This is the presentation deck used for our Girls' Hub final presentation in Tony's PPS271S class: Social Entrepreneurship in Action.

1. Girls’ Hub
At Northern High School
Fall 2014

2. Table of Contents
§ Mission Statement
§ Opportunity
§ Program Components
§ Testimony
§ Northern Testimony
§ Community Testimony
§ Timeline
§ Plans to Scale

3. Mission Statement
The mission of Girls’ Hub is to build a
community of female high school students,
teachers, and Duke students as a
mechanism of increasing agency and self-efficacy
in ninth grade females.

4. Opportunity Definition
§ Research points to “freshman
year [as] essential in deciding
whether a student drops out
or stays in school”1
§ Research shows overwhelming
evidence for a gap in
confidence and self efficacy
between teenage girls and
boys2
Problems
Facing
9th
Graders
Problems
Facing
Teenage
Girls
OPPORTUNITY

5. Why Northern High School?
§ Northern houses a unique, all-male
program called Young Men of Progress
(YMOP)
§ Each year, the cohort of young men take
a course and engage in co-curricular
programing together
§ Principal Matthew Hunt has expressed
desire and need for a similar program for
female students
§ Girls’ Hub at Northern will function as a
complement to YMOP, as a co-curricular
program linked to the Freshman Seminar
Course

6. What is Girls’ Hub?
1. Kick-off event
2. 1 academic year of (bi)weekly sessions with Duke
students, Northern ninth grade female students, and
Northern teachers
à Integrates community and skill building activities
with topics exploring relevant gender issues
3. TEDxYouth event organized by and for Northern Students
and the community to culminate the semester

7. Session Structure
Munch and Mingle
TED Talk
TED Skill-Based Activity
Topic Introduction
Content-Based Community
Building Activity
Closing Reflection

8. Sample Girls’ Hub
Session Topics
Women in the Media
Sharing Your Story
Women in the Workforce
Healthy Relationships
Women as Leaders
College Preparation
Status of Women Globally

9. TEDxYouth
About TED: TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to
ideas worth spreading3
About TEDx: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a
program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to
share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live
speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small
group.
About TEDxYouth: TEDxYouthDay is a series of events all around the
world that coincide with TEDYouth in November. These events are
designed to empower and inspire young people.

10. TEDxYouth@Northern
• In the spirit of building a vibrant community, the Girls’ Hub
year programming will culminate in TEDxYouth@Northern
• Designed to promote confidence through public speaking
• Girls’ Hub teachers, Duke women, and Northern women will
have the opportunity to present a TED Talk on topics linked
to those from the weekly sessions

11. Northern Testimony
Principal Matthew Hunt has been extremely vocal in expressing his
enthusiasm and commitment to Girls’ Hub
• “[The girls at Northern] could benefit from a positive support
system or someone who’s out there that cares for them.”
• “Your project sounds great!”
• “To get this off the ground would be really exciting.”
• “This would be something our kids would really buy into, and our
teachers also.”
• Additionally, he has identified teachers who he feels would “really
embrace an all-female class.”

12. Community Testimonies
“I really like the idea of [doing this
program at] Northern High
School” - Dan Kimberg,
StudentU
“Your project sounds interesting and
like one for which public schools
may have a need.” - Heidi Carter,
Chair of DPS Board of Education
“This is great. I love your
enthusiasm and passion.”- Sam
Miglarase, Duke and Durham
Regional Affairs Office

13. Additional Testimony
"You've built in sustainability and
anchoring in a school which is good” –
David Malone, Head of the Department of
Education at Duke University
“Self-advocacy is definitely lacking in
high schoolers in general, but definitely
in that group (ninth grade girls)” –
Holly Guss, StudentU College Counselor
and former Northern High School Guidance
Counselor
“There is a definite need for
this” – Zakiyyah Omar,
Northern High School
Guidance Counselor

14. Girls’ Hub Sponsors
The Baldwin Scholar’s
Program has committed to
hosting Girls’ Hub and
contributing a base
sponsorship of $1000 in
annual funding.

15. Timeline
December
2014
• Continue shadowing classes at Northern
• Get parental consent for focus groups
• Send out survey to Northern teachers
Spring 2015
• Conduct focus groups with YMOP and ninth-grade girls
• Meet with Northern teachers to start developing
curriculum
Fall 2015-
Spring 2016
• Kick-off event and official launch
• Continue developing and adapting curriculum in
conjunction with Duke Department of Education and
Northern High School faculty

16. Growth Potential
§ Expand program at Northern to include
girls of other grade levels in the Girls’
Hub sessions, while maintaining the
focus on ninth graders

17. References
1. Willens, Michele. "Ninth Grade: The
Most Important Year in High School."
The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company,
01 Nov. 2013. Web. 04 Nov. 2014.
2. How Schools Shortchange Girls. Rep.
American Association of University
Women Educational Foundation, 2013.
Web. 9 Sept. 2014.
3. "TED: Ideas worth Spreading." TED:
Ideas worth Spreading. N.p., n.d. Web.
02 Nov. 2014.

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