Offering indispensable advice to anyone seeking to integrate empowerment into their youth work, this guide demonstrates how youth leaders, teachers, peer program advisors, adults who work with teens and adolescents, and any professional organization with a youth focus can foster leadership qualities in youth. Motivating examples are combined with activities, and reproducible self-assessment checklists to aid individuals and groups in evaluating their strengths and weaknesses in their efforts to empower youth. The tips included can be used in one-on-one situations, in groups, and in structured programs, and have been tested in varied circumstances, including youth programs, communities, classrooms, and faith-based organizations. The introduction outlines the Developmental Assets® framework, and the four empowerment assets are discussed in detail. The importance of being valued by community, treating youth as a valued resource, service to others, and ensuring safety are examined, and ideas for cultivating an environment conducive to empowerment are also discussed.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP: 7 KEYS TO EMPOWER YOUTH LEADERS - an authentic go-to guide on how to create youth leadership programs that empower young people to impact positive change in the world. Discover effective techniques and team activities that generate active and enthusiastic participation among young people. Read inspiring stories and testimonies by community leaders on the real-life benefits of youth leadership in the 21st century. Discover what it takes to turn ordinary young people into extraordinary youth leaders, who can then teach leadership skills to others. Explore the unique EMPOWER concept every school, youth group and organization needs to design and employ effective youth leadership programs that are not just good, but exceptional! Youth Leadership: 7 Keys to Empower Leaders is the perfect resource for: - Trainers, Coordinators and Teachers- Schools and Youth Organizations- Counselors, Advisors and ParentsINSPIRING, AUTHENTIC and RELEVANT!

A major problem in the local church today is lack of leadership. Simply put, we have more needs than we have leaders to meet those needs. So, how do we train better leaders faster? The truth is, very few churches really have a well-thought-out leadership development plan. Growth requires continually adding healthy new leaders, who carry the church culture forward and embody its core values. Everyone knows it, but how do we achieve it? In Empowering Leadership author and leadership consultant Michael Fletcher says leaders like this can't simply be bought, nor can they be hired from someone else's leadership assembly line. Developing leaders at every level, to create an environment that attracts potential leaders, and to build better leaders faster, an organization needs more than a pipeline. It needs a culture that develops leaders organically. Finding the right kind of leaders to guide your church on a path of continual growth comes out of keeping the right focus, and that focus is not just on the leaders. In fact, as Fletcher says, It isn't about the leader. It never was about the leader. It will never be about the leader. It will always and only be about Jesus and his people. It's about the people. True leadership development includes the often messy, but necessary, interaction of life upon life. So hiring pastors and key staff roles from within the church is the very best policy—people who "breathe" the culture of the church and who have helped create the culture you want to maintain. If your church or organization needs a good leadership development structure, then you're holding the right book. Empowering Leadership details Michael's greatest insights on how to build better leaders faster by creating a leadership development culture in your church or organization—naturally, organically, continually. Empower your church or organization through great leadership. This book will show you how!

The ethos, culture, and climate of a school lie at the very heart of its success and have a dramatic impact on the future of its students. This exciting new book shows how through values-based, inclusive, and aspirational leadership, teachers and school leaders can support students in becoming well rounded, globally minded change-makers of the future. Based on the principle that every young person can be a leader, it offers step-by step guidance to support the development of leadership skills and shows how leadership opportunities can be made accessible to all learners. Arguing that leadership needs to be actively and inclusively taught, the book explores how young leadership models, reward systems, risk-taking, well-being strategies, and growth-mindset implementation can transform student motivation levels by creating aspiration, fulfilling dreams, and building character. Packed with practical suggestions and resources, the chapters cover: diversity and leadership establishing a strong student leadership team how to meaningfully mark significant global days making the most of tutor time student well-being fear of failure and how to overcome this building links with the local and wider community. Written by a Director of Ethos at an outstanding Trust, this is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders wanting their students to become empathetic, ambitious, values-driven, and happy young people.

"The ethos, culture and climate of a school lie at the very heart of its success and has a dramatic impact on the future of its students. This exciting new book shows how through values-based, inclusive, and aspirational leadership, teachers and school leaders can support students in becoming well rounded, globally minded change-makers of the future. Based on the principle that every young person can be a leader, it offers step-by step guidance to support the development of leadership skills and shows how leadership opportunities can be made accessible to all learners. Arguing that leadership needs to be actively and inclusively taught, the book explores how young leadership models, reward systems, risk-taking, well-being strategies and growth-mindset implementation can transform student motivation levels by creating aspiration, fulfilling dreams, and building character. Packed with practical suggestions and resources, the chapters cover: diversity and leadership establishing a strong student leadership team how to meaningfully mark significant global days making the most of tutor time student well being fear of failure and how to overcome this building links with the local and wider community. Written by a Director of Ethos at an outstanding Trust, this is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders wanting their students to become empathetic, ambitious, values-driven and happy young people"--

Packed with practical advice and helpful strategies, When Kids Lead is a vital addition to the shelves of K-12 educators, who will find not just a roadmap for training students as leaders but concrete examples of how to facilitate growth and development in today's school environment.

Empowering the Next Generation: A "How To" Guide to Starting a Youth Leadership Program was written to assist individuals, agencies, organizations, schools, churches, and cities in starting a youth leadership program. It is a comprehensive guide that is easy to read; it will help lead you in the right direction toward starting a successful program. It includes several helpful resources such as a sample youth leadership program curriculum, contact information from every state on issues related to drug and alcohol prevention, a complete State Municipal League Guide, and 101 website resources for youth and community-related grants. As a bonus, Mayor Carl Camon has included instructions for City Life Scenarios, which he wrote and has used in his successful youth program in Ray City, Georgia. The scenarios will give the youth an opportunity to experience what it is like to literally assume the role of various city officials for a day. Empowering the Next Generation also includes an enlightening and thought-provoking narrative entitled Empowering Our Youth on the state of education in America. Every community, city, state, and national youth organization should make this book a part of their resource library.