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2.4.6 Empowering Girls to Empower Other Girls: Sharing Outcomes of the Young Women LEAD Conference Initiative
A movement to "empower girls and empower girls to empower each other" has been taking place annually the past eight years in Kentucky and Indiana. Join us as we share our successes and lessons learned from coordinating and hosting annual Young Women LEAD Conferences for gifted and high potential high school girls. The conference aims to meet the social-emotional and career development needs of participating students who have already demonstrated their leadership skills at their respective high schools. These meaningful experiences are designed to help them discover their innate qualities and strengths and to challenge them to reach higher levels of personal growth and development.
Author(s):
Kimberly Clayton-Code
codek@nku.edu
Northern Kentucky University
United States
Kimberly Clayton-Code is a professor in the College of Education and Human Services at Northern Kentucky University. She is also the co-founder and director of NKU's Institute for Talent Development and Gifted Studies. Dr. Code has taught courses in gifted and talented education, social studies, diversity, economic education, and educational foundations. She received the Faculty Excellence in Sustained Outreach and Public Engagement (2010) and the Faculty Excellence in Teaching (2007) awards from Northern Kentucky University. Other activities have included editing and authoring the national award-winning, Entrepreneurs in Kentucky and Pathways to Home Ownership curriculum projects.