GOAL has designed research-based curricula to meet the developmental needs of girls in sixth through ninth grades. These developmental needs include the emotional, intellectual, and social concerns of girls at this stage of development.

Through participating in various experiential activities, girls gain more confidence with who they are becoming. GOAL explores with the girls how to relate to others in their support network, or how to create support networks, that can assist them in navigating through adolescence. GOAL's curriculum contains six important and distinct modules that are designed for this purpose:

Creating & Maintaining Effective Relationships
Girls experience the world through a frame of connection with others. GOAL's Creating and Maintaining Effective Relationships module helps girls understand the elements that are necessary for a healthy relationship. Through fun and engaging activities, the girls examine the concepts of communication, inclusion, conflict resolution and group dynamics, while continually exploring how their own relationship skills can contribute to the development of meaningful and positive connections with others.

Knowing & Expressing Your Voice
Research has consistently shown that girls tend to "lose their voices" as they approach and experience adolescence. GOAL's Knowing and Expressing Your Voice module encourages girls to identify and acknowledge their thoughts and feelings and to trust that what they think and feel is worthy of attention and consideration. Activities in this module give girls an opportunity to practice assertiveness in expressing their ideas, opinions and feelings by giving them the skills to recognize their voice and communicate it in appropriate ways

Identifying & Developing Your Leadership Skills
During adolescence, girls tend to focus exclusively on their flaws rather than taking time to identify and celebrate the many talents they possess. GOAL believes that in order to have a positive sense of self, girls must feel connected to their strengths and must cultivate competence and confidence in their abilities. GOAL's Identifying & Developing Your Leadership Skills module promotes a broad view of leadership, allowing girls to understand that every choice they make can be a reflection of their potential for leadership and moving away from the view that only the most accomplished individuals are worthy of leadership.

Valuing & Accepting Your Body
In today's world of pervasive media imagery, girls are bombarded with messages that result in the devaluing of their bodies with an emphasis on an unachievable model of beauty rather than health and well-being. GOAL's Valuing and Accepting Your Body module helps girls develop skills that allow them to look critically at the media, value the body they have and sort through the conflicting messages they receive about their bodies in order to make decisions that reflect their values.

Respecting & Appreciating Diversity
Although girls today grow up in an increasingly diverse world, they often remain segregated within their schools and communities. GOAL believes that it is essential that girls learn to respect individual differences, and value the strengths that differences provide a group. GOAL's Respecting and Appreciating Diversity module uses experiential activities to demonstrate the value of diversity and promote the concept of nonjudgmental acceptance.

Setting & Achieving Your Goals
All girls have dreams but they often lack the framework for turning these dreams into reality. GOAL's Setting and Achieving Your Goals module teaches girls how to set goals, overcome obstacles and use their goals to promote growth in their lives. It emphasizes the importance of seeking support in order to achieve goals. GOAL believes that in order for girls to be successful, they need to have the skills to identify their goals, formulate goal statements and measure their progress.