Leadership Development

You can be light, you can be a catalyst for change – you can be an instrument for liberation in a situation of captivity

— Evan Chinard

HOPE COURSES

Hope Collaborative’s curriculum programming for youth has been heralded as best in class by education experts around the United States. Simple to implement, the course materials take you and your teachers on a step-by-step journey of youth development.

Hope Collaborative is providing school and after-school programs with the technology and expert access they need to implement distributed leadership development and character-building workshops. The 4-year 12-module curriculum covers topics relevant to developing leadership skills that research has found to help young people thrive. Our program aims to help our partners identify such natural strengths in disadvantaged youth and promote them. Research credits success among disadvantaged young people who develop leadership capacities. Young people who face failure and then learn how to rebound are shown to do better than their counterparts who may be ‘better off’ but who do not have the same leadership capacities.

Teacher Orientation

Duration: 12 Weeks

Two-week intro sessions for students + facilitator prep.

Student Orientation

Duration: 12 Weeks

Hope’s entire twelve-module curriculum, with expert support.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Duration: 12 Weeks

Key to successful people's toolboxes is the ability to resolve conflicts. Research shows that most adults struggle with difficult conversations and dealing with conflict. We teach specific tools and frameworks from the start.

Self Awareness

Duration: 12 Weeks

Self-awareness is a life-long journey that best starts in the early child and teen years. Productive awareness of self requires capacities for self-reflection, awareness of emotions, feedback, and a curiosity about how one is impacting the social group and the school setting.

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

Duration: 12 Weeks

Starting the process of building healthy relationship skills at a young age gives kids and teens advantages that can carry them far. Strong relationships with friends, family, teammates, classmates and coworkers are essential to success in any arena.

Team Building

Duration: 12 Weeks

Effective team building has been shown to be a primary driver in creating effective social groups, sports teams, and school collaborations. The elements of team building are highly teachable. From goal setting to role assignment, from understanding the strengths and weaknesses of participants, team building is a valuable asset to develop.

Mindfulness and Focus

Duration: 12 Weeks

Mindfulness and focus are mission-critical capacities for young people to become effective students, leaders, and friends to other students and to their communities. Both are learned skills with the right tools and approaches.

Empathy and Emotional Intelligence

Duration: 12 Weeks

Research suggests young people who learn how to problem solve and overcome obstacles are best suited to face life's challenges and mature into self-realized adults. We teach frameworks for overcoming obstacles, so that young people learn to face life's challenges--and be best prepared for life.

Trust and Values

Duration: 12 Weeks

Trust is an essential part of relationships, teams and school participation.