For adults who support elementary school-age children.
One day training with the curriculum to cultivate community all year.
Date:
Tuesday February 3, 2026
Time:
9:00am – 4:30pm PST
Price:
$300 (Sliding scale)
The cost of Building Brave Communities for adults who support elementary school-age children for us is $300 per participant. We understand that different folks are navigating varying levels of access to funding for professional development opportunities. Our sliding scale offers you the opportunity to pay the amount that aligns with the funds that you have available to cover the cost.
Building Brave Communities is more than a training — it’s an opportunity to reimagine what belonging looks like in elementary classrooms. Rooted in Girls Leadership’s transformational SEL framework, this one-day immersive experience equips educators to create learning environments where every child feels seen, valued, and empowered to lead.
Co-created with students, the K–5 curriculum at the heart of this training centers their voices and experiences. Educators gain tools to integrate social-emotional learning into everyday instruction, while students build confidence, empathy, and leadership through play, reflection, and collaboration.
The result? Classrooms where courage is practiced daily, relationships are nurtured intentionally, and community becomes the foundation for academic and emotional growth.
Participants will:
- Experience powerful community in just one day that opens up new possibilities for social and emotional learning
- Apply learnings and practices to their own lives so that they can share the experience authentically with their students.
- Receive the full 95 lesson Elementary School Curriculum, including 30 lessons that apply to their grade level, co-created by girls and designed to succeed in co-ed classrooms
This one day immersive training is designed to create a powerful sense of community in the small cohort. Coffee, snacks, and lunch are provided. The training is co-facilitated by Girls Leadership trainers, who bring play, intention, and mindfulness to the experience. Participants leave equipped with a full elementary school curriculum, including lessons for every level of K-5, organized around Girls Leadership’s Social and Emotional learning domains (see below), including the foundational Brave Space Groundwork practices.
Brave Space Groundwork and all Girls Leadership curriculum are co-created with girls and developed by Girls Leadership’s training and curriculum experts to equip youth-serving professionals with the tools to bring the curriculum to life with youth. Rooted in the voices and experiences of girls, the curriculum has been tested with educators and students to ensure it meets their needs and supports meaningful and inclusive communities.
Need resources right now?
Try 26 SEL check-ins This resource is intended as a foundation to ground students in a brave space.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I receive credits for this professional development?
If your supervising organization approves this professional development to meet CEUs, we can approve documentation that certifies your hours of participation.
Who is the professional development for?
The sessions are designed for educators, administrators, district leaders, youth-serving professionals, counselors, and formal volunteers who work regularly with youth in grades K-5.
Is this training and the curriculum applicable in coed classrooms and afterschool spaces?
Absolutely. Our training and curriculum were built with the voices of girls and gender-expansive youth at the center, but the impact reaches all youth. Educators and youth professionals consistently use them in mixed-gender classrooms and group settings with great success.
I’m not sure if I’m ready to register, who can answer my questions?
Thank you for your interest in this training. Please fill out this form if you have questions or need additional information to support your registration and our National Engagement Director, Amal Aziz will get in touch with you.
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“So far, this has been the best workshop I have been to. Why? Because they made it safe; gave us data and taught us important concepts through visual & auditory tools; had us reflect; was interactive and gave us tangible lessons to implement in our work environment. Hit all markers! Thank you.”
-Participant from a previous Brave Spaces workshop
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