Below is the rating scale for the possible scores on the STEM Gender Readiness Quiz for Schools
| Score | Feedback Quiz Message |
| 90 - 100% | You scored between 90 and 100% Congratulations! Your school is ready to successfully recruit and retain more female students to your STEM classes and programs. You have all of the necessary recruitment and retention strategies in place, as well as the institutionalization and data collection components that are critical for long-term success. Need an extra boost to your recruitment and retention efforts? Check out www.iwitts.org/store for help with implementation. You’ll find proven outreach tools such as posters, banners, and career videos featuring female role models. Plus, our STEM Resources Bibliography includes over a hundred time-saving resources for educators working to recruit and retain women and girls to STEM. Recommended: Consider attending the WomenTech Educators Online Recruitment and Retention Training starting October 1, 2012. At the online training, your team will learn all of the proven strategies for increasing the number of women and girls in your science, technology and engineering classrooms. This strategy-packed ten-week online program can be done at your own pace and takes about an hour a week. The online training includes live question and answer calls with your trainer, Donna Milgram, as well as an exclusive online community forum to connect with other training participants. This online training includes even more strategies than those listed in the quiz! It would be helpful for new staff, or to keep your momentum going. Click here to find out more about the online training Click 'PDF Report' below to view your responses and/or print out and save. |
| 80-89% | You scored between 80 and 89% You’re almost there! Your school has made significant progress towards preparing to recruit and retain more female students in your STEM classes and programs. To ensure your ongoing success, your school still has some important strategies to put in place. Recommended: Come with a team to the WomenTech Educators Online Recruitment and Retention Training starting October 1, 2012. At the online training, your team will learn all of the proven strategies for increasing the number of women and girls in your science, technology and engineering classrooms. This strategy-packed ten-week online program can be done at your own pace and takes about an hour a week. The online training includes live question and answer calls with your trainer, Donna Milgram, as well as an exclusive online community forum to connect with other training participants. "Participating in the IWITTS training refined my skills as an instructor and administrator to be an agent of change in this realm. Because Computer Networking and Information Technology was not on the radar of many women, the tools that were given to us by IWITTS for reaching out to students for our entry level class were very effective. And those changes have been institutionalized in my department. Thanks to our work with IWITTS, female enrollment in my department has risen from 19% to 33%." ~Pierre Thiry, Principal Investigator, Mid-Pacific ICT Regional Center, San Francisco, CA Click here to find out more about the online training Click 'PDF Report' below to view your responses and/or print out and save. |
| 70-79% | You scored between 70 and 79% Keep up the good work! Your school has made some progress towards preparing itself to recruit and retain more female students in your STEM classes and programs. To ensure it’s successful, your school still has some significant strategies to put in place. Recommended: Come with a team to the WomenTech Educators Online Recruitment and Retention Training starting October 1, 2012. At the online training, your team will learn all of the proven strategies for increasing the number of women and girls in your science, technology and engineering classrooms. This strategy-packed ten-week online program can be done at your own pace and takes about an hour a week. The online training includes live question and answer calls with your trainer, Donna Milgram, as well as an exclusive online community forum to connect with other training participants. "Participating in the IWITTS training refined my skills as an instructor and administrator to be an agent of change in this realm. Because Computer Networking and Information Technology was not on the radar of many women, the tools that were given to us by IWITTS for reaching out to students for our entry level class were very effective. And those changes have been institutionalized in my department. Thanks to our work with IWITTS, female enrollment in my department has risen from 19% to 33%." ~Pierre Thiry, Principal Investigator, Mid-Pacific ICT Regional Center, San Francisco, CA Click here to find out more about the online training Click 'PDF Report' below to view your responses and/or print out and save. |
| 0-69% | You scored between 60 and 69% You can do it! You have taken the important first step of assessing your school’s readiness to increase the number of female students in your STEM classes. To ensure its successful, your school still has some significant strategies to put in place. Recommended steps: 1. You need to send a strong, positive message right away that your school welcomes women into your technology, science and engineering programs. Start by hanging banners and posters featuring female role models in your schools hallways, counseling offices, libraries and around campus. Images of female role models help get these careers on the radar screens of women and girls, and help female students picture themselves in technology careers. See the Women in Trades, Technology and Engineering Banners See the Unlimited Potential Posters, customizable for your programs See the Women in Engineering Posters 2. Attend a WomenTech Educators Training with a team from your school. At the training, you and your team will develop customized recruitment and retention plans to increase the number of female students in your STEM programs. Training options: Online training: Starts October 1, 2012. This strategy-packed ten-week online program can be done at your own pace and takes about an hour a week. The online training includes live question and answer calls with your trainer, Donna Milgram, as well as an exclusive online community forum to connect with other training participants. Find out more about the online training Bring an IWITTS trainer to your school: A workshop held onsite in your school or region using the More Female Students in Just One Year System gives educators, counselors and administrators the tools they need to increase the number of women and girls in your school’s STEM classrooms. Contact IWITTS about holding an onsite training "Participating in the IWITTS training refined my skills as an instructor and administrator to be an agent of change in this realm. Because Computer Networking and Information Technology was not on the radar of many women, the tools that were given to us by IWITTS for reaching out to students for our entry level class were very effective. And those changes have been institutionalized in my department. Thanks to our work with IWITTS, female enrollment in my department has risen from 19% to 33%." ~Pierre Thiry, Principal Investigator, Mid-Pacific ICT Regional Center, San Francisco, CA Click 'PDF Report' below to view your responses and/or print out and save. |
