"Raising Resilient Girls"
Mar 9th, 7:30PM-9PM
Montclaire Elementary School, GLC Room
Simone Marean, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the internationally recognized Girls Leadership Institute (GLI) will cover:
- How and why girls are aggressive with one another
- The "Good Girl" phenomenon
- What girls need to avoid victimization
- The power of emotional intelligence
- The importance of mistakes
- The limitations of blame
- Seeing conflict as opportunity for change
"Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills"
by Ellen Galinsky
Mar 15th, 7PM-9PM
Mountain View High School
Ellen Galinsky is the past president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She is also a former professor at the Bank Street College of Education, as well as the author of Ask the Children and The Six Stages of Parenthood, along with more than 125 articles in academic journals, books, and magazines.
In "Mind in the Making", she identifies seven life skills essential to success—in school, the workforce, and life: focus and self-control, perspective taking, communicating, making connections, critical thinking, taking on challenges, and self-directed engaged learning.
Register: http://ellengalinskymvla.eventbrite.com/
Info: http://mindinthemaking.org/meet_ellen_galinsky/
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