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The High-Tech High Heels programs prepare 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
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Societal norms often discourage women and girls from participating in math and science, even though there is no scientific evidence indicating a gender difference in intelligence, creativity or aptitude.
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Fewer than one in five engineering graduates is a woman. |
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Percentages have remained nearly stagnant over the last twenty years. In
2010, women represented only 17.8% of bachelor’s degrees awarded in
engineering, compared to 15.4% in 1990. The trend peaked in 2000 at 20.6% and
has been on a slow decline since. |
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In the engineering workforce, women represent a diminutive 10.7% , a meager
increase from 5.8% in 1983. |
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Less than 14% of U.S. students have the math and science prerequisites
needed to participate in the global high-tech economy. |
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The High-Tech High Heels program is working to change these statistics by giving high school girls the tools and support they need to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) professions.
By supporting educational opportunities for girls, the program is also helping boys since studies show boys' Advanced Placement (AP) scores increase when girls participate in the same program.
High-Tech High Heels is a partnership
with the Dallas Women's Foundation.
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