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Workshops
Oregon Tradeswomen offers fun introductions to highly
skilled, high-paying rewarding careers in the trades. Designed
specifically for middle and high school students, our mobile,
interactive workshops happen at your site either during or after
school. Groups should be no more than 20 students and at least half
should be girls.
These 50 minute workshops give students a chance to use
hands on tools used in the trades, talk with tradeswomen role models,
and see real-world examples of math and science. Students learn that
trades careers offer financial independence with concrete rewards. With
less than 3% of the trades workforce being female, these workshops can
help confront stereotypes and provide perspective on tradesworkers.
For middle and high school students in the Portland area:
Framing your Future - Students work
with a woman carpenter to build picture frames. The activity involves
following directions, measuring lengths of wooden molding, making
45-degree angle cuts with miter saws and boxes, and gluing the pieces
together. This workshop is great for any math class - explaining how to
use a tape measurer accurately & identifying right angles.
Light up Your Life - A woman
electrician describes her experiences entering the field, and teaches
students how to safely wire a light and switch. Students work in teams
of two, and get to put together their own set, then screw in a light
bulb and flip the switch. This workshop is an excellent complement to a
natural science curriculum in which students explore electricity and
conductivity.
Pipes and Prints - While explaining her
day-to-day career, an apprentice female plumber leads this workshop on
following a blueprint to build a house-shaped desktop file holder. A
fantastic fit with any problem-solving or spatial-reasoning curriculum
- great for geometry or science classes!
Other
opportunities:
The Annual Math, Science and Technology Conference for Middle School
Girls is coordinated by the PAVTEC Gender Equity
Team and co-sponsored by the Oregon Department of Education, Intel, and
PAVTEC. The PAVTEC Gender Equity Team is composed of volunteers - some
active educators, some retired educators and other lay people who have
a passion to promote the opportunities for women in non-traditional
careers.
The purpose of this event is to encourage middle school
girls to aspire to high achievement. The conference provides a day of
exposure to positive role model and hands-on experiences that hopefully
impact these girls as they return to their school and home environments.
Expanding Your Horizons. This annual career conference
for girls in grades 6-12 will be held at the University
of Portland. Serving girls in Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
for more than twenty years, this Saturday event offers three student
workshops to learn about many different jobs and meet amazing women.
For more information, visit http://www.eyhportland.org or call Nancy
Huppertz at 503-691-1166.
Women in Trades Career Fair Sponsored
by Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. and NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center,
this event is held yearly in mid to late spring.
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