services & programs
Teaching through the Youth Positive Method
Create a positive culture of learning while encouraging students to become the best, unique version of themselves. Specific positive education strategies strengthen instructional methods across the curriculum to cultivate in students a mindset of possibility and success. Through the application of critical and reflective thinking, deep engagement, and skillful communication strategies, both teachers and their students regain the joy of learning and sharing in the educational experience.
How can we do that? Whatever your educational role, (teacher, counselor, coach, administrator, or parent) you are each challenged and encouraged to find new and better practices to engage your students to higher levels of achievement. We know the demands are real and that test scores still take up an inordinate about of your brain space and teaching time. We know the demands of parenting in the 21st Century. This is not your mother’s child rearing!
Our trainings and workshops help you discover your own Unique Genius as an adult. Our aim is to resource you in your current situation – in your classroom, as a parent, or both – and your efforts toward positive student growth.
We help you discover ways to increase clarity and deep personal insight you need to cultivate more self-awareness, and then be able to more effectively self-manage and make responsible and beneficial decisions. As you gain a deeper sense of managing the reins of your classroom or parenting, you step into a place of compassionate leadership and are better able to support and positively influence the young people in your care.
Our Online Learning opportunities share the same great content found in our YOUTH Positive books, delivered through videos. Each Phase of the Online Learning includes:
An introductory video to each Chapter (covers three lessons for each chapter - (Chapter Y, Chapter ), Chapter U, Chapter T, and Chapter H)
Three video lesson plus a summary video - Molly highlights the important points of each topic in the lessons
A pdf Notetaker with any research, the content, and the Personal Experiment for each topic
A Guided Breathing Practice video
Teacher Training & Professional Development
On-Site Training – Adopting positive education strategies and methodologies into the academic environment will require instructional shifts. Our on-site series is designed to prepare educators to support positive education in the academic content areas.
Train-the-Trainer - Our train-the-trainer model provides school and district leaders with the information, strategies, and resources to facilitate Youth Positive training at their own sites.
Coaching | In-person or virtual – Coaching sessions support teachers in applying new learning concepts by providing support and feedback right in the classroom. We provide support for educators as they plan lessons and implement and embed new positive education strategies into the curriculum, which ultimately supports student achievement.
Understanding and Incorporating Youth Positive for Administrators
Develop successful thinking, learning, and communication skills throughout your school community. Gain a comprehensive overview of positive education and how to provide the support structures for sustained solutions in strengthening student character development, student achievement and family-school partnerships. 1 day onsite
Parent Workshops
Cultivating the academic and emotional competencies of all members of a school community is important for encouraging and creating student growth and achievement. Families are the students’ first teachers and primary support system. When this relationship is strengthen during the childhood years, the result is often a more harmonious relationship as children grow to adolescents.
Parent Workshops help parents become more familiar with the strengths as well as the needs of their teen. YOUTH Positive offers wisdom and tips on teenage development and the nature of learning, through the lens of Positive Education. We encourage parents to actively engage in their own growth while supporting their teens’ to practice positive habits and life-long learning strategies.