Program areas at Techbridge Girls
Proagrams and Quality Expenditures: $ 1,140,549 |Growth and Partnerships Expenditures: $ 791,580 |-- Total $2,131,823Afterschool Sites Expenditures: $ 199,694 |Techbridge Girls operates year-long afterschool programs for girls grades 4-12providing girls with hands-on projects and career exploration through our curriculum, role model visits, and STEM-connected field trips. Techbridge Girl's holistic approach gives girls a highly equipped network of support through training and resources offered to teachers, families, and role models. The programs operate within a connected feeder pattern of Title-1 eligible elementary through high schools. Our programs currently operate out of schools in our California, Pacific Northwest, and Washington DC Metro regions.
lineage, culture, community and interests. With our award-winning curriculum and evaluation system, we seek to ensure:* Access to quality STEM programming thats fun, hands-on, open-ended, inquiry based;* Alignment with National Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that draws on girls interests and lived experiences; and* STEM can be used to creatively solve problems in their communities and create social change.* Girls see themselves reflected in the STEM revolution, and confident in their ability to transform it.
Re-engineering the STEM EcosystemWe recognize our institutions do not adequately prepare nor create access to high quality STEM learning and career paths that center BIPOC girls. TBG is focused on one thing re-engineering STEM education so girls are inspired and prepared to persist toward their STEM aspirations. We equip and galvanize out-of-school time (OST) educators and STEM professionals, with the equity training and curricula that empowers them to act as catalysts for our girls.Award-Winning CurriculumFor more than two decades, Techbridge Girls has developed gender responsive and culturally-relevant STEM curricula that allows girls* to see their unique STEM