Room to Read Life Skills Education Learning Outcomes

Self-confidence

  • Girls believe they have inner-worth and that they matter.
  • Girls have a strong sense of identity and can describe positive attributes, strengths, and talents that they possess.
  • Girls recognize and understand that their strengths and talents contribute positively to their family, school, and community.

Expressing & Managing Emotions

  • Girls name their feelings and use verbal and nonverbal means of communicating them.
  • Girls assertively express their feelings to their peers, family, and teachers.
  • Girls can manage their emotions and understand how their behavioral response (actions and words) can impact others.

Empathy

  • Girls use empathetic words towards their peers, friends, teacher, and family.
  • Girls demonstrate empathetic behavior to others when they are in need of support and care.
  • Girls understand that modeling empathetic communication and behaviors for younger girls in school and the community helps them learn how to be empathetic.

Self-control

  • Girls understand what are appropriate behavioral choices and are able to practice some techniques in regulating their behavior.
  • Girls demonstrate appropriate behavior at school, home, and with community members.
  • Girls regulate their behavior and practice self-control in emotionally charged and conflict situations.

Critical thinking

  • Girls can ask questions about a concept or subject to gain better understanding.
  • Girls can demonstrate how to think critically about a complex concept or new subject.
  • Girls can critically analyze concepts and subject matter and share their perspective on it.

Decision-making

  • Girls understand the steps in decision-making and goal-setting and have developed skills of independence and initiative in making choices.
  • Girls make short- and long-term goals for their schooling and future careers by examining issues and ideas from various perspectives.
  • Girls analyze and discuss decisions points and give examples of steps they follow and why they make a specific decision or goal.

Perseverance

  • Girls understand the importance of completing a task, chore, or assignment.
  • Girls learn the steps necessary to complete a task, chore, or assignment.
  • Girls are able to complete a task, chore, or assignment successfully even in the midst of challenges and obstacles.

Communication

  • Girls demonstrate how to listen without interrupting their peer, friends, teachers, and family.
  • Girls demonstrate effective listening skills: such as reflective listening, I-Statements, listening with empathy, and refusal skills with their peers and friends.
  • Girls are able to listen to and consider others opinions, viewpoints, and feelings when making decisions and deciding what to do or believe.

Creative Problem-solving

  • Girls can identify 2-3 steps that can be taken to solve a problem creatively or resolve a conflict.
  • When girls are dealing with a problem or conflict situation they are able to be creative and choose an alternative plan or resolution.
  • Girls demonstrate how to creatively manage conflicts and solve problems when working with peers.

Relationship building

  • Girls understand the importance of making friends with peers in their school and community.
  • Girls are able to maintain healthy relationships with peers and friends.
  • Girls have long-term peer relationships including significant friendships with other girls.
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