Express your interest in reaching out to youngsters:
​link here to the Outreach Volunteer Signup Tool.
For more information, contact Heather Sheridan: swesvs@gmail.com

Document your Outreach Actions!  
SWE National has an Outreach Metric Tool and as of March 2016, SWE members conducted about 647 outreach events to elementary or high school students, parents or teachers. When you enter your outreach and education related actions, our section is A003.  That means your actions get credited to our section.

"Remember that any K-12 Outreach that you do, either as a SWE section or as an individual SWE member, can be entered into the Outreach Metric Tool at this link: : https://swe.org/k-12-outreach/outreach-assessment/
 
 And our section is A003!

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Education Outreach

The goal of outreach is two-fold: 

1) to make engineering careers visible, and
2) to show what youth can do with strong science math and physics.

For further information and suggestions, please contact our Outreach Coordinator, Heather Sheridan: swesvs@gmail.com

SWE SVS sponsors STEM activities in the Classroom

The Society of Women Engineers Sacramento Valley Section would like to provide funding for a STEM based project in your classroom!

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is a not-for-profit educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders.

We would especially like you to encourage your female students to be active participants in the project, and to recognize other women engineers or STEM leaders in their community. Therefore, we offer funding for your STEM related classroom projects.

Awards: $200-500 per application per school year
(If you are interested in having multiple teachers/classes participate, note it in your application)
If you can get your application in by 16 March, we should be able to provide the award by 1 April.

Requirements:

• Title 1 school OR SWE-Next Chapter OR Girl Scout Troop OR Robotics Club
  
• Sacramento Valley Area (i.e. Sutter, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa counties)
• Description of experiment with list of materials (and costs)
• Total cost of experiment/activity
• After use of award, "Proof" of experiment to be used by SWE SVS social media (i.e. pictures/video of final projects AND 1 or 2 paragraphs describing the activity so that it could potentially be used by other teachers/groups)

You can apply here:
https://forms.gle/oiTSrS1qWZx69g4T7
If you have any questions, please feel free to email swesvs@gmail.com

Seeking judges, mentors, speakers for STEM students

The School of Engineering & Science  is looking for industry partners to connect with students in a variety of ways from judging science fairs, mentoring student projects and speaking to classes. The mission of the School of Engineering & Science is to provide open access to a rigorous academic and technical course sequence for Grades 7 through 12. High levels of learning for all students with the ultimate goal of increasing the diversity of the science and engineering workforce living and working in the Sacramento area.  Check out their welcome video.

Please fill out their survey if you are interested in volunteering!

Seeking Internships for female STEM students

Roseville Joint Union High School District  is looking for opportunities for high school girls to intern in STEM fields. They are approved by the State of California Department of Education for both unpaid and paid internships and currently partner with The City of Roseville and several private firms. If you or your firm would be interested in providing additional internship opportunities, they have a waiting list of young women just waiting for you!
 
Please reach out to Terri Griffin (tgriffin@rjuhsd.us 916-521-0860) with Roseville Joint Union High School District more information or to link her up with potential internship opportunities.  

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