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Program Overview

The Team Leadership program is specifically designed for young college students who have successfully demonstrated a strong desire to help young teens and their peers improve their personal lives and create positive outcomes of their choices. It is a unique program which offers intensive, practical and experiential leadership and character development training to individuals who have made a commitment to help others turn away from self-destructive, addictive, and non-productive behaviors. The participants in this leadership program are selected due to their desire to share the knowledge, wisdom and skills they have learned in the program with others. They have the passion and drive to improve the quality of life in their schools and community. They are young leaders who want to be able to identify and realize the solutions to problems and challenges facing their friends, classmates, schoolmates and families. The Team Leadership Program develops innovative strategies to create sustainable positive changes in young peoples’ lives. These young leaders have a steadfast commitment to observable and measurable results, so that schools and communities will continue to improve for years to come. The graduates of this breakthrough program will help other young people break the cycle of destructive and self-defeating behaviors by providing them the tools, the skills and the support necessary to help them put their lives in order.

Objectives

• To provide the information, knowledge, skills and training to program participants that will improve their abilities to function as peer leaders in their school community.
• To proactively prepare program participants for the task of helping their peers deal effectively with issues such as: conflict resolution, anger management, effective communication, positive relationships and emotions and their positive expression.
• To deliver to program participants an intensive formational series of workshops designed to create genuine and lasting personal and interpersonal growth through experiential learning.

Take Away Value

Participants leave the program ready to assume their roles as leaders of change and personal development in the lives of their peers. Specifically, they are prepared to:

• Further their personal leadership development through the exchange of knowledge and experiences with professionals and influential peers.
• Implement exemplary tools and approaches to effectively create a safe place for peers to self-disclose authentically and release deeply hidden pain.
• Practice effective listening skills and identify character defects and areas for potential growth in their peers.

Long-Term Goals

• Learn and discover new ways to apply leadership skills and knowledge in formal and informal settings
• Creation of a network of young leaders in our community who will bring new vision and commitment to improving the quality of life and personal growth of its younger citizens.
• Building a cadre of the right group of people with the right characteristics and sufficient focused energy to effect change in the lives of others.