examples and lively PowerPoint presentations, you get an exciting and extremely informative session, plus everything you need to know to educate others. And, since the bulk of the workshop is group work, it's also a great opportunity to interact with and learn from others in your field.

Proven Results

• Increased Recruitment & Retention Rates. In IWITTS’s NSF funded CalWomenTech Project, the schools that implemented the recruitment strategies actually saw an increase in female enrollment of 10%-15% within 16 months. In addition, schools that successfully implemented the retention strategies had both an increase in the completion rates of women (some by as much as 20%-40%) as well as men (video).
• Project Highlighted by NSF. The Project is being highlighted by NSF for demonstrating significant achievement and program effectiveness following an expert panel review at the three year mark in December 2008 to the Committee for Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Performance Assessment, where it has also been very well received.

Free Takeaways

• Bonus Products. Each participant will receive our best practices WomenTech Training Manual (available only through this workshop), the WomenTech Best Practices CD ($50 value) and the WomenTech Educators Tool Kit ($225 value.) The Tool Kit includes our Video and Video Facilitator's Guide, WomenTech PowerPoint, Trainer's Workshop Guide, Bibliography and Participant's Workbooks.

REGISTRATION SPECIALS

• Register by April 30^th - Save $100
• 10 or more from the same team - $200 off per person

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