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Powered Girl Academy

Go deeper. Build a portfolio. Choose a pathway.

The Academy is the advanced cohort experience for girls ready to develop a technical specialisation and complete an ambitious final project.

Girls building a project together during a Powered Girl learning session
Powered Girl Summit 2024

Academy progression

Skill becomes visible evidence.

The Academy is structured around increasingly independent work and a portfolio that shows how each girl thinks, builds and improves.

01

Check readiness

Identify strengths and learning priorities

02

Choose a pathway

Develop focused technical capability

03

Build a capstone

Apply skills to an ambitious project

04

Present the evidence

Demonstrate, reflect and plan what comes next

01

Specialisations

Tracks will open based on facilitator and equipment availability.

  • Virtual robotics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Coding and app development
  • Electronics and physical computing
  • 3D design and digital fabrication
  • Technology entrepreneurship
02

The Academy experience

Focused technical instruction is combined with mentor sessions, portfolio development, industry exposure and a public final project presentation.

03

Learning rhythm

Each learning cycle moves from a skills check into focused instruction, guided practice, an independent build and a mentor checkpoint. Girls leave every cycle with evidence of what they can now do.

04

Portfolio evidence

The final portfolio is designed to make learning visible.

  • A clear problem brief
  • Research and design notes
  • A working prototype
  • Testing evidence
  • A project demonstration
  • A personal learning reflection
05

Support around the learner

Facilitators guide technical progress, mentors connect skills to real pathways and families receive clear expectations about time, attendance and final presentations.

06

Entry and certification

Final entry requirements, cohort duration, assessment and certification details will be published when the next cohort is approved.