Week Overview
The belief that youth can make a difference is the heart of the National Youth Leadership Training.
Throughout the week, participants learn leadership skills they can use back home to tackle pressing issues in their communities. Both youth and their adult mentors explore and practice these skills with trained facilitators using NYLC's Smart. Youth Solutions to the Achievement Gap™. This innovative training first builds a framework for understanding educational inequity, then empowers youth with strategies to take ownership of this issue. Equipped with tools and adult allies, youth leave inspired to become the solution.
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Days 1 – 2 |
Day 3 |
Days 4 – 5 |
Day 6 |
Days 7 – 8 |
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Immersion. |
Courageous Conversations. |
Morals and Ethics. |
Smart. Youth Solutions to the Achievement Gap Training |
The Service-Learning Action Plan. |
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Youth participants undergo a demanding series of physical, intellectual, and social challenges with their primary group to build trust. |
Discussion activities that confront stereotypes in a way that fosters critical thinking and understanding among youth participants. |
What makes a moral leader? This simulation challenges youth participants to become honest leaders in a context of injustice. |
Youth Participants learn how to create change in partnership with adult allies.
Mentors arrive on-site to build skills and understanding to support youth. |
Student and mentors meet to turn what they’ve learned into a year-long plan of action. |
