The mission of NCWIT’s K-12 Alliance is to inspire girls to become more interested in and confident with computing, and to increase the recruitment, retention and advancement of girls in IT, computing, and computer science study and careers.

K-12 Alliance member representatives often work on committees or projects that are of mutual benefit to the Alliance and the mission of the member organization. See the list of K-12 Alliance Members. 

Through direct contact, members of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance currently can reach more than 52% of school-age girls in the United States.

K-12 Executive Council

• Jordan Bookey, Google  
• Leslie Conery, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Barbara Ericson, Georgia Tech  
• Marcia Kropf, Girls Inc.  
• Karen Peterson, National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) 
• Chris Stephenson, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)
• John White, Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)

K-12 Projects

• The K-12 Research Committee is developing a new research report, “Girls and IT – The Facts”, intended to tell a coherent story about the current state of affairs for girls in technology, synthesizing the best available data into one, easy-to-access resource.
• The K-12 Counselors for Computing (C4C) campaign, a multi-year project graciously funded by the Merck Foundation, focuses on informing and equipping school counselors to encourage young women and other underrepresented groups to pursue education and careers in computing and IT. 
• The K-12 Aspirations Committee is assisting with the promotion, publicity and hosting opportunities for NCWIT’s Award for Aspirations in Computing, which honors young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests.
• The K-12 Membership Committee is continuously reviewing and researching potential members with the authority, reach, or niche to increase the K-12 Alliance’s overall effectiveness and outreach. Members of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance currently have more than 100 partnerships around the country.
• NCWIT’s Resource Development Team is working on new K-12 resources, improving distribution and implementation of existing resources, and tailoring of resources to meet the needs of the K-12 Alliance’s committees.

Join Us
For more information about the benefits and opportunities of NCWIT’s K-12 Alliance, contact Rachel Matz, NCWIT K-12 Alliance Manager.