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The High-Tech High Heels program prepares girls to pursue degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) by working with both educators and students.
We offer:
Equity Training for Educators
Builds awareness, enhances skills in equity teaching, provides research based-strategies and coaching
STEM Career workshops for Educators
Informs counselors, teachers and administrators about STEM careers and dispels stereotypes
Physics Camps for High School Girls
Raises awareness of opportunities in STEM, boosts confidence and prepares students for Advanced Placement Physics
>>> Learn more
For more information, contact:
Wanda Gass, Executive Director
214-728-6219
director@hightechhighheels.org
High-Tech High Heels is a partnership
with the Dallas Women's Foundation.
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"I certainly think that the Gender equity training that we received has been helpful to not only myself but also to the other teachers as well. I think that the numbers show that those who attended the training have greater success overall then those that have not."
Chris Bruhn
Lead Physics Teacher
Dallas Independent School District
Dallas, TX
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"Teachers have a way of doing things that work for them, but the gender equity training helped me take a step back and become more reflective about my teaching. It challenged my pre-conceptions and changed many of my practices. I believe that I am a better teacher for both my female students and my male students because of what I learned."
Rebecca Jensen
Physics Camp Director
Dallas Independent School District
Dallas, TX
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HTHH Executive Director receives Diversity in Technology Leadership
Award
Wanda Gass, HTHH Executive Director, was recently awarded the NAPE 2012
Diversity in Technology Leadership Award for her "ground-breaking work in
founding the High Tech-High Heels program to support equity education for
secondary school science and math teachers and girls’ preparation in STEM
(science, technology, education, and math) fields."
>>> Read the
press release
Wanda Gass becomes HTHH Executive Director
Wanda Gass is the newly appointed Executive Director of High-Tech High Heels. Wanda retired from Texas Instruments on March 30, to pursue her passion of helping girls and young women pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. Wanda will focus her efforts full time on developing and supporting programs for High-Tech High Heels.
>>> Read the article
HTHH founders attend White House event
HTHH founders Wanda Gass and Tegwin Pulley, were among the select group of women in attendance at the White House
on Sept. 26 for a speech by First Lady Michelle Obama about the importance of supporting and retaining women and girls in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.
>>> Read the
press release
NAPE-EF to expand HTHH programs
The Texas Instruments Foundation has given a $413,000 grant to the National
Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation (NAPE-EF) to manage and
expand the impact of the highly successful High-Tech High Heels (HTHH) program.
>>> Read the
press release
Dallas ISD 2011 AP Physics Camp
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For the 2011 DISD camp, a comparison of pre-camp to post-camp surveys
shows an increase from 43% to 96% of the girls interested in pursuing STEM
degrees.
Helping Girls Engineer Their Future
Need help talking to young girls about engineering careers?
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