TY - GEN
T1 - Examining the Influence of a Professional Development Program on High School Counselors' Practices Regarding Engineering
AU - Roarty, Jacob
AU - Dalal, Medha
AU - Ross, Lydia
AU - Carberry, Adam
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was primarily supported by the funds received under the Scholarly Initiatives Grant from the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. The authors also acknowledge the support of the entire Engineering for Us All project team.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This Work-in-Progress paper details the innovative practice of providing high school counselors with a hands-on engineering professional development (PD). Prior research shows that counselors are often unprepared to advise students about engineering pathways. This is primarily due to the lack of information and training provided to counselors about engineering. A PD was designed to educate high school counselors about engineering education and the overall engineering profession. A total of 15 counselors completed the five-week PD online during the summer of 2020. A subset of participating counselors (\mathrm{n}=5) was interviewed six months after the PD to examine how their practices had changed following the PD experience. Initial findings suggest that counselors changed how they viewed engineering as a more inclusive field beyond just a discipline for those who excel in math and science. This led to adjustments in their counseling and recommendations regarding engineering to ensure that any student with an expressed interest would be aware of the opportunity.
AB - This Work-in-Progress paper details the innovative practice of providing high school counselors with a hands-on engineering professional development (PD). Prior research shows that counselors are often unprepared to advise students about engineering pathways. This is primarily due to the lack of information and training provided to counselors about engineering. A PD was designed to educate high school counselors about engineering education and the overall engineering profession. A total of 15 counselors completed the five-week PD online during the summer of 2020. A subset of participating counselors (\mathrm{n}=5) was interviewed six months after the PD to examine how their practices had changed following the PD experience. Initial findings suggest that counselors changed how they viewed engineering as a more inclusive field beyond just a discipline for those who excel in math and science. This led to adjustments in their counseling and recommendations regarding engineering to ensure that any student with an expressed interest would be aware of the opportunity.
KW - high school counselors
KW - pre-college engineering education
KW - professional development
KW - qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637308
DO - 10.1109/FIE49875.2021.9637308
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85123823195
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
BT - Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2021
Y2 - 13 October 2021 through 16 October 2021
ER -