Teen Leadership Breakthrough

Teen Leadership Breakthrough is a two and a half day interactive course that takes place at Camp Chestermere that will empower youth to advance their leadership abilities and allow them to create positive change in their lives. This course is intended for teenagers aged 15-18 who are currently in High School. This course is hands-on and immersive, requiring participants to overcome obstacles and complete activities that focus on various skills such as teamwork, focus, communication, character and self-confidence. We already know that youth have the power to rise up and become leaders and Teen Leadership Breakthrough is about making sure they know it as well. Our goal is to help young people shatter glass ceilings rather than slip into glass slippers. As they learn to take an active role in becoming a leader in their own spheres of influence and move outside their comfort zones, these teens will experience not only educational epiphanies but also personal breakthroughs. Teen Leadership Breakthrough is designed so that when students return to their daily lives, they are more engaged in their own success, more enthusiastic about the world around them, and more empowered to lead.

Teen Leadership Breakthrough Takeaways

Passion and enthusiasm to live a mission and set of values.
Know how to prioritize and keep focused on consistent efforts.
Learning when it is important to listen, when and how to ask questions, and how to articulate ideas powerfully.
How to work as a team, build trusting relationships, add to a group's success, and foster the best in others.
How to unleash personal power by facing fears and moving forward, testing the limits and learning one's true capacity.
Discovering what it is that makes you who you are.
Understanding the characteristics of being a successful leader.
Learning to value having fun with teammates while concentrating efforts on a common goal.
Commitment to oneself and the value of accountability.

‘Never before in my history of 24 years in education, have I witnessed a program that is so life changing for youth. In a world where anxiety is at an all-time high, along with decreased personal power, the participants are provided the experience and tools to become strong. Strong in character, strong in decision making, strong in collaboration, strong in persistence, and strong in the capacity to make a difference. For others, and for themselves. Being involved in Empowered Minds is an incredible gift to our students; building their competence and gaining confidence in themselves is what we want all of them to take into adulthood lives. Their success and satisfaction is fuelled and fostered by this program.’

‘Deanna Werklund and Empowering Minds changes lives. I have had the honour of accompanying my students, which have now exceeded over 600 in number, through their Empowering Minds’ training and graduation. In a short span of two and a half days, Empowering Minds has helped my students find their voice and the confidence to express themselves. They embrace the power of teamwork and being present for one another. Most importantly, they begin to see themselves as leaders, capable of making a difference in their own lives, the lives of their families, school and community. I am so grateful to Deanna Werklund for her leadership and vision and seeing our young adults as leaders of tomorrow. Many of them have gone on to do, just that.’

As a result of the Empowering Minds course, I gained more confidence in myself and that helped me get out of my comfort zone. In the course and ever since I graduated, I have more self-respect. As a result of always being hard on myself, I needed to focus on myself to grow and become a better person for myself and others. Public speaking was never uncomfortable for me, but through this course I gained more confidence in myself and now I speak without feeling nervous in front of large groups, because I trust myself.

STEP™ Youth Discovery Program

Empowering Minds brings you STEP! This is a youth discovery program where students receive their own Youth Report that highlights preferences in the ways they think and behave, which helps youth gain a clearer and deeper self-understanding.

The 3-hour virtual Student/Teacher Emergenetics Program empowers youth to better understand themselves and others in how they think, communicate, and learn.

This proven program with a youth Emergenetics Report, is an exciting way to integrate how students prefer to learn and how teachers can facilitate an educational environment that enhances, deepens, and provides authentic learning experiences for all.

Based on Emergenetics theory and using positive strengths-based language, STEP honours students through seven distinct thinking and behavior attributes. The result is increased tolerance, motivation, engagement, self-awareness, and an ability to collaborate successfully in cognitively diverse teams.

STEP™ Youth Discovery Program Takeaways (for students and teachers)

Collaboration: Build acceptance for diverse thinking and behaving. Enhance communication, creativity, and problem solving.
Application of Knowledge: Understand how thinking and behavioral preferences can help “show what you know.”
Tolerance / Acceptance: Learn in an environment that promotes acceptance of others and a culture of appreciation for all.
Learning: Understand how energy around classroom activities can make learning more productive, fun, and sustainable.
Career / College Plans: Understand how thinking and behavioral attributes bring value to the next phase after high school.
Build Communication Skills

Build Problem Solving Skills

Build Critical Thinking Skills

Build Leadership Skills

Increase Self-Awareness and Self-Confidence

Build Resiliency

‘My Youth Report is weirdly accurate, and it really helps you understand yourself, other people, and honestly how I will be most successful after high school.’

StudentHigh School

‘It has been eye opening for me to see how different my class Profile is from my personal Profile. This has really helped me to be aware of and modify my instruction to meet the needs of my students, not just what works for me as the teacher. We have been able to design thoughtful and productive teams for projects, reflect more deeply on our collaboration and utilize the strengths of others.’

EducatorSocial Studies

‘STEP has completely transformed my relationship with one of my most challenging students.’

Educator Language Arts

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Why our training Works?

Creating individual behavioural change, especially sustainable change, is the most difficult ambition of nearly all training programs. We have a course that implements proven practices for creating true and lasting change in the behaviours, actions and decisions of young people. The process, delivery, and approach of our programs serve as catalysts for changing behaviour.

Self Awareness:

Learning begins when individuals become aware of self-limiting behaviours, strengths, and opportunities for personal growth. During our program, there is time for exercise debriefing, journaling, and quiet reflection. These activities provide the opportunity for participants to “look in the mirror” and assess their performance. Throughout the two days, teens are asked to ponder what they learn and how they can apply it to their family, school and personal lives. By encouraging self-awareness and consistent reflection, they are poised to make necessary changes in their daily lives.

Building Confidence:

Repetition, application, and practice are key when it comes to perfecting performance. At Teen Leadership Breakthrough, each experiential process correlates directly to a specific attribute or behaviour. Rather than just lecturing on a variety of leadership traits, all participants of the program practice these behaviours and learn to implement them. Youth will develop skills such as accountability, communication, enthusiasm, focus, passion, teamwork and trust. It is by first experiencing the behaviour that will lead to overall performance improvement.

Motivation:

There is a significant difference between internal and external motivation. In our experience, external motivation is often short-lived and temporary. Lasting motivation and continued dedication come through internal motivation. The key is to allow teens to discover, uncover, and unleash their own internal motivators. The activities and processes that youth participate in during Teen Leadership Breakthrough enable students to identify what is important to them. Graduates of the program come away inspired, focused and internally driven with a renewed sense of purpose and direction.

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