Teen Truth’s Student Leadership Summit

What Is A Student Leadership Summit?

Student leadership summits are ideal for 50 – 150 student leaders. They are created by and for students to enhance their skills in both an academic setting and guidance for future careers. TEEN TRUTH’s summits are typically held at schools, conference centers, or hotels where students engage in training sessions that will help cultivate said skills and promote a positive impact in school communities. They provide an opportunity for appreciation of students’ citizenship and knowledge to promote growth in leadership.

Building School Culture Through Student Leadership

By hosting teen leadership summits, schools can enhance school culture by allowing students to have a voice and direct input to their very own educational experience. These summits allow for diversity, opinions, suggestions, and identification of solutions to issues that all help shape a school campus environment. Students have the opportunity to lead by example which ultimately rubs off on other students, therefore a positive culture for both schools and communities is created.

Why Choose TEEN TRUTHS Student Leadership Summit?

TEEN TRUTH has worked with over 7,000 schools throughout the country and our leadership experts have produced hundreds of summits in middle and high schools that have helped to create a positive culture where students feel welcome and their ideas promoting leadership, confidence, and diversity are all positive contributions to schools and communities. During TEEN TRUTHS leadership summit, students will feel encouraged to express their creativity, while learning skills that will help improve confidence, teamwork, and problem solving. TEEN TRUTH helps empower voices and build positive school culture.

Why Are Student Leadership Summits Important?

The focus of teen leadership summits is to focus on finding ways to help students grow and utilize skills they can not only put to use now, but in the future as they navigate career fields. In doing so, these summits provide an opportunity to gain knowledge and enhance life-long skills such as learning to both lead and follow peers, communicate effectively, show respect of opinions, decision making and decisiveness, support of teamwork, and collaboration, all which create positive impacts within schools, communities, and careers. These activities build self confidence, improve mental health, and reward students by demonstrating that leadership is an important trait. When paired with career focused education, student summits also allow students to meet with professionals in a given field and gain experience in such fields.

What Makes a Great Student Leader in 2024?

Every student is naturally equipped with their own set of skills that will help them navigate life. TEEN TRUTH’s student leadership summits provide an opportunity to enhance those skills and encourage the growth of new skills to propel their way through life while handling both positive and negative circumstances with a strong foundation. Below are a list of traits that make a great student leader.

Proactive: Take initiative
Attentive: Be a friend to others and encourage growth
Sociable: Open communication to all regarding all subjects of life
Diligent: Set goals and be a hard worker
Intelligent: Good leaders are dedicated learners
Creative: There is no wrong place or time for ideas
Authoritative: Take charge and be a safe zone for others to pass or receive information
Inspire: Create an environment that is warm and welcoming to ideas and opinions
Confident: Be grounded in leadership skills that sets a tone for a productive environment
Supportive: Be available and encouraging for all those who follow
Technically competent: Be aware of modern technology and encourage use of it. Guide the way for others
Humble: Showcase leadership skills, while being open to learning and never taking credit for others suggestions or advancements

Attending Student Leadership Summits

Many student organizations and school districts plan student leadership summits for middle school and high school students. Leadership summits are effective for many student groups, from general leadership to students pursuing various careers and vocational programs. TEEN TRUTH has had the privilege of hosting student leadership summits for hundreds of schools and districts across the country.

Are you looking for a way for students to attend a leadership summit? Teachers and school administrators that want to strengthen their school’s community can contact TEEN TRUTH to discuss creating an event and having our leadership experts run their leadership development program.

Building Self-Confidence in Students

Being acknowledged for good leadership is quite empowering. To know that other students respect your thoughts, ideas and creativity, helps boost confidence and gives encouragement to continue with a creative mindset. When an adult, teacher or administrator trusts these leadership skills and decision making, it goes a long way in a student’s development. Rewarding students for doing the right thing or helping to encourage a less vocal student paves the way to create life-long leadership skills that can only promote self confidence.|

How Can I Book A Student Leadership Summit with TEEN TRUTH?

To host a student summit at your school, TEEN TRUTH can be reached in a variety of ways. By phone you can contact us at 818-237-5082. Our office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 am-6:00 pm (CST). You can also email us at info@teentruth.net. You are also able to submit an online inquiry by filling in your information on our contact page.