New Hampshire Professional Development Needs Assessment Results

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New Hampshire Professional Development Needs
Assessment Results

• As of
• December 16, 2009

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Respondents

• 58 entries
• 49 completed surveys
• Type of organization represented
• School District 29
• Technology Center - 8
• State Govt. Agency - 6
• Community College 2
• State College/University 2
• Non-profit Organization 1
• Tech Prep Partnership 1
• Other- 1

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Respondents

• Primarily impact formal/in school (50)
• Professional Development roles
• Participate in PD 41
• Develop PD 14
• Conduct PD 12
• Professional Development level
• Secondary (9-12) 48
• Adult 10
• Higher Ed (13-16) 8
• Middle (5-8) 7
• Community College (13-14) 6
• Technology Center (9-Adult) - 6

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Knowledge of Gender Equity in STEMTheory and
Research

• Need to Learn More (1)
• Microinequities 26
• Attribution Theory 25
• Spatial Skills Visualization 20
• Self-efficacy 16
• Brain Research 16
• Cultural Diversity and Gender 13
• Status of Women and Girls in STEM 12
• Stereotype Threat 12
• Teacher Expectations 12
• School Climate 12
• Sexism, Racism, Bias and Stereotyping - 12

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Knowledge of Gender Equity in STEMTheory and
Research

• Can Teach Others (5)
• Career Development 7
• Impact of Gender Bias on Individuals and Society
  3
• Status of Women and Girls in STEM 3
• Teacher Expectations 3
• School Climate 2
• Brain Research 1
• Cultural Diverstiy and Gender 1
• Sexism, Racism, Bias and Stereotyping - 1

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Knowledge of Gender Equity Strategies, Best
Practices and Models

• Need to learn more (1)
• Conducting a nontraditional career fair 22
• Conducting a summer program 22
• Targeted recruitment strategies 21
• Peer counseling 20
• Employer outreach - 19
• Support groups 19
• Gender Equity Leadership for Admin.- 19
• Pre-technical training 18
• Essential support services 18
• Effect of culture/race/class on career selection
  - 18

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Knowledge of Gender Equity Strategies, Best
Practices and Models

• Can Teach Others (5)
• Creating Positive Classroom Climate 5
• Career Guidance and Counseling 5
• Effective Instructional Practices 4
• Bias Free Assessment 4
• Creating Positive School Climate 4
• Early Exposure Strategies 4
• Sexual Harassment Prevention 4
• Employer Outreach 4
• Peer Counseling - 4

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Receiving Professional Development

• Method
• Face-to-Face (28)
• Online (10)
• Webinars (5)
• Webcasts (3)
• Group Size
• Small - lt30 (37)
• Medium - lt100 gt30 (10)
• Large - gt100 (2)

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Receiving Professional Development

• Duration
• Medium one day (27)
• Short - lt2 hours (20)
• Long multi-day (2)
• Time of year
• Fall (16)
• Summer (15)
• Winter (11)
• Spring (7)

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Receiving Professional Development

• Time of Day
• Time release during day (38)
• Day of the Week
• Monday (15)
• Tuesday (13)
• Wednesday (12)
• Receive Continuing Ed. Units 31
• Receive College Credit - 26

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Conduct Professional Development

• Willing to conduct professional development on
  the items identified in questions 18 and 19 where
  response was a 5
• 14 indicated yes

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Questions?

• National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
• Education Foundation
• www.napequity.org
• www.stemequitypipeline.org
• 610-593-8038
• Mimi Lufkin
• mimilufkin_at_napequity.org