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Next Engineers Facilitator & Volunteer Newsletter - March 2023

March 20, 2023

To support the Next Engineers team, we've put together a newsletter with tips that will help everyone engage with students and stay up to date on the latest resources available to them. This quarter, we're sharing steps to discussing challenging behavior with a student, DiscoverE's report on effective messaging for connecting with teens and their parents and more!

Engagement Toolbox:

Edutopia - teacher talking with student

Addressing students’ behavior can be tough, but here are some tips from Edutopia for addressing challenging behavior in a compassionate and solution-oriented manner.

The Latest Read:

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Read DiscoverE's report Messages Matter to find out what today’s teens and their parents think about engineering, and how this information can
be used to craft engaging communication.

Resource Spotlight:

Looking for a way to share more with students, parents, and teachers? After an Enginering Discovery event, hand out our Discovery Leave-Behind. Customized for the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, these flyers provide more information about engineering as a career path, as well as more Next Engineers activities students can engage in.

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Looking for more? Find past editions here. New editions of the newsletter will be available quarterly, and we hope that they will be an opportunity for you to engage with volunteers throughout the year. If you have a resource you'd like to share, email us at NextEngineers@fhi360.org.