• 1st–3rd: Develop and expand girls’ awareness of career possibilities

• 4th-5th: Place major emphasis on helping girls explore new interests and skills, as well as a wide variety of future career options

• Teens: Place major emphasis on providing girls with actual work experiences, paid or volunteer

Operation SMART (Science, Math, and Relevant Technology)

 

Economic Literacy

Introducing girls to non-stereotypical career options

• 1st–3rd: Develop basic skills needed to function confidently, competently and safely in the home, center, school, and neighborhood

• 4th-5th: Place major emphasis on helping girls develop the skills necessary to function confidently, competently, and safely with minimal adult supervision

• Teens: Place major emphasis on promoting the development of basic living skills, as girls become increasingly independent

• 1st–3rd: Develop basic skills and motivations necessary for participation in sports and adventure

• 4th-5th: Place major emphasis on helping girls master basic sports skills and enjoy physical activity

• Teens: Place major emphasis on helping girls maintain an interest in athletic participation and develop proficiency in the sports of their choice

• 1st–3rd: Build understanding and experience how they can help themselves and others through leadership and community action.

• 4th-5th: Place major emphasis on helping girls understand their potential for effecting change within and beyond their local community. Implement programs in which girls explore leadership systems and learn and practice leadership skills.

• Teens: Place major emphasis on helping girls exercise power and effect change in their communities and in wider society.

• 1st–3rd: Promote the development of positive attitudes toward personal health and sexuality

• 4th-5th: Place major emphasis on making girls aware of the changes that accompany puberty and helping them develop the needed skills to handle new feelings and pressures

• Teens: Place major emphasis on helping girls understand and respond appropriately to the emotional, psychological and social tasks and responsibilities that accompany adolescence