Dale McCreedy

A5: Wearing my MTSU hat...we have been exploring ways to look for spatial challenges in college Freshman and exploring ways to address (sheryl sorby work) #includeschat

Q3: Asking questions, listening & modeling wondering. also making sure that the significant adult apprciates their early capacities wrt explorating and wondering. #INCLUDESChat

Yes @LindaKekelis - I still love bugs and am so excited to see the locusts this year, even though I appreciate their problems. I suspect I was not alone in using lightening bugs to light a room prior to release.... #INCLUDESChat

A1: I remember my father soaking lettuce and then pulling out his small childhood microscope and showing me the microscopic critters. And a childhood spent out of doors collecting bugs helped too. #INCLUDESChat

@DrPriceIsRight Congrats Aaron!

@explorethedc @MercedesBenzUSA @Mattel @ngcproject A great week ahead... off to a wonderful start!

We're excited to host Engineers Week through 2/21 with @MercedesBenzUSA, @Mattel & @NGCProject. Together, we're showing that #girlshavenolimits explorethedc.org/engineersweek/

A4: check out new report on Rural Informal Learning from Maine Math & Science Alliance. mmsa.org/projects/rural… . #QualitySTEM

A4: Yes - reaching rural communities is very important as expectations and access may both be reduced. We need to prepare funders in advance - may mean reducing expectations of impact with regard to numbers and an increase an institution’s travel budget. #Qualitystem

A2: Hi – Dale McCreedy from Discovery Center in Murfreesboro TN. Different timezone so late to the party but wanted to call out the CAISE briefs – and one I helped with about parent engagement. #QualitySTEM informalscience.org/sites/default/…

A3: @AnmeChung and @emvilleda - Children’s Museums also make great partners, are well aligned with the ages of children in afterschool, and focus heavily on family engagement and on integrated learning experiences. #QualitySTEM

@LindaKekelis @techbridgegirls @Sierra_Magazine What an awesome project we started way back when @LindaKekelis… You should be so very very proud.

Yes @CarolTang1. Projects that make resources available nationally like @nisenet , and @SciGirls, that reflect robust expertise and evaluation legitimacy are so critical - especially for smaller institutions. @explorethedc , #STEMEFFECT

A8: We @explorethedc expect to see many growing partnerships evolving out of @TNGirlscollab - which is serving as the connector across orgs, programs, etc. across middle and ultimately all of TN #STEMEFFECT

A7: Suggestions: develop & update email lists frequently (newsletter, blog, updates); utilize project-specific social media to invite & highlight stories; host anniversary or alum events & invite them back; create programs/recognition events that require families. #STEMEffect

A6: (2/2) Parent Partners in School Science (PPSS) built on a national dissemination project called Girls At the Center (GAC) that encouraged family involvement in girls' science learning and was a partnership with @gsusa. Both were NSF-funded. #STEMEFFECT

A6: (1/2) Jessica Luke @UW and I published a number of articles out of our Parent Partners in School Science project that looked at parent engagement challenges and successes. #STEMEFFECT

In our study Cascading Influences, @DierkingLynn and I found that items saved was an interesting way to see specific successes - a long-term saved barometer for example might serve as a reminder of science and relationships #STEMEFFECT

We are partners with many mentioned so far, but partners not mentioned yet include Chambers of Commerce and state afterschool networks @Tnafterschool, @tngirlscollab, @exploretehedc, #STEMEffect

Dale McCreedy from #explorethedc and #TNGirlsCollab #STEMeffect

Excited to have CEO of NGCP here at our @tngirlscollab kick off! What an awesome group of passionate folks! @ngcproject @explorethedc