Professional Development

Online Resources and Information

• Cynthia Lanius  is a fabulous resource, full of tips for getting girls involved in technology and links to a great collection of sites, from her days at Rice University (she is now with Drexel's Math Forum web site). She ran a GirlTECH club there (a professional development program for teachers). She provides a powerpoint presentation on Educating Girls in the Computer Age, among many others.
   
  
• UMBC's Center for Women in Information and Technology is an astounding collection of information of all sorts on this issue.
   
  
• National Center for Women in Information Technology has been aimed at people looking at careers in IT and has recently started a K-12 Alliance to address the problem of gender equity in schools.
   
  
• In 2006, Sec. Margaret Spellings spoke at the first National Summit on the Advancement of Girls in Math and Science.
  
  
• The Association for Women in Mathematics has recently started a Teacher Partnership Program to pair classroom teachers with university or industrial professional mathematicians. Among other useful things, this can provide great guest speakers for your classroom.
   
  
• Rice University's Center for Excellence and Equity in Education has a page of links and information
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  Ellen Spertus from Mills College has a page of resources about women and computer science. Her paper, Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists? is available online.
   
  
• NCWIT has many, many resources! Browse for a long list of topics or search for specifics. Resources include assessments, curriculum, educational games, and more.

In-Person Professional Development

• The Teachers Circle supports middle school math teachers wishing to use a problem-solving approach in their classroom.
   
  
• TECS and JETT are CSTA-supported workshops run by universities to prepare high school computer science teachers. Equity is a required section of any JETT or TECS workshop.

Classes

• If you're looking to take a course, the Gender, Diversities and Technology Institute might be for you. It is an online class through Antioch University.
   
  
• There is a list of syllabi for women- and gender-related courses in Science, Math and Technology

Conferences

• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is building a K-12 presence.
   
  
• Women and Mathematics Network (sponsored by the MAA) runs a biennial conference called Women Count.