Wednesday, July 31, 2013
"Helping Girls Unlock Their Leadership Potential"
Anne Obrien's Blog on Edutopia discusses the strong issue of women leadership and how to help young women build skills to help them become stronger citizens within our community. What I really got out of this article are the 4-5 ideas from Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy in North Carolina. As a teacher of middle school aged students I am always looking for way to help my students (especially my girls) to take on responsibilities and leadership roles within the class. I really liked the idea of taking articles about girls and women in leadership roles or just in the news to talk about and relate to. Also, the idea of book clubs for students and parents. My mom is included in many different book clubs and she seems to get so much out of the discussion with her fellow readers. I like the idea to help girls relate to characters without having to talk about themselves.
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WOW! I must have completely overlooked this article. I taught middle school for a few years before moving to Kindergarten and would have given the shirt off of my back to get some of my girls more interested in larger roles. There is so much unleashed potential in those students and getting them to climb out of their shell is always a struggle. Thanks for sharing this article!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of a book club so they can open up with other girls that share the same opinion they may have without being judged. Another idea is to allow girls to lead organizations in school in which their ideas and opinions can be heard and actually see followed through. I agree, more girls do need to take responsibility of a leadership role in their schools and it may b up to the teachers to be more encouraging.
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