Upcoming Training Opportunities
Cultivating Hardiness Zones & Becoming a Muse
Date: April 27th and 28th, 2010
Location: Simmons College
Spend two days learning an effective strength-based approach to working with girls and how to incorporate techniques informed by the latest research on girls' health and development into the work you're already doing.
Though we encourage you to sign up for both days of training, you may choose instead to register for a single day of training. Both options are available on our registration page.
A 15% discount is available for groups of 3 or more who register together. Full refunds are available if cancellation is received by April 13th, 2009. Substitutions are encouraged.
*Registration fee for both days is $295 by April 13th; $320 afterward. Registration for one day is $175.00 before April 13th; $190 afterward. Some partial scholarships are available.
Your registration fee includes training, light breakfast, lunch, and membership for one year in a virtual learning circle hosted by Hardy Girls Healthy Women. The learning circle will include access to a members-only website where members can request and post information, send queries to the group and HGHW staff, and have the option of participating in quarterly web chats with trainers and HGHW staff.
If you have a hard time registering, please call Hardy Girls at (207) 861-8131 and we'll register you over the phone or you can download the brochure and register there.
For more information on the training, group rates, or hotel recommendations, please contact Ruya at Hardy Girls Healthy Women (207) 861-8131 or info@hghw.org. Register online now. 0.7 CEUs will be awarded.
Hotel recommendations.
Co-presented with Simmons Institute for Leadership for Change & the Girls Coalition of Greater Boston.
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Cultivating Hardiness Zones Training
Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown and Dr. Mary Madden developed this training with Hardy Girls for people who are working with or who want to work with girls from a strength-based position, rather than one that focuses on what's wrong with girls. This is not a training that stresses the inner girl or works to improve "self-esteem" (although this will likely happen for girls who experience this approach), but a training that focuses on:
At the heart of creating hardiness zones for girls is a way of being in relationship with women that inspires them, gives them a sense of their own power and control, and challenges them to do their best work. Known as a muse relationship, this connection shifts the focus from a girl's deficits to her inner resources, strengths, and potential.
Through multi-media presentations, small group activities, and discussion, the training will answer the questions:
Becoming a Muse Training
These trainings are designed for and open to all adults who live or work with youth, including educators, parents, health care providers, social workers, camp personnel, and other interested community members.
Praise for Cultivating Hardiness Zones
"I knew I wanted to do something to support the girls in my school but I wasn't exactly sure how to start. The training helped give me direction by focusing my goals. After attending the conference I had some great ideas and the language I needed to get the conversation started." - Reggie Hackleman, Upper School Mathematics, North Yarmouth Academy
"When I return to the classroom in September, I'll do so with an understanding of hardiness zones and the importance of cultivating the strengths girls bring to the group. Though I've always tried to inspire my students, Cultivating Hardiness Zones provided me with specific ways to be in relationships with girls that support them as they develop a sense of their own power and control while challenging them to do their best work. I think all teachers should have this training as undergraduates. We're with these girls everyday and it's important to know how to create hardiness zones so they reach their full potential." - Roxanne Roberts, Teacher in School Union 60 in Greenville, ME
"Cultivating Hardiness Zones provided a wonderful overview for those of us who interact with young girls and helped us understand how to create safe places for girls to thrive through the development of their strengths and voices. It helped us understand the difference between mentoring a young girl and the "muse" role as a relational model that draws out and fosters the unique resources of girls.
"Cultivating Hardiness Zones was a great opportunity to help challenge our thinking as women. It created a great forum for dynamic discussion among the participants. The training was very experiential and modeled the dynamics and thinking behind the program and process for us." - Megan S. Flynn, Ph.D., Director of Children's Services at Westchester Jewish Community Services in White Plains, NY
"As an administrator, I found the Cultivating Hardiness Zones training to be very illuminating. I came away from it with a clear picture of the definition of "hardiness zones" as well as the purpose of providing strength-based programs for girls in schools. Often the understanding around the work of these groups is nebulous, with administration unable to articulate the purpose and benefits of doing such work in schools. It helped me to fully grasp the need and the importance of creating "hardiness zones" for as many young girls as possible." - Kristen Gilbert, Vice Principal, Waterville Junior High School in Waterville, ME
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