Strategic Plan

The IGNITE Strategic Plan is designed to deliver, because our students need us.

We work directly with educators during the school day to provide events that build confidence, explore STEM, and introduce pathways to high-wage, high-demand jobs. The IGNITE Program is intentionally designed to serve girls and gender-diverse students by creating a safe and empowering learning environment.

"Women make up an equal part of our nations population, so why aren't they more fairly represented in high-wage, high-demand jobs? The world is missing out on the innovation of women and nonbinary professionals. Together, we can change that."

Cathi Rodgveller, IGNITE Worldwide Founder & CEO

Equitable Expansion

Where We Are...
and Where We're Going

A cornerstone of the IGNITE Worldwide Program is to remove barriers and provide an opportunity to girls and gender-diverse students who may not otherwise gain exposure to high-wage, high-demand jobs. That’s why we intentionally focus our attention to communities where the need is greatest.

Strategic Partners and IGNITE Worldwide form a collaborative, multi-year partnership to identifying expansion area or community, developing key performance indicators, and setting a timeline.

Tribal Schools

Underserved Communities

Title 1 Schools

Rural Schools

Communities in Need

Partner Initiatives

The Process

stage 1

research & Development

During the R&D Stage, we conduct extensive data collection on school district demographics, develop curriculum, identify potential event hosts, and familiarize ourselves with the unique needs of the community.

Program Offerings: Virtual Events

stage 2

implementation

The Implementation Stage is comprised of 4 Phases, each with their own benchmarks to identify growth development, needs, and opportunity.

Program Offerings: In-Person Field Trips, Workshops, Panels, and Virtual Events

stage 3

maintenance

The Maintenance Stage indicates that a community has reached sustainability, dependent on satisfying a number of key indicators including secured funding, thriving host company network, and engaged IGNITE School Chapters.

Program Offerings: In-Person Field Trips, Workshops, Panels, Specialized Offerings (ie. conferences, career fairs), and Virtual Events

Impact Reports

Guided by Core Values

Mission

IGNITE Worldwide is the answer to achieving gender equity in STEM. We work directly with teachers during the school day to provide programming that promotes STEM education and career advancement for girls and gender-diverse youth from historically marginalized communities. Through hands-on events that connect students with role models who live and work in their communities, students recognize new possibilities for their futures.

Vision

IGNITE Worldwide envisions a world where all girls and gender-diverse youth have access to the resources and representation they need to thrive. Through the IGNITE Program, girls and gender-diverse youth are provided equitable access to STEM education during their school day, breaking down the barriers to opportunity for them to gain the social and cultural capital to secure and excel in a STEM career.