Program Development
Rachel is an international expert on girls’ development and will work with you to develop dynamic, outcome-based workshops, classes, summer camp programs, conferences or retreats for girls (ages 6+) and adults. See below for a list of 2010-2011 consulting clients.
The Inner Resume
Rachel’s programs focus on developing a girl’s Inner Resume, a set of psychological skills that empower girls to meet external, “Real World” demands with integrity and personal authority. This skill set includes but is not limited to:
- Self-awareness: knowing and managing thoughts and feelings
- Self-expression: communicating assertively and with respect
- Self-advocacy: setting and acting on boundaries in relationship
- Balanced self-image: managing constructive criticism, articulating talents, owning responsibility in conflict
- Skillful conflict management
Inner Resume programs can be customized to suit client needs. Possible areas of focus include:
Relationship Skills
- Friendship 101: Navigating Best Friends, Worst Enemies, and Everything in Between
- Communicating With Confidence and Respect
- Getting the Most Out of A Difficult Conversation
- Netiquette: Online Relationship Skills
“Real World” Skills
- Job & college admissions interviews
- Resume & college essay writing
- The “unwritten rules” of the professional world for women
- The art of networking
- Professional self-presentation
Student Leader Programs
- Commanding respect from peers
- Running an effective meeting
- Giving a peer direction
- Constructive criticism: giving and getting it
- Working with your friends
School Residency
It’s wonderful to have a speaker visit your school for a day or two, but what happens next? Keep the momentum going by making Rachel your school’s Educator-in-Residence for a semester or academic year. Rachel will coach your school’s administrators, teachers and counselors to optimize:
- Administrative responses to peer aggression and bullying
- Classroom management and discipline
- Clinical interventions by school counselors
- Community response to cyberbullying
- Anti-bullying policy development
- Parent-school relations regarding bullying
School residencies typically include multiple on-site visits for professional development sessions, assemblies and parent nights. Programming for girls, student leaders and sports teams can be included in a school residency.
Residencies are arranged through a monthly or annual retainer fee. Both on-site visits and Skype/telephone coaching are available.