Program Structure
SLAM (Science Leadership and Mentoring)
SLAM is an after-school, curriculum-based mentoring program pairing one 7th grade girl (Little) with one UCF undergraduate woman student (Big)
– Little Meetings: every Wednesday, 6:00pm-7:30pm via Zoom
– Parent Orientation: Wednesday, September 29th 6pm via Zoom
– First Little Meeting: Wednesday, Oct 6th 6pm
– Big Training: Wednesday, September 15th via Zoom
-Big Meetings: first Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm-9:00pm via Zoom
Leadership Lessons:
- Formal and Informal Leadership
- Conflict Management and Problem Solving
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
- Healthy Mind Healthy Body
- Time Management
- Goals and Values
STEM Lessons:
- Girls and Women in STEM
- Robotics Workshop
- UCF Arboretum
- Animation and Simulation Institute Workshop
- Women in Engineering
- Reef Oyster Preservation
- UCF Robinson Observatory and Planetarium
- Coding and Computer Science Workshop
- Careers in Math
- Aero Space Engineering and NASA
- Careers in Health Sciences
- UCF STEM Day