Futures STW Workshop: Special Offer for July 17

From: IWITTS2@aol.com
Date: Fri Jun 25 1999 - 14:39:33 EDT


The National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (National
IWITTS)

FUTURES: SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRAIN-THE-TRAINER WORKSHOPS
                         www.iwitts.com

Learn how to recruit young women to high-wage high-skill careers!

Special Offer: Institutions registering two participants receive
a $100 discount!!

This year's National Trainings include:
July 17, 1999 • Duluth, MN • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Community College Focus
September 24, 1999 Washington, DC
November 5, 1999 Austin, Texas

Trainer: Donna Milgram, National IWITTS Executive Director

Learn "How To" Train Teachers, Counselors & Administrators on:
* Recruiting women for specific classes in which they are
underrepresented (i.e. auto technology & engineering)
* Retaining women in the male-dominated classroom
* Preparing employers to welcome women in internships

Featuring IWITTS's new Interactive Teacher Training Video which combines acted
vignettes with documentary footage of teachers, students, internship
coordinators and parents. Follow the fictional Lisa from career counseling
to the classroom to an internship. Observe how her teacher, counselor and
internship coordinator support her. Group discussion, case studies and
role-plays are woven throughout the video's presentation. Trainers learn tips
for overcoming resistance and getting on the STW and teacher training agenda.

Cost is $250 per participant for the full day workshop. Fee includes Futures
Video and Facilitator's Guide, a STW Trainer's Workshop Guide, STW
Bibliography, and Participants Workbooks ($175 value). For July only,
Institutions registering two participants will receive a $100 discount- for a
cost of only $200 per participant. To register, return completed form and check
or purchase order.

National IWITTS's 5th national train-the-trainer session - Saturday, July 17,
1999 - will be held by the lake in Duluth, MN at the Comfort Inn Suites from 9
to 5 prior to the National Conference of the National Coalition on Sex Equity in
Education (NCSEE).
The Comfort Inn Suites (1-218-727-1378) are near the Convention Center.

National IWITTS has reserved a block of rooms at the nearby Holiday Inn Hotel
for the special rate of $89, call 1-218-723-4187 and say you are with the NCSEE
conference. For more information about the NCSEE conference contact Judy Gillen
at 1-218-723-4150x229.

For more information on the training and to register visit our website at
www.iwitts.com
(sample agenda, participant evaluations, and publications descriptions)
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Donna Milgram
IWITTS (Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science)
3010 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite E-10
Washington, DC 20016
(202)686-7275
iwitts@aol.com
website: www.iwitts.com
fax (202)686-1291



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