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Greetings from the NAPE staff
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We are pleased to send you the latest NAPE Pipeline Press, with the following highlights:
- Exciting recent research on the positive effects on student outcomes of NAPE's Micromessaging to Reach and Teach Every Student Academy.
- A spotlight on NAPE instructor and equity leader, Debjani Biswas, who was our keynote at the 2017 National Summit for Educational Equity and whose recent Tedx Talks are linked below.
- Resources that can help us in our work, including information on the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA), in which NAPE is a national partner, and whose grant application deadline is fast approaching.
We are very excited about this year's
National Summit for Educational Equity, which will be our 40th convening. As you have seen in recent communications, we have an exciting line-up of speakers and activities, and we are providing incentive to those who return from last year and for groups of four or more. We are able to provide the Early Bird rate through March 15, so be sure to
register if you have not already! There is also room in our hotel block for the conference, so be sure to book your
hotel room before the block fills. We will hope to see you at this year's Summit.
If you have other information, articles, resources, and reports from the field to share, please email
[email protected]. Thank you for being a part of our Virtual Learning Community, and I hope you have a great week.
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NAPE's Micromessaging Training Improves Academic Outcomes for Students
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Schmitz, S., Ebersole, T. E., Morrell, C., & Parker, C. (2018). Measuring the effectiveness of community college faculty learning communities on student performance. Learning Communities Journal, 10, 87-108.
In a journal article published in December, researchers utilizing NAPE's Micromessaging to Reach and Teach Every Student professional development reported positive findings linking student academic outcomes to faculty members' participation in the training. This study builds on the success of earlier research showing improvements in faculty understanding of utilizing instructional strategies to create an inclusive learning environment (Parker, Morrell, Morrell, & Chang, 2016). Both of these articles are a result of the NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE)-funded Educator's Equity in STEM Academy (EESTEM), which NAPE administered in Maryland from 2011 to 2016.
In this most recent study, the authors utilized faculty capstone data presented at the end of the EESTEM Academy to determine whether changes occurred for students. The capstones from 27 faculty showed various positive results for students, including increased student performance as measured by course grades, improved course retention, and an increase in student interest or selection of a STEM degree. These extremely positive results bolster the overall efficacy of the Micromessaging training, further illustrating how improved attitudes of teachers are resulting in improved outcomes for students in STEM. |
Spotlight on a Certified NAPE Equity Instructor
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| Many of you will recognize Debjani Biswas as the National Summit for Educational Equity 2017 opening keynote speaker. She is also one of our longtime Certified NAPE Equity Instructors. We are pleased to share her two recent TEDx talks: #UsToo: Common Ground on Gender Bias; Together and #UsToo: Gender Inclusion. Debjani 's B.R.I.D.G.E. to equity framework is made up of Building and Reinforcing Inclusion and Destroying the Guardrails of Exclusion. Please join us in congratulating and thanking Debjani for her thought leadership and for reminding us that inclusion is key to professional and academic success. |
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Early Departures
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Inside Higher Ed
A new study shows that Latinx and black students leave STEM majors at far higher rates than their white peers.
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LGBT+ Students Confront Challenges in STEM by Building Community
Tara Santora, Science Line
Seven percent more queer college students drop their STEM major compared to their straight peers, according to a recent study.To combat these challenges, some queer and trans STEM students participate in support networks that help young LGBT+ science scholars thrive in their coursework and prepare for their future careers.
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Study Finds Professors' Beliefs About Intelligence Impacts STEM Achievement
Sammy G. Allen, Diverse Issues in Higher Education
In a university-wide sample, all students, and Black, Latino and Native American students in particular, earn significantly higher grades in STEM courses when their professors believe intelligence is a malleable quality that can be developed over time, compared to when their professors believe intelligence is a fixed trait that cannot change very much.
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English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives
National Academies
English learners bring a wealth of resources to STEM learning, including knowledge and interest in STEM-related content that is born out of their experiences in their homes and communities, home languages, variation in discourse practices, and, in some cases, experiences with schooling in other countries.
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Higher Ed Is Pushing STEM Diversity, But Is Change Happening Fast Enough?
Natalie Schwartz, Education Dive
Efforts to draw underrepresented students into science and tech fields are making progress, but a new report reveals more work is needed.
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5 Things I've Learned Working with a Women-Dominated Engineering Team
Michael Harroun, Fast Company
Fairygodboss's chief technology officer shares his lessons learned from managing a team that is 70% women.
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How The Son of Black IBM Engineers From the '60s Became a Tech CEO, Who Helped Fix Healthcare.gov
POCIT
Everett Harper's story in tech began long before he helped healthcare.gov achieve its ambitious mandate of registering 1 million Americans by the end of 2013.
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To Encourage Girls in Science, Talk Action, Not Identity
Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week
Girls persevere longer and are more engaged in science tasks when they are asked to "do science," rather than "be scientists," finds a new study in the journal Psychological Science.
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Ben Williams blogs on PAYA website
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In conjunction with the guiding principles released by PAYA, Ben authored a blog titled "Equity in Youth Apprenticeships: Access, Inclusion, and Continuous Improvement." Being equitable is one of the defining principles for high-quality youth apprenticeship, and the blog focuses on three key components of equity that lead to greater access and opportunity and equitable outcomes. Read the blog >> |
Applications are now open for the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship grant initiative. Read more >>
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to invite applications from state and local governments for awards under the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA).
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NAPE's whereabouts in March
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3/5: Oregon Department of Education PIPE Professional Development (OR)
3/5: Baltimore County Public Schools PIPE Professional Development (MD)
3/5: llinois Center for Specialized Professional Support Counselor Academy (IL)
3/7: Project Lead the Way Micromessaging (IN)
3/14: DC Public Schools PIPE Professional Development (DC)
3/22: Polaris Career Center Self-Efficacy Professional Development (OH)
3/25: ACTE National Policy Seminar (VA)
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