ABSTRACT

To promote a STEM career pipeline, a mentor outreach program was created within a K-12 charter school network, with a pilot year focusing on eighth and ninth-grade students. Utilizing a small cohort of volunteers from a nearby community college as student mentors and one faculty member, 12 visits were conducted throughout the school year. The mentors led science activities, made connections to their collegiate coursework in science, and worked to establish mentor relationships with students in order to motivate them to pursue science upon high school completion. As a result, survey data from the beginning compared to the end of the academic year showed increases in favorable perception of science by as much as 25%. This is most pronounced in young female students of color and by students whose parents have a high school education or lower.

摘要

为了促进 STEM 职业管道，在 K-12 特许学校网络内创建了导师外展计划，试点年度重点关注八年级和九年级学生。利用附近社区学院的一小群志愿者作为学生导师和一名教员，整个学年进行了 12 次访问。导师领导科学活动，与大学科学课程建立联系，并努力与学生建立导师关系，以激励他们在高中毕业后追求科学。因此，与学年末相比，年初的调查数据显示，对科学的好感度增加了 25%。这在有色人种的年轻女学生和父母受过高中或以下教育的学生中最为明显。