Summer 2025
Teach GWN
In this journey, members of the GWN community will develop curriculum and facilitate a community studio for one or more cycles within GWN’s Collaboratory structure. Each cycle involves facilitating three community studios, one per month. Participants will gain valuable skills in leadership, teaching, and community building. Mentees and mentors can facilitate a community studio either solo (if they are 18 or older) or together as a pair.
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Deadline: April 30, 2025
As a participant in the Teach GWN Journey, you’ll have access to three courses. Teach GWN: Facilitating Community Studios is your main course to complete. The GWN Toolkit is a resource for you to utilize in your journey. You’ll be paired for at least one full cycles and will meet with your mentee/mentor for at least two pair sessions each month. Additionally, you’ll attend orientation and one facilitator meeting per cycle, facilitate three community studio per cycle, and attend one community studios of any of your fellow facilitators.
- Cycle(s) Fall 2024 (October 21 – January 21, Spring 2025 (March – May ’25), Summer 2025 (July-September ’25)
- Time 3 hours per month
- Areas of Focus Curriculum Design, Community Engagement, Leadership, Teaching, Facilitation
- Available Spots Per Cycle 20
Teach GWN Courses
The Teach GWN journey offers three courses: one that supports you in developing your curriculum and facilitating community studios, another that focuses on enhancing cultural competence, and a third that covers best practices in mentoring, which will help you effectively guide and support participants during studio sessions.
Courses:
- Teach GWN: Facilitating Community StudiosThis course provides training in the techniques and best practices for leading and managing community studio sessions. It focuses on creating engaging and productive environments that support learning and collaboration among participants..
- GWN Toolkit: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
This course equips participants with essential strategies and tools to foster a more inclusive and equitable environment. Through interactive content and practical exercises, learners will develop skills to enhance diversity and promote a sense of belonging within their communities. - GWN Toolkit: Mentoring Best Practices
This course provides participants with effective strategies and techniques for successful mentoring relationships. It covers key practices for guiding, supporting, and empowering mentees to achieve their goals and thrive in their personal and professional development.
Teach GWN Mentoring
Mentees and mentors in the Teach GWN Journey will be paired for at least one cycle. Each pair will meet for a minimum of two hour-long sessions per month. Mentees will either develop curriculum for their community studio with guidance from their mentors or collaborate with their mentors to develop and facilitate a community studio together. This journey is open to mentor/mentee pairs, peer-to-peer pairs, and members who have been mentees or mentors in the past.
Teach GWN Community Experiences
Mentees and mentors in the Teach GWN Journey are required to teach three community studios per cycle, attend one training session and one facilitator meetup session. Additionally, participants are asked to attend one community studios led by their fellow facilitators. The weekday, time, and exact dates for your facilitated studio sessions will be determined based on your schedule before the journey begins.
Please see below for the live virtual meeting dates for Teaching GWN’s 2024 Fall cycle.
Fall cycle:
- Teach GWN Orientation: Tuesday, 10/15/2024, 7 pm ET
- Facilitator Meet-up: Saturday, 12/14, 6 pm ET
- November studio period: 11/12-11/25
- December studio period: 12/9-12/20
- January studio period: 1/13-1/27
Spring cycle:
- Teach GWN Orientation: Tuesday, 2/18/2025, 7 pm ET
- Facilitator Meet-up: Saturday, 4/19, 6 pm ET
- March studio period: 3/10-3/21
- April studio period: 4/14-4/25
- May studio period: 5/12-5/23
Teach 360 Adventure
Teaching GWN is a Journey in the Teach 360 Adventure.
All Journeys within this Adventure focus on leadership to help mentees and mentors develop leadership skills and be inspired to create a better future together. Learn more about the other Adventures offered at Girls Write Now below.
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Find Your Journey
Civil Discourse: Connection & Persuasion (Summer 2025)
Our words can change minds and the world. Discover what you can do with yours… Mentees will learn how to persuade audiences on issues that matter to them. By the end of the journey, they will not only gain confidence in self-expression and analytical thinking but also develop and deliver a final speech that showcases their growth in civil discourse and persuasive communication.
Aloud: Songwriting & Spoken Word (Summer 2025)
Mic check! Enhance the power of your words by speaking or singing them aloud. In this journey, we’ll examine a variety of ways to share creative work using our voices and audio techniques with open mic events, podcasts, and songwriting.
Multimedia Tour (Summer 2025)
Explore all of the topics that Girls Write Now has to offer with mini courses, exploratory studios, and one-on-one pair sessions. Discover new skills and build on existing ones with courses and experiences that touch on a range of topics from horror writing to journalism to publishing and much more! Ideal for mentees who enjoy working across multiple genres or are focused on specific projects, this journey offers the flexibility to tailor your learning experience to your individual needs. With a focus on adaptability, this program allows you to balance exploration with dedicated time for your independent projects, providing a comprehensive yet customizable Journey. Great for mentees who are not committed to one medium or who enjoy working in multiple mediums at once.
