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Evidence-based Improvement Packages

STEM PUSH seeks to broaden participation of Black, Latina/o/e, and Indigenous students in STEM. Pre-college STEM program leaders in this improvement network test out ideas to move us toward that goal.

These evidence-based improvement packages summarize our promising ideas, offering a collection of planning guides and resources so others may try out these changes.

DEVELOPING A GUEST SPEAKER ROUTINE FOR STEM PATHWAY SUPPORT

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Leverage guest speaker visits to communicate affirming and practical knowledge about STEM college and career possibilities.

With This Improvement Package
Ideas for centering students’ interests and input to inform guest speaker recruitment and content.
Examples of ways in which STEM PUSH pre-college STEM program leaders re-designed guest speaker preparation.
Templates and tools with which to scaffold “sticky” guest speaker experiences.

EXTENDING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS INTO NEW SPACES, USING REDESIGNED MATERIALS

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Use redesigned practices and materials in new communities to successfully recruit students from new communities to broaden participation.

With This Improvement Package
Ideas about how you might rethink recruitment in order to broaden participation of Black, Latina/o/e, and/or Indigenous youth into your organization.
Examples of ways in which STEM PUSH pre-college STEM program leaders expanded their recruitment efforts.
Data collection tools, planning calendars, and other ideas to support equitable recruitment practices.

BUILDING STAFF CAPACITY THROUGH DISCUSSION OF RACISM IN STEM

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Increase program capacity to support students around issues of race and racism that they may encounter in STEM.

With This Improvement Package
A discussion routine that can deepen awareness of the subjectivity of STEM, and how that is linked to racism and systemic oppression.
Ways you can help your staff deepen their understanding of racist systems, their position within those systems, and how these systems may affect their students.
Ways in which themes and ideas from the discussion can be used to inform your education practices.

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Check out the STEM Playbook

The STEM PUSH Network designed this digital playbook to help you:

Identify and support pre-college STEM programs in your region that are working to increase equity in STEM

Build connections between pre-college STEM programs and local higher education admissions departments and professionals

Identify and facilitate conversations with policymakers, funders, and other stakeholders invested in equitable STEM systems

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Other Resources from Our Network

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The STEM Ecosystems Initiative is built on more than a decade of research into successful STEM collaborations, and seeks to nurture and scale effective science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning opportunities for all young people.

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The University of Pittsburgh’s BE STEM Center was founded in 2019 to build a national alliance of pre-college STEM programs, a local network to support Pitt’s minoritized STEM students and increase equity and participation initiatives at the University.​

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NSF Includes National Network Logo

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established the Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) program to help address national challenges in broadening STEM participation.

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