SciGirls CONNECT 2 Formative Evaluation Report 2

The independent evaluation firm Knight Williams, Inc. administered an online survey to educators from 16 SciGirls CONNECT2 partner organizations to gather information about their anticipated use of, reflections on, and recommendations relating to the draft updated SciGirls Strategies. The evaluation aimed for two educators from each partner organization – specifically the program leader and one educator who was familiar with the original SciGirls Seven strategies – to complete the survey about the draft updated strategies after they were shared by TPT in March 2018 via an online webinar and a six-page document titled SciGirls Strategies and Tips. In all, 28 educators completed the survey, for a response rate of 88%. Twelve of the 16 partner organizations submitted two surveys each, and four organizations submitted one survey each.

More than half of the educators self-identified as SciGirls CONNECT2 program leaders, while smaller groups said they were primarily educators or described holding other roles. The number of years educators had worked at their organizations and implemented STEM programming for girls ranged considerably, in both cases from less than a year to more than 10 years. In terms of their experience with the original SciGirls Seven, among the 16 educators for whom this information was available, half had used the strategies for two to four years, while a quarter each had used the strategies for five to eight years or for a year or less. Key findings that emerged regarding the full group of 28 educators’ anticipated use of and reflections on the draft updated SciGirls Strategies are in the attached report.