You are about to become part of a worldwide movement in empowering girls in your community!
The Girls Leading Others Wisely (GLOW) program will give every girl an opportunity to be strong, confident and physically fit. GLOW will inspire girls of all ethnic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds to be prominent and positive leaders.
*When the word “girl” is used in GLOW, such as in our name, we refer to everyone who identifies as female. Our goal is to use gender-inclusive language; however, there are times when the word “girl” is used, such as when referring to research specific to females or when quoting someone.
Become a GLOW Leader/Facilitator Today!
By becoming a GLOW Facilitator you will help girls become aware of their strengths and provide them with the tools fundamental to prominent leadership.
The GLOW program integrates and cultivates integrity, self-worth, honesty, pride, and responsibility.
The GLOW Leader/Facilitator Guides and the Online GLOW Leader/Facilitator Training Videos provide everything you need to offer your own GLOW program and impact the lives of the girls in your community in person or virtually.
Our user-friendly guides contain step-by-step instructions on engaging a GLOW group through discussions and creative art/movement activities.
The GLOW program is easily adaptable to your own unique setting by including a GLOW CIRCLE with fitness or without the fitness component.
Start facilitating the GLOW program in your community!
There are nine GLOW themes to choose from, choose one or purchase all nine themes. Each class is 1.5 hours if offered once a week for eight weeks. Each theme is completely different allowing participants to take many consecutive GLOW sessions.
Each 60 to 90 minute class includes:
- Our GLOW Circle time provides a safe place for girls to share their opinions and feelings
- A nutritious snack
- Exposure to fun, creative fitness activities to promote the benefits of daily physical exercise
- Coaching to set and work toward their personal goals
The programs can be offered in your community, in your school during the lunch hour, after school or as part of the Health class curriculum and, most recently, a virtual GLOW program can be offered.
Benefits of Offering GLOW
- Increased connection & relationship building opportunities with your students
- Insight into youth culture within your group or classroom
- Improve resiliency
- Concentrate on wellbeing
- Build self-awareness and self-compassion skills in youth to support better decision making and minimize conflict.
Related Research
Research has shown that giving youth the tool of self-compassion during adolescence can be protective - young people who practice self-compassion experience:
- Lower rates of anxiety and depression
- Increased well-being
- Increased rates of resiliency
- More curiosity and openness to exploration
1 Bluth, Karen & Mullarkey, Michael & Lathren, Christine. (2018). Self-Compassion: A Potential Path to Adolescent Resilience and Positive Exploration. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 27. 10.1007/s10826-018-1125-1.
As an educator, coach, social worker, counsellor, or other professional that has devoted their career to shaping young minds, you know the immediate need to access resources and training. The GLOW program was created in 2006 as an in-person program, but we have adapted our training as well as hosting a program online.
Start facilitating the GLOW program in your community today!