Broward County Youth Embrace the Positive
Client: United Way of Broward County
Client type: Non-profit foundation
Location: Broward County, Florida
Focus Audience: Middle and high school youth
Focus Issue: Positive leadership
Spirit
Leaders at the Broward County Public Schools have a big vision for growing positive attitudes, behaviors, and leadership skills among their youth. TMI was lucky enough to partner with them for our largest youth training event ever.
Science
The Montana Institute’s Youth Training Team had the incredible job of traveling to sunny Florida to work with a group of more than 500 middle and high school students. Teachers and school district staff helped make sure the day ran smoothly as we welcomed kids from across Broward County, home to the sixth-largest school district in the nation. It was high-energy, positive, and outrageously fun.
Action
But it wasn’t just fun and games: our trainers helped the kids learn the key Science of the Positive leadership skills and to understand the powerful influence that misperceptions of norms have in their decision-making when it comes to substance use, bullying, and more.
Return
This event had been planned, canceled, and reinvented several times due to the interruptions of COVID, but when it finally happened it was bigger and better than we ever imagined. We can’t wait to go back!