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SAGE Summer Camp

SAGE Guide Info Session

July 7, 2022

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Agenda

Goals of SAGE Summer Camp

Roles and responsibilities of the SAGE guides

Professional Growth content

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STEM EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS

cultivating generation next

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Science Accelerating Girls’ Engagement in STEM (SAGE)

Goals for the camp:

To encourage college bound students with a passion for discovery and innovation to become a part of the STEM community�
To show that STEM fields offer a diverse set of opportunities: you can balance your interests in artistic expression, historic research, and creative writing with application of your logical thinking, analytic skills, and computational ability.�

Learning outcomes for students:

To learn about the STEM community and experience what an everyday life of a scientist or engineer is like.�
To see how STEM allows you to explore and balance many interests.�
To meet women in STEM at various stages of their career as well as meet and connect with other students with similar interests to become a part of the SAGE community.

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At a glance:

August 1-5, 2022, held in-person�

~35 high school girls from the Bay Area who were recommended by their STEM teachers

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Why be a SAGE GUIDE ?

There are many great reasons to be a SAGE Guide!

Share your STEM story

What got you excited about STEM?
What hurdles have you faced in your career, and how did you navigate them?
What personal skills do you think are critical to your career, and how did you develop them?
What keeps you interested in STEM?

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* González-Pérez, S., Mateos de Cabo, R., & Sáinz, M. (2020). Girls in STEM: Is It a Female Role-Model Thing?. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 2204. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02204 & references therein.

Welcome young women into STEM

All our participants are local to the Bay Area.
They were nominated by their STEM teachers as students who were good at STEM but not completely decided on what they want to do with their career.

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Why be a SAGE GUIDE ?

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* González-Pérez, S., Mateos de Cabo, R., & Sáinz, M. (2020). Girls in STEM: Is It a Female Role-Model Thing?. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 2204. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02204 & references therein.

Make an impact on the next generation of STEM professionals

Studies show that “female role-model-based interventions” like SAGE-S increase girls’ enjoyment of STEM, expectations of success in math, and preference for STEM careers. *
The study emphasized that (so-called “counterstereotypical”) skills like teamwork, communication, and social skills are critical to STEM. ⇒ This improved girls’ perception that they can excel in STEM fields!�

Professional Development

Berkeley Lab Teaching Scholars get credit for participating as a SAGE guide! (link)

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SAGE 2022 Camp Schedule

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What does this camp look like? This is the 2021 virtual schedule. It shows the 4 main topics SAGE covers: Career talks, Short projects, Job Shadowing and Professional Growth sessions. This is not an academic program.

The goal is to inspire and expose students to diverse STEM careers and break stereotypes about what a scientist or engineer looks like.

If Time: The goal of this camp is to inspire and expose students to diverse STEM careers and break stereotypes about what a ‘scientist’ looks like. We know that in the 60s and 70s when we asked students “what a scientist looks like”, less than 1% drew women. In 2016 that number was 34%, and we’d like it to be even higher as these girls begin see themselves as STEM professionals.

Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/what-does-scientist-look-children-are-drawing-women-more-ever

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Being a SAGE GUIDE

The 4 Key Responsibilities of a SAGE Guide

To be your SAGE Group’s consistent “face” of the Camp
To create safe, inclusive, equitable learning spaces for your SAGE Group
To facilitate daily morning check-ins (except on opening day)
To facilitate daily Professional Growth Sessions

Guidelines for Conduct During Discussions (From NSF STEPUP)�⇒

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SAGE GUIDE

We need 14 SAGE guides: 2 per group of ~5 students�(It’s an IN-PERSON event)�

SAGE Guide Time Commitment:

Monday August 1st through Friday August 5th (in-person)

20 minute session to open each morning (Mon-Fri)
60 minutes in the morning for professional growth (PG) lesson (Mon-Fri)

1 hour online training: Mandated Reporter + Working with Minors (30 min each)

Training for all K-12 programs, lasts for a whole year�

+ time to adapt premade materials to your session

Slides will be made available by the PG team, some will include space for you to tell your STEM story!�

*** We are looking for a variety of STEM professionals in different stages of their traditionally STEM and STEM adjacent careers.***

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Opening Activity - Morning Ice-Breakers (9:10-9:30 AM)

Participants will be engaging with the SAGE camp for the next 4 hours, so let's open each session with an activity to get bodies and brains moving!

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Many SAGE guides from the 2021 camp found that physical activity & mindfulness was useful in getting things started. Resources provided to SAGE guide will include:

The Ice-Breaker activity for that day
Facilitator guide for the instructions on the activity and how it should be conducted�

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Professional Growth (9:30-10:30 AM) 60 minutes

Each day, students will learn skills necessary to enter and stay in STEM fields, as well as practice using tools that help develop confidence and effective communication.

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DAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Topic	Welcoming the Ideas of Others	Self-Awareness	Opportunities from Success & Failure	Growth Mindset	Leading with Purpose & Looking Ahead
Learning Objectives	Being able to use “yes, and” and “yes, but” to productively collaborate. Assess personal boundaries while collaborating effectively.	Awareness of zones: comfort zone, learning zone, panic zone and thoughts, feelings, actions cycle Knowledge of their emotions around communications/ public speaking Knowledge about techniques like reframing, power poses, and mindfulness exercises	To reframe student definition of “failure” as an opportunity for growth & development of wisdom. To encourage students to “push their learning boundary” and learn from failure.	Define the concept of growth mindset Determine where they fall along the fixed/growth mindset spectrum Identify ways to move towards a growth mindset Acknowledge the influences in their life	Provide space for students to reflect on their own leadership abilities & aspirations; � Integrate the many skills and ideas that were taught in professional development throughout the week Assess confidence about their abilities to exercise leadership (i.e., influence without formal authority) moving forward

All materials will be made available courtesy of our professional growth team!

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Professional Growth (9:30-10:30 AM) 60 minutes

Each day, students will learn skills necessary to enter and stay in STEM fields, as well as practice using tools that help develop confidence and effective communication.

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Each lesson will start with a group presentation and then the students will break into their groups for rest of the session (more info in the facilitator guides).

For each lesson you will be provided with the following materials:

Slide Deck (Google Slides & .pptx)
Facilitator Guide
Student workbooks, with journaling prompts

�Additional SAGE Guide Training will take place in July, covering all of the lessons in detail as well as facilitation tools, tips, and techniques.

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Next Steps:

Interested in getting involved?!

Questions?

Fill out the SAGE Camp volunteer form
Encourage your colleagues to volunteer as a SAGE guide, or for other SAGE roles!
SAGE Professional Growth resources are currently being compiled and will be made available with generous lead-time before camp.
Mandated Reporter/Working with Minors Training for all K-12 programs now available.

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Contact:

SAGE Coordinator: �Elina Rios

�Professional Growth Coordinators: �Nichole Hanus , Fatema Bannat Wala, & Sintu Rongpipi

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