Week
Class topics/discussion
Homework/project/readings
Coaching
Article: Four Frames
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2
Networking & Intro
Coaching introduction
Changing the Culture vs.
Changing the woman: Part I
Journal – expectations for this class;
initial reaction; questions you would
like to see answered; experiences
you want to share
What is Coaching? document
Article: Ann Marie Slaughter – “Why
women still can’t have it all”
3
Part II
Article: Nature - Imposter
Syndrome; Nature value of mistakes
article
4
Imposter Syndrome
Task: Implicit Bias test
Coaching Session ideas:
Selecting a project for this
course; Exploring areas for
coaching each other;
identifying short term, long
term, and career goal
statements
NOTES
-Disclaimer: this material will make you think and
reflect, and may make you uncomfortable (as will
unstructured parts of class)
-State that they should sit by someone with whom
they want to be paired for coaching IF they have a
preference
-Philosophy of class: you are the DRIVER – options
for projects, reading, etc, based on what you want to
learn
-Coaching objective: hope is pairings and/or skills
learned will be a support to you and others you
encounter beyond time at Purdue
-Four frames = facilitating success for all (no one is
an accommodation)
-Men as allies
-Goldiblox video (see below)
-Banducci - perhaps pay consulting fee for class
session development; “Dispel bias in perception of
competence and identify, articulate, and utilize new
competencies that increase inclusion, productivity,
innovation and promotability of women and men”
-Coaching pair assignments
-Coaching Commitment Form
-Corporate alum (guest speaker)
-Slaughter: “fingering America’s social and business
policies rather than women’s level of ambition, in
explaining the dearth of women at the top”
-Center for American progress – share that all
professionals (men and women) are working more
than 50 hours a week (increase since late 1970s)
-Coaching and the Engineering Design Process
-Sample role play and debrief (use alum/Sue)
-Growth vs. fixed mindset
-Chronicles article
-Colbert and value of failure
Article: “How stereotypes can drive
women to quit science”
-Mona Bapat or corporate/faculty (guest speaker)
Journal – reflection on personal
achievements, obstacles you have
overcome and celebrate your
acquired skills
Task: Listening skills assessment
-Related themes: gender schemas, micro-messaging
(microagression), physical environment (e.g., posters
of white men only in CS departments)
-NCWIT articles & CV male/female name study
http://www.terrydjohnson.com/teaching
-In place of overt sexism/discrimination
Article:
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Implicit Bias & Stereotype
Threat
Project: One-page proposal due
TODAY
Journal – reflection on implicit
bias/stereotype threat
6
Gendered Communication
Article: “When Scientists Choose
Motherhood”
Self-Discovery task –personality,
work preferences, leadership style,
learning style, etc. Must use at least
2 approved surveys*.
7
Playing Devil’s Advocate
Career Toolkit: Pick 2 of these
chapters to read and complete
questions at end: 2, 6, 8, 10, 11
Journal reflection – list self-discovery
survey results and reflect on the
results: how do/don’t the results
Coaching Session ideas:
How to make the most of this
semester/upcoming summer;
one new challenge to
overcome or new skill to
acquire through coaching; any
class topic
-Patrice Buzzanell/Beth Holloway (guest speakers)
-Individualistic and Relational language (Banducci)
-Coaching: powerful questions and acknowledging
-Share access and important information about these
online tools: Myers-Briggs, StrengthsQuest, Gregoric
Learning Styles, Love Language,
-*Students can find and submit other tools for
approval
-For journal: why do these surveys and this
reflection? It is vital to know oneself and one’s
formative influences before leading and influencing
others and to make informed decisions about your
future
-For journal: think also about people who have
influenced your growth, development and identity
(e.g. mentors, friends, role models, family)
align with beliefs, values, and
passions that inform your action and
that ground you, with key
transformative experiences, and/or
with personal qualities that define
who you are
Career Toolkit: Pick 2 of these
chapters to read and complete
questions at end: 4, 5, 6
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Managing your career
-Corporate alum (guest speaker)
-Negotiating (Ch 8)
-Networking (Ch 6)
-Communication (Ch 10); CareerTrack seminar
-Managing your career (Ch 2, 11)
Project: Rubric due TODAY
Journal reflection – reflection on your
reaction to this class so far and
compare to journal entry on first day
9
Academic/Corporate
culture: Part I
Coaching pairs
No assignment! Enjoy Spring Break!
Coaching Session ideas:
How to prepare for this
summer; Steps to take now to
manage your career; How to
evaluate positions and
companies for the
career/culture you desire; How
can you advocate for yourself
and your needs
10
Spring Break
N/A
N/A
11
Academic/Corporate
culture: Part II
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Confidence/selfpromotion/sponsorship
Career Toolkit: (Ch 4)
Journal Career Toolkit: Pick 1 of these
chapters to read and complete
questions at end: 1, 11
-What do you want in your career? (Ch 6)
-Working on a team (Ch 4); meeting etiquette; EI
-Work-life balance (Beth/Eric – both talked to bosses
in preparation for kids coming)
-Workplace generational differences
-Finding the right job (Ch 5, 6)
- Stress that with one bad position, don’t give up on
engineering altogether!
N/A
-Corporate alum (guest speaker)
Coaching Session
-Corporate alum (guest speaker)
-CareerTrack seminar
-Lifelong learning: growth vs fixed mindset (Ch 4)
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Leadership
Project: Final project (including
rubric) due TODAY for peer
assessment (include copy for
instructor)
-Corporate alum (guest speaker)
-Emotional intelligence (Ch 1)
-Coaching, situational leadership, giving/receiving
feedback
-Leadership (Ch 11); CareerTrack seminar
Journal Documents: Coaching resources;
Resources WIEP+
14
Presenting your best self in
the workplace
-Joel Ebarb (guest speaker) OR
-Corporate alum (guest speaker)
Journal – reflection on topics related
to solutions for barriers to success
and retention for WIE
Coaching: what’s next &
resources
15
16
Resources beyond WIEP:
Creating a Culture of
Inclusion
Outreach and messaging:
maximizing your elevator
speech
Documents: Changing the
Conversation
Coaching Session ideas: How
will you continue to use
coaching skills learned;
causes for which you have
passion and/or experience
Project: Peer assessments due back
to your classmate (include copy for
instructor)
FINAL Journal – see above
Finals week: Class
Projects (2 hours)
Finals week: Class Discussion on
Projects (2 hours)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArNAB9GFDog&feature=youtu.be
-National organizations like SWE & WEPAN
-Corporate Women’s Affinity Network; Women’s
Initiative Network
-Take initiative and form your own if there isn’t one
nearby
-WIEP website with different options depending on
degree of help needed/involvement alum want (from
articles/topics for Women’s groups about
professional skills for women up to changing the
culture articles/organizations)
-Excerpts from Miss Representation
-Fun and celebration class
-Introduce students to our alumni network and our
methods (based on Changing the Conversation) for
pre-college outreach
-Choose degree of involvement from 0,
conversations starters with girls/public, WIEP
speaker, outreach programming
-Students should come prepared to discuss not only
their project but their classmate’s project (e.g., what
learned about topic-own and peer’s, doing a selfdirected project, assessing the work of others, etc.)