DANVERS — Hundreds of middle school students are expected to descend on Essex Tech on Friday for the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth/MIAA Middle School Leadership Conference.
The media is invited to attend and see some of the Commonwealth’s future leaders in action.
WHEN:
Friday, March 22, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Alumni Gymnasium at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
The Alumni Gymnasium is behind Smith Hall (the brick building with white columns) across the street from the school.
562 Maple Street
Danvers, MA 01923
Parking is available for the Alumni Gymnasium in the south lot to the right of the building.
BACKGROUND:
Deb and Trevor Hult from Core Trainings will lead workshops utilizing an active learning approach that is facilitator led and participant driven. A focus on the power of decision making, and the ripple effect it has on you, your daily living, and those within your sphere of influence will be reinforced. Participants will explore the roles, responsibilities and different forms of leadership including relational leadership, formal vs. informal leadership, as well as how to build meaningful and intentional relationships with others. This conference is designed to enhance leadership potential, increase self-worth, promote healthy life choices and build intellectually stronger young people through a value-based focus.
Workshop Features:
- 4 Pillars of becoming a courageous leader
- Positive decision making
- Personal development
- Leadership as a learned skill
- Making healthy decisions that support positive mental health and build self worth
- The importance of social and emotional intelligence
- Inclusion: Empathy and adapting to the needs of others
This is expected to be the largest MPY/MIAA Middle School Leadership Conference. Last year’s first conference “Learning to Lead,” was held March 24, 2023 with 177 middle school students at Essex Tech. The conferences are designed to increase the leadership potential and self-worth of participants, and to promote healthy life choices and build intellectually stronger people through a value-based focus.
About the Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides training, fosters collaboration, and develops programming to increase the health and safety of students. MPY is committed to bringing cutting-edge information and high-quality trainings to constituents and endeavors to provide solution-oriented, community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing and ideally eliminating risky behaviors for youth. MPY Programming reaches nearly 6,000 educators per year in Massachusetts, spread across approximately 300 districts, with more than 150 webinars and over a dozen conferences.
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth is governed by a Board of Directors made up of school superintendents, police and fire chiefs, and other community leaders who work closely with MPY staff to deliver this mission. To learn more, visit: https://massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com/.
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