Team teachers felt that Techsploration had enhanced their ability to inform students about a wider range of career opportunities. They experienced additional professional benefits that they attributed to:

• Networking with female role models and other industry representatives, faculty of trades and technology programs, and teachers from other schools;
• Getting to know each of the girls a lot better and carrying that knowledge over to the classroom;
• Becoming aware of the diversity of talents that can emerge when students are challenged in a fun and interesting manner.

The feedback from parents was somewhat similar to that received from teachers. They were glad to be able to provide more informed answers to their daughters’ questions about career options. They felt that they got to know their daughters better and became aware of talents that surprised them. Some attributed the careers choices made by their daughters after graduation directly to Techsploration. Parents and community elders said that the sense of pride they felt observing the accomplishments of the young women in the program spilled over into the community. (Comeau, September, 2005)