TRELIS Toolkit

Open-access curriculum for training and retaining leaders in STEM

What is TRELIS?

TRELIS (Training and Retaining Leaders in STEM - Geospatial Sciences) was a program funded by NSF Award #1660400 to support early career women in geospatial sciences. The grant funded workshops to bring together a small group of early career and established scholars to discuss and learn from each other around our shared (and unique!) challenges and opportunities. The initial grant award period has now ended, but the conversations and materials generated by the project are something we want to make publicly available through this online toolkit.

TRELIS_Group TRELIS participants from across the cohorts meet in upstate New York in 2022.

Want to run your own meeting, workshop, or work through the TRELIS materials on your own? Below is a sample schedule of a 2-day workshop. The “PROJECTS” page includes examples of how the TRELIS curriculum has been adapted, expanded, and used.

Day by Day Workshop Schedule

Day One

Time Session & Activities Resource Link
7:30am Breakfast available  
8:30am Welcome, Introduction & Orientation  
10:00am Break  
10:30am Session 1: Communication and Language Overview & Materials
12:00pm Lunch and Walk Break  
1:30pm Session 2: Career Trajectories Overview & Materials
2:50pm Break  
3:00pm Session 3: Obstacles & Solutions (Part 1) Overview & Materials
4:30pm Compilation of Parking Lot (or Bike Rack) Topics Overview & Materials
5:00pm Free Time  
6:30pm Dinner  

Day Two

Time Session & Activities Resources
7:30am Breakfast available  
8:30am Greetings & Debrief  
9:00am Session 3: Obstacles & Solutions (Part 2) Overview & Materials
10:00am Break  
10:30am Session 4: Work-Life Integration Overview & Materials
12:00pm Lunch and Walk Break  
1:30pm Session 5: Mentoring and Coaching Overview & Materials
2:30pm Discussion of Parking Lot (or Bike Rack) Topics Overview & Materials
3:50pm Break  
5:00pm Free Time  
7:00pm Dinner  

Leadership

The TRELIS leadership team includes: