1. Tara Cox
  2. Afterschool and Family Programs Coordinator
  3. Integrating Science Into Afterschool: A Three Dimensional Approach to Engaged Underserved Population in Science
  4. The Franklin Institute
  1. Dale McCreedy
  2. Director of Gender, Adult Learning & Community Engagement
  3. Integrating Science Into Afterschool: A Three Dimensional Approach to Engaged Underserved Population in Science
  4. The Franklin Institute
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  • Icon for: Amy Busey

    Amy Busey

    Facilitator
    Research Associate
    May 12, 2015 | 11:38 a.m.

    Enjoyed your video! I’d love to hear more about the family engagement piece. What strategies have these trainings focused on? Are the facilitators at each site developing their own vision for what the Family STEM night (or other parent engagement activities) will look like?

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    Tara Cox

    Lead Presenter
    Afterschool and Family Programs Coordinator
    May 12, 2015 | 01:59 p.m.

    Thanks Amy!
    Our trainings have focused on how to promote collaborative learning between children and families and how to create a safe and curious environment for exploration. We model hands-on activities that encourage adult-child partnerships and discuss ways to set expectations for participation for parents and caregivers during Family STEM nights.

    Currently each site is developing their own vision with support from the Franklin Institute. At the training, we provide examples of different models but emphasize that each event should reflect the needs of their community.

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    Brian Drayton

    Co-Principal Investigator
    May 12, 2015 | 12:47 p.m.

    I really like the emphasis on building local capacity for further teacher learning – teachers and other educators should be their own “directors of PD”, regardless of what supports their institutions may provide. It was good, too, to hear many voices in this video!

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    Tara Cox

    Lead Presenter
    Afterschool and Family Programs Coordinator
    May 13, 2015 | 01:47 p.m.

    Thanks Brian!
    I wish that I could have shared even more from our facilitators since it is really them that drive the project. 3 min just flies by!

    Tara

  • Icon for: Sue Ellen McCann

    Sue Ellen McCann

    Facilitator
    Executive in Charge, Science
    May 12, 2015 | 03:16 p.m.

    What are you learning about working with partners?

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    Tara Cox

    Lead Presenter
    Afterschool and Family Programs Coordinator
    May 13, 2015 | 01:52 p.m.

    Hi Sue,
    I think the biggest take away so far as been the importance of setting clear expectation and defining clear roles with partners. At the same time, we want to appreciate that each site is unique, and thus will have very different success and challenges. So a key to success has been the shared ownership and flexibility of our program.

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    Michelle Perry

    Facilitator
    Researcher
    May 12, 2015 | 09:32 p.m.

    I like the idea of the program a lot. Have you encountered any challenges so far? What age or grade range does the program cover?

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    Tara Cox

    Lead Presenter
    Afterschool and Family Programs Coordinator
    May 14, 2015 | 10:35 a.m.

    Hi Michelle,
    Of course like any pilot program we have encountered some challenges. I think at first we assumed that all facilitators were on the same page about the concept and strategies of project-based learning since this was something that they were already doing in their after-school programs. We came to understand that everyone had a slightly different approach and that we needed to frame ours more explicitly in order to have greater fidelity of implementation.

    The program targets 3rd through 5th grade.

  • Icon for: Dilafruz Williams

    Dilafruz Williams

    Professor, Director/Principal Investigator
    May 14, 2015 | 12:46 a.m.

    I found the mention of “sense of identity” in STEM to be intriguing and wonder what theoretical framework you are using to measure this. I also appreciate that your focus is on underrepresented groups and how they come to understand, value, and promote STEM content and careers.

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