AGELE Association of Gender Equity Leadership in Education

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AGELE Association of Gender Equity Leadership in
Education

• July 8-11, 2007, San Diego, CA
• Charity Lazzari
• Sue Clark
• Elizabeth Wallner

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Elements of a Successful Bullying Prevention
Program

• Mike Tully, Systems Support Analyst, Western
  Regional Equity Network (WREN), AZ
• Sales pitch, not as much informational
• Discounted speakers point of view
• Good topic for teachers of young students as well
  as a facet of teachers of Nontraditional programs

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Introduction to Gender Equity and the History of
AGELE

• Barbara Bitters, AGELE Chair, Wisconsin Dept. of
  Public Instruction
• Suggest similar JSPAC workshop at November 7-8,
  2007 conference

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United We Stand Or Divided We Fall

• Dee Greyson, Owner, GreyMill Consulting,
  Tehachapi, CA
• The write up was wonderful and included a review
  of research on grouping and organizing as well as
  results of surveys.
• Workshop, while interesting, did not include data
  or survey results and thus was little
  disappointing.

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Title IX at 35

• Barbara Bitters, AGELE Chair, Wisconsin Dept. of
  Public Instruction
• Interesting and useful for a background type of
  workshop Id suggest we incorporate into a
  workshop on gender equity in general and special
  populations specifically

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Dr. Shirley Nash Weber

• Former chair of department professor of
  Africana Studies, San Diego State University
• Strong
• Confrontational
• Funny
• Intelligent
• Fabulous

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Solidarity in Community Encouraging Positive
Social Academic Identities in Urban African
American Children

• Jeffery Lewis, Assistant Professor, U of
  Wisconsin
• An after-school program for African American boys
  who are at risk. Worked on social skills,
  responsibility, academics, etc.
• Heart-felt and passionate
• Touching
• Disjointed

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Blueprinting Equity A Collaborative Model for
Professional Development

• Terri Boyer, Education Career Development
  Research Programs, Center For Women and Work
• Dianne Mills McKay, Chair, NJ Gender Equity
  Council
• A great idea, similar in practice to JSPAC

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The Intersection of Gender Equity with Individual
Career, Workforce, and Economic Development

• Mimi Lufkin, Executive Director, NAPE
• Mary Wiberg, Executive Director, CA Commission on
  Women
• Not what was listed in program, small group
• Discussed the efforts of CA Commission on Women
  and the NSF Grant awarded to NAPE (soon to be
  funded) to increase the numbers of women in
  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
  careers
• NSF Grant will present a 3-hour Post Conference
  Training Seminar at JSPAC November conference
• Mimi will present a Perkins IV workshop as well

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Sorting X Y Title IX and Single Sex Education

• Presented by Maree Sneed, Hogan Hartson
• DOE regulations expanding the basis for single
  sex schools and programs!!!
• Research Review
• Pros and cons
• Power Point presentation available.

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Mathematics Motivator

• Dr. Pamela Clute, UC Riverside
• Making mathematics relevant and interesting for
  learners of all ages!
• Comment from Charity Lazzari, Cute shoes!

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The American Indian Dads Daughters Survey

• Presented by Martin Reinhardt, Research
  Associate, Interwest Equity Assistance Center,
  Denver, CO
• Development, implementation and preliminary
  results of the American Indian Dads and Daughters
  Survey.
• Findings not analyzed.

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Gender Math in Education

• Presented by Janelle Johnson, Doctoral Student,
  West Regional Equity Network, Tucson, AZ
• Used community based sources of knowledge not
  normally stressed in school curriculum to teach
  math in study.
• One classroom / 20 students
• Resources
• The Myth that Schools Shortchange Girls
  (Kleinfeld)
• The War Against Boys (Sommers)

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The Fifth Generation of Civil Rights
Educational Equity

• Presented by Bradley Scott, Director, Equity
  Assistance Center, San Antonio
• Dialogue about civil rights and equity in schools
• The most segregated place on Sunday morning is
  ______________.

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Pink Blue Brains

• Tasha Lebow, Chair, National Association for
  Multicultural Education
• Gender impact brain development and function.
• Talk laugh action Oxygen to the brain
• Thirsty brains do not function well!
• Testing Stay in room where learning took place.
  Cues are picked up from same room.
• Age 7/8 A window opens for boys
• Decoding and font styles
• Hormones and effect on brain
• Resource The Care and Feeding of the Brain
  (Souza, David)

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Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through
Education

• What we have learnedconclusions from the 2007
  Handbook
• Authors presented changes
• A lesson . . . Tricking an old wise man!

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The Future is in Your Hands.