Smart-Girl partners with other nonprofit, girl-serving organizations and provides a flexible, activity-based set of session plans and the training to implement them. Smart Girl offers more than 100 hours of session plans that can be used in a variety of formats and venues from after-school programs, in-school, for-credit courses, summer camps to Saturday morning programs. The following are some examples of our partners and the variety of formats in which Smart-Girl sessions have been offered.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) Smart-Girl Leadership Institute
Our partnership with UCCS allows Smart-Girl to offer college credit, both for the training of our guides (2 credit course entitled Smart-Girl Leadership Training), and the internship experience at the undergraduate (3 credit hour course entitled Smart-Girl Group Facilitation) and at graduate level. The guide trainings are offered in January and August and the internships are offered each spring and fall semester. Both UCCS students and members of the community (including high school students and students from other colleges and universities) may enroll in these courses for credit, and the credits may be transferred to other colleges and universities.
Learn More about UCCS's Smart-Girl Leadership Institute.
Denver Public Schools – Kepner Middle School
We are excited to announce Kepner Middle School, the largest middle school in the DPS, as our newest partner this fall! With the help of Lincoln High School guides and University of Colorado at Denver coaches to facilitate groups, all 7 th grade girls enrolled at Kepner will attend the Smart-Girl program once per week during their 8th period elective. The program will run over the course of the school year serving over 120 girls.
Harrison, Academy, and Fountain Fort Carson School Districts
Several programs (groups) are held in Colorado Springs in collaboration with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. including groups from the Harrison District 11 (Panorama; Gorman, Carmel, Fountain and Fort Carson Middle Schools) and the Fountain Fort Carson School district. Many of these groups meet on the university campus on Saturday mornings. These programs serve an ethnically and socieconomically diverse community, as well as a high percentage of daughters of deployed military personnel.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver
Smart-Girl is offered at 6 locations of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver including the Boettcher, Broncos, Cope, Wilfley, Johnson and Shopneck branches. The groups, serving more than 60 girls per year, are held once per week, after-school at the listed locations. The guides and coaches have been identified through the clubs and trained by Smart-Girl.
Read a description of their experience with Smart-Girl.
Parent Pathways/Florence Crittenon Alternative Middle and High School
The Smart-Girl curriculum is offered at Florence Crittenton Alternative Middle and High School during school hours for credit. The program, in its first year, is comprised of expecting and new mothers. It is co-facilitated by one of our guides and a school counselor.
Cherry Creek School District
Smart-Girl provides a fee-based “ summer day camp ” on the premises of Heritage Elementary School. The camp provides an intense experience for most of the day for several weeks during the summer. These groups have several girls who have returned for each of the three years of operation. The guides have been identified and trained by Smart-Girl.
Fairplay, Silver Heels Middle School: Fairplay Colorado
It is offered as an in-school course for credit.
Denver Kids, Inc
In the summer of 2006, Smart-Girl served Denver Kids ' girls ages 10-13. These summer sessions coached participants to make smart choices and handle the personal challenges of a high-risk environment.
Denver Big Picture High Schools
Smart Girl groups for high school girls age 15-18 run in trimester-length sessions for students from Skyland Community High School and Mapleton Prep High School, two Denver schools utilizing the Big Picture educational design and serving diverse, urban populations typically unsuccessful in traditional schools. Some participants have later been trained as Guides for groups in Boys and Girls Club programs.
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center and Denver Public Schools: Smart-Girl is currently working with these partners to offer programs for Denver Public Schools, using UCD students as guides. This exciting new partnership has the potential to greatly expand the number of girls we serve.
For information on starting a new Smart-Girl Program, contact our Director of Programs, Sameen Noorulamin:
snoorulamin@smart-girl.org
