2020-2021 Programs
We help K-12 educators integrate equity work, especially gender equity work, into every aspect of school life, from curriculum and after-school activities to admissions and hiring.
Hi Everyone,
We have a busy year! With social-distancing in place, we are writing books, creating online programs, and working with groups of teachers and students remotely.
Since our official launch in September 2020, we have offered one online course, The Gender Equity Institute, presented at the NCGS/NYSAIS Symposium on educating girls, and worked with educators to help them integrate material on women and gender into their academic programs, build professional communities that nurture girls and women, and adjust school policies to ensure that every child has the same opportunities to learn, thrive, and lead, regardless of gender.
If you would like to support our work, consider making a donation or attending an event (most are on zoom!).
As always, thanks for your support,
Georgina Emerson
Founder/Director of Teach About Women
We have a busy year! With social-distancing in place, we are writing books, creating online programs, and working with groups of teachers and students remotely.
Since our official launch in September 2020, we have offered one online course, The Gender Equity Institute, presented at the NCGS/NYSAIS Symposium on educating girls, and worked with educators to help them integrate material on women and gender into their academic programs, build professional communities that nurture girls and women, and adjust school policies to ensure that every child has the same opportunities to learn, thrive, and lead, regardless of gender.
If you would like to support our work, consider making a donation or attending an event (most are on zoom!).
As always, thanks for your support,
Georgina Emerson
Founder/Director of Teach About Women
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A Nonfiction Book: Women, Gender and Power – A New Global HistoryHow do historical developments affect how women and men negotiate power? Beginning with the origins of agriculture and ending with current debates around women’s rights and workplace equity, this book puts women and gender relations at the center of historical inquiry. Both expansive and anecdotal, this book serves as a model for how to reframe history to focus on women’s as well as men’s lives.
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A Curriculum: Gender-inclusive Global HistoryDesigned to replace typical global history programs, which focus primarily on men and often leave women out entirely, this two-year scope and sequence re-envisions not only what we teach in history class, but how we teach it. Central to the course will be questions on how historical events shape the ways women and men negotiate power and influence. When history programs do include women, 63% of the time they are white; 53% of the time they are in domestic roles; 2% of the time they are in the workforce. Learn about the lack of women in history programs here.
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A Workshop for Teachers: The Gender Equity Institute In this 6-session workshop, we provide teachers (grades 6-12) with resources and practices to bring gender equity work into their classrooms. We use themes and questions to take a transdisciplinary approach so that our workshops are useful for teachers of every subject and a range of grade levels. Available both online and, when it’s safe, in-person. Learn more or enroll here.
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Gender Equity for Middle School BoysIn collaboration with several boys schools and leading experts, TAW is creating a leadership course to instill the principles of gender equity in boys grades 4 to 8. Our program celebrates healthy, resilient masculinity and encourages boys to collaborate, communicate, and play respectfully and joyfully with all of their peers.
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Pedagogy Guide: Why STEM needs girlsGirls bring a lot to the table. Lots of schools talk about how girls and young women need S.T.E.M.. While we couldn’t agree more, our pedagogy guide is based on the idea that S.T.E.M. needs girls and women. When they are part of the conversation, the solutions are better. We are honing a set of practices that make girls and young women feel like assets in science, technology, engineering, and math. Research shows that this confidence leads to long-term success in those fields.
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Student CoalitionsOur Gender Equity Coalitions unite teachers and students to promote equitable teaching in their schools. Depending on the school, that means running assemblies about women in history, hosting panels about feminism, or running STEM program for girls and young women. Students build leadership and campaigning skills. TAW provides grants and guidance for schools to start the Gender Equity Coalition that is right for their community.
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A Database of Teaching ResourcesWe are building an online database of resources for teaching about gender equity. This is a place students and teachers alike can find and share lessons, videos, materials, and curriculum of all kinds. We carefully vet resources to make sure they align with our mission to educate K-12 students & their teachers to be champions for gender equity. Good teaching is inclusive teaching, we make sure our resources promote racial equity and are culturally responsive to a diversity of students and teachers.
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Suggest a programDo you have a great idea on how to educate K-12 students & their teachers to be champions for gender equity? We would love to hear about it. Our goal is to build communities of supporters, teachers, and students. You come up with a program, we then gather teams of teachers to design and implement it in K-12 classrooms.
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