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NISE Network is committed to promoting inclusive, equitable, and accessible opportunities for diverse learners to engage in STEM.

By gathering, studying, and sharing evidence about what works best, the Network is continually improving in its efforts to involve all people in learning about and contributing to STEM.

NISE Network and our partners strive to include a diverse audience with regard to geography, dis/ability, gender, race/ethnicity, language and income. Some examples of this work include:

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NISE Network is committed to promoting inclusive, equitable, and accessible opportunities for diverse learners to engage in STEM. By gathering, studying, and sharing evidence about what works best, the Network is continually improving in its efforts to involve all people in learning about and contributing to STEM.

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The website will be launched on May 31st 2022

www.diversci.eu

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https://www.ofbyforall.org/resources

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We built a free, confidential 7-minute self-assessment to help you get a snapshot of where your organization shines and struggles when it comes to being OF, BY, and FOR your community. Try the assessment now.

We worked with partners to create two in-depth toolkits on processes that can catalyze and deepen community involvement. Click the images below to download.

We are assembling action-oriented toolkits and resources related to OF, BY, and FOR work. Here are a few favorites to help you get moving.

BECOMING "OF" YOUR COMMUNITY:

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER:

Have another resource, toolkit, or case study to recommend? Let us know!

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We built a free, confidential 7-minute self-assessment to help you get a snapshot of where your organization shines and struggles when it comes to being OF, BY, and FOR your community. Try the assessment now. We worked with partners to create two in-depth toolkits on processes that can catalyze and deepen community involvement.

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https://inclusivescicomm.org/resources/

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Inclusive Teaching at University of Michigan

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Inclusive Teaching at University of Michigan

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Welcome to Inclusive Teaching at U-M

Start here if you are new to our site!

Activities and resource guides that promote anti-racist pedagogical practices.

Activities and resource guides that promote inclusion in online courses.

Activities and resource guides that promote inclusion in large courses.

Activities and resource guides that promote inclusion in STEM courses.

Why Teach Inclusively?

Creating an inclusive classroom environment isn't just a nice idea-its effect on student engagement, learning, and achievement is supported by substantial academic research. There are a range of ways to define inclusive teaching, but some significant aspects of it include:

Purposeful design, teaching, and assessment that is engaging, meaningful, and accessible to all

Teaching that incorporates dynamic practices with an awareness of different learning styles

Using varied means of assessment to promote student academic success and well-being

Teaching that attends to students' different social identities and backgrounds

Design, teaching and assessment that deliberately cultivates an environment in which all students are treated fairly, have equal access to learning, feel welcome, valued, challenged, and supported in succeeding academically

CULTIVATE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS

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Inclusive Teaching - The Basics to Advanced Practices

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Welcome to Inclusive Teaching at U-M Start here if you are new to our site! Activities and resource guides that promote anti-racist pedagogical practices. Activities and resource guides that promote inclusion in online courses. Activities and resource guides that promote inclusion in large courses. Activities and resource guides that promote inclusion in STEM courses.

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https://cambioexperience.org/

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Cambio believes science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) should be more relevant, inviting, and accessible to the LatinX community.

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https://inclusion.msu.edu/campus-resources/inclusive-resources.html

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Working with STEM Experts: A Guide for Educators in Museums and Other Informal Learning Settings | NISE Network

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Program Development: A NISE Network Guide to Creating Effective Learning Experiences for Public Audiences | NISE Network

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Translation Process Guide | NISE Network

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We are a national community of educators and scientists dedicated to fostering public awareness, engagement, and understanding of current STEM.

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Evaluation capacity building tools and resources. Team-based inquiry (TBI) is a practical approach to empowering education professionals to get the data they need, when they need it, to improve their products and practices and, ultimately, more effectively engage public and professional audiences. The TBI process involves an ongoing cycle of inquiry: question, investigate, reflect, and improve. This guide explains each step of the TBI process and features ways TBI has been used in the NISE Network to improve educational experiences and professional practice.

Please see links to training videos.

Companion documents templates and forms:

data collection tool

observation form

participant interview form

data reflection forms

questions worksheet

powerpoint presentation

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Evaluation capacity building tools and resources. Team-based inquiry (TBI) is a practical approach to empowering education professionals to get the data they need, when they need it, to improve their products and practices and, ultimately, more effectively engage public and professional audiences. The TBI process involves an ongoing cycle of inquiry: question, investigate, reflect, and improve. This guide explains each step of the TBI process and features ways TBI has been used in the NISE Network to improve educational experiences and professional practice.

Please see links to training videos.

Companion documents templates and forms:

data collection tool

observation form

participant interview form

data reflection forms

questions worksheet

powerpoint presentation

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Team-Based Inquiry Guide (evaluation capacity building tool) | NISE Network

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Evaluation capacity building tools and resources. Team-based inquiry (TBI) is a practical approach to empowering education professionals to get the data they need, when they need it, to improve their products and practices and, ultimately, more effectively engage public and professional audiences. The TBI process involves an ongoing cycle of inquiry: question, investigate, reflect, and improve.

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A foundational study to improve bilingual exhibitions.

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https://www.aam-us.org/programs/resource-library/diversity-equity-accessibility-and-inclusion-resources/

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Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in all aspects of museum structure and programming are vital to the future viability, relevance, and sustainability of museums. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical topic, we are making articles from the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, free and available to the public.

We've gathered a number of toolkits, guides, tactics and other reference materials to help you and your organization understand, plan for, and support diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion initiatives.

If you are an individual member of the Alliance, you can join the Diversity Committee, an AAM Professional Network.

Also, AAM's Facing Change: Advancing Museum Board Diversity & Inclusion initiative, provides training, support, and resources to help museum leadership become more representative of the communities they serve.

Collections Stewardship

Here you'll find information related to acquisition and accessioning, and historic preservation and accessibility.

Education & Interpretation

Here you'll find information on accessibility in programs and exhibits, inclusive and equitable practices for audience research, exhibit planning and design, learning in museums and public programs.

Facilities & Risk Management

Here you'll find information on the physical accessibility of museum buildings and grounds.

Governance & Support Organizations

Here you'll find information on board diversity and equity, and field-wide standards for diversity and inclusion.

Human Resources

Here you'll find information on hiring and engaging a diverse staff and how to be equitable across the board.

Mission & Institutional Planning

Here you'll find information on inclusive practices for community engagement, how to think broadly about inclusion and equity when planning for the institution, how to interact with visitors of all abilities, and website accessibility.

Public Trust and Accountability

Here you'll find information on overall themes of diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion as it relates to a museum's public trust role.

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Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Resources

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Diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in all aspects of museum structure and programming are vital to the future viability, relevance, and sustainability of museums. In an effort to provide the broadest possible access to this critical topic, we are making articles from the January/February 2021 issue of Museum magazine, free and available to the public.

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Raven is a national Keynote speaker on the topic of DEAI in the workplace!

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Today's workplace is changing faster than ever before.

Diversity, demographic and cognitive, is playing an ever-increasing role in how our employees and our customers make important decisions like, "where they work", "what they buy", and who they choose to do business with. Ignoring this fact can be costly for your organization.

Raven Solomon understands how critical building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company culture is to an organization's current and future success. Her in person and virtual speaking programs, workshops, and consulting packages give growing organizations the tools they need to build an authentically inclusive environment that attracts and retains top talent. while creating deeper connections with your ideal customers.

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Diversity, demographic and cognitive, is playing an ever-increasing role in how our employees and our customers make important decisions like, "where they work", "what they buy", and who they choose to do business with. Ignoring this fact can be costly for your organization.

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As the NISE Network continues to move forward in our efforts to inspire and support a lifetime of STEM engagement, we seek to ensure that our work embodies the principles of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI). For our organizations to evolve, we need to position DEAI as core to all of our missions and successes-not siloed within a specific initiative, individual, or program. Together we can interrogate current practices and use innovative approaches to determine a collective path forward. The purpose of this booklet is to provide you with practical tools to support your journey to a more equitable team and organization.The tools, practices, and project examples are designed to support NISE Network partner efforts in making their experiences more relevant and inclusive in order to promote a more equitable STEM future in our local communities.

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Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Booklet: Tools for Engaging Communities and Incorporating DEAI Practices into Informal STEM Projects.
As the NISE Network continues to move forward in our efforts to inspire and support a lifetime of STEM engagement, we seek to ensure that our work embodies the principles of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI). For our organizations to evolve, we need to position DEAI as core to all of our missions and successes-not siloed within a specific initiative, individual, or program. Together we can interrogate current practices and use innovative approaches to determine a collective path forward. The purpose of this booklet is to provide you with practical tools to support your journey to a more equitable team and organization.The tools, practices, and project examples are designed to support NISE Network partner efforts in making their experiences more relevant and inclusive in order to promote a more equitable STEM future in our local communities.

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Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) Booklet | NISE Network

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As the NISE Network continues to move forward in our efforts to inspire and support a lifetime of STEM engagement, we seek to ensure that our work embodies the principles of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI).

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A toolkit to support science engagement professionals who are developing strategic efforts to broaden participation in STEM

To help informal STEM education (ISE) and science communication groups reflect on and strengthen their efforts to broaden participation in STEM, CAISE's Broadening Participation in STEM Task Force has developed a suite of professional development tools. The National Science Foundation's Advancing Informal STEM Learning (NSF AISL) program has an additional proposal review criterion on broadening participation if you are thinking about applying for funding.

If you are a staff leader or trainer working on broadening participation, these resources can help support your work. You can use them to plan and lead reflective discussions about current practices, with an eye to developing goals, strategies, and priorities that can make your ISE and science communication work more inclusive.
Download the entire Toolkit as one file (PDF 52 MB). Browse and download individual parts of the toolkit below.

The Report

Jumpstart your thinking by reading Broadening Perspectives on Broadening Participation in STEM: A Summary Report. Drawing from both research and practice, it identifies four significant barriers that efforts to broaden participation in STEM must address.

It is intended for staff leaders and trainers who lead group discussions. We recommend reading this report before talking with your staff, your colleagues, or the professionals in your training programs, in order to inform your conversations with them.

" In the staff meeting, we talked about what are three very specific things we can take from this that can be incorporated into the training." - Project Director at a community science organization

Summary for Stakeholders

Get stakeholders on board, by sharing this two-page summary with them. It describes why engaging in this work is valuable and can enhance the relevance and impact of your organization in its community.

It is intended for supervisors or board chairs, to increase their support for your efforts.

" We made a list of community partners and why weren't we partnering with them, and our Executive Director was excited -- he said it was great to see things that he could present to a funder and have meaningful conversation with them about how we build our programs and what communities we still might want to serve." - Vice President at a science center

Conversation Guide

Organize a series of group conversations to explore ideas and ways to strengthen your efforts to broaden participation. This conversation guide, which summarizes big-picture issues and includes tips for keeping the conversation moving, will help you prepare.

It is intended for staff leaders and trainers, to help you facilitate discussions about the ideas found in the report and briefs.

" The reflection questions overall were very provoking. You could have multiple meetings on one brief around the reflection questions, by looking at one question at a time, moving from the more general to the specific." - Exhibit Developer at a science museum

Practice Briefs

Use practice briefs to seed reflective discussions about professional practices. Each of the briefs focuses on a specific topic that is relevant to broadening participation in STEM and includes ideas to consider, recommendations for action, further reading, and links to more tools.

They are intended for your staff, colleagues, or professional audiences/trainees to read in advance of the group conversations. We recommend organizing at least five discussions, each using one or two briefs that participants read in advance. Download each brief by clicking on them.

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A toolkit to support science engagement professionals who are developing strategic efforts to broaden participation in STEM To help informal STEM education (ISE) and science communication groups reflect on and strengthen their efforts to broaden participation in STEM, CAISE's Broadening Participation in STEM Task Force has developed a suite of professional development tools.