Welcome to RISE - Raising Interest in Science & Engineering

The overall goal of RISE is to raise interest and skills in engineering, science and technology among high school girls, particularly girls of color.

Objectives are:

To extend RISE programming to SECME engineering clubs at targeted high schools in Miami-Dade County, raising girls' interest and motivation to pursue science, engineering, and technology careers.
To enhance the skills of science teachers at participating schools to integrate gender equity strategies into their science classrooms.
To increase parents' awareness of how they can support their daughters' science education and related career goals.

RISE builds on research-based best practices related to gender equity in science education, which identlfy several key elements for engaging girls in science, engineering and technology, including:

Single-sex programming
Cooperative learning approaches
Incorporation of female role models, instructors, and mentors
Embedding engineering, technology and design skills into a context that is interesting to girls.

RISE incorporates all of these key elements into its program strategies.