Community Curriculum
Deepen the impact of your organization on young lives with our Community Curriculum, designed to improve the skills and approach of businesses and organizations serving tweens, teens, and emerging adults. This curriculum offers a range of courses and professional development workshops that equip your team with the skills and knowledge to effectively mentor and guide young adults.
Transformative Group Learning & Development for Youth Serving Organizations
As an organization trying to make a difference in the lives of youth, professional development and educational programs are essential for improving the effectiveness of your team. The Youth Coaching Institute is a global leader in providing training to youth coaches and other youth-serving professionals.
Our Community Curriculum is a powerful tool for organizations committed to the positive development of young individuals, such as schools, higher education institutions, juvenile detention centers, churches, and community-serving organizations. We can provide your team with specialized training and workshop opportunities, equipping with them the opportunity to learn practical coaching skills that they can readily apply to their daily work.
Explore Our Coaching Program Curriculum Packages
By empowering the adults who guide and support today’s youth, we aim to amplify the positive impact of the adolescents under your care, creating a ripple effect of growth, understanding, and empowerment within your community. Each course and workshop is crafted to provide your team with the insights and techniques needed to foster resilience, encourage academic success, and support healthy transitions into adulthood.
Resilience Coaching Program Curriculum
Academic Edition
Curriculum Packages
This package offers professionals tools to reinforce educators to reinforce adolescents’ academic resilience and learning strategies, aligning with their educational objectives and skills for academic success. It features 11 PowerPoints with speaker’s notes for group sessions, participant and coach’s guides for 11 weeks of 1:1 sessions, alongside coaching activities and a structured program agenda.
General Edition
Curriculum Packages
This package offers professionals tools to support professionals to train adolescents in utilizing personal strengths and resources for goal achievement, life direction, resilience, and successful goal striving. The package includes 10 PowerPoints with speaker’s notes for weekly group coaching, a group participant guide, a coach’s guide for 10 weeks of 1:1 coaching sessions, coaching activities, and the program agenda.
Desistance & Positive Reform Edition
Curriculum Packages
This package offers professionals tools for coaching young individuals with a history of delinquency, focusing on evidence-based strategies for positive behavioral change and resilience. The set includes 12 PowerPoints with speaker’s notes for group coaching, detailed guides for 12 weeks of personalized coaching sessions, and activities structured around Dr. Leah Mazzola’s desistance research.
Additional Workshops
Professional Development Workshops
Live or Virtual Training
Enhance the expertise of staff in youth-focused organizations with our Professional Development Workshops, ranging from 1 to 3 hours, tailored for virtual or in-person delivery. These workshops offer evidence-based knowledge, practical tools, and strategies, along with skills practice and debriefing sessions on key topics like adolescent development, motivation, academic resilience, basic coaching skills, desistance coaching, and career discovery for emerging adults.
Have Questions? Schedule a Q&A With Us.
Whether you have some coaching experience under your belt, want to better serve youth in your profession, or are exploring a profitable and fulfilling career choice, we’re here to guide you on the best path forward. Fill out our contact form or schedule a live 20-minute Q&A to learn more.
What to Expect for Community Courses
Our coaching program curriculum packages are designed to foster resilience and thriving for youth and emerging adults in life, school, and work. Each is designed for delivery as a combination of group and 1:1 coaching. Group workshops include micro-learnings in behavioral science relevant to enhancing mental and emotional health, social and emotional learning, well-being, life, academic, and/or job skills. Coaches support participants through applying weekly concepts directly to their lives during follow-up 1:1 coaching sessions. Programs are designed to be delivered over 10-12 weeks and may be implemented into schools, higher education institutions, juvenile detention centers, churches, community serving organizations, and/or any other setting where you serve.
Why Choose the Youth Coaching Institute?
Evidence-Based Approach
Our curriculum is grounded in proven behavioral health principles, focusing on adolescent interventions that enhance self-perceptions, engagement, and positive behaviors while reducing challenges.
Community of Social Change Agents
At YCI, we’re a community of social change agents, transformed from our adolescent struggles into thriving adults, now dedicated to guiding the next generation through their journey.
Flexible and Virtual Learning Environment
Our flexible training model accommodates even the busiest lifestyles and is designed for professionals across the globe, ensuring a seamless learning experience. We offer both live and self-paced courses.
International Coaching Federation Accreditation
Stand out in the field of youth coaching with our internationally recognized certifications. The ICF is one of the highest-regarded coaching certification organizations, known for its stringent education and rigorous credentialing.
Reach Out to Us to Learn More
Have questions or want to speak with a member of our team? Schedule a meeting or reach out to us directly, and we’ll be happy to assist you on your coaching journey.
Youth Coaching Expert Insights
Discover a library of free expert resources exploring the youth coaching landscape, the experiences of adolescents today, and opportunities to strengthen your approach.
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Regulating Emotions 101: Why It’s Important and How to Do It
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Elevate Your Impact and Start Coaching Today
Make a positive and measurable impact with the Youth Coaching Institute. Develop your coaching skillset and begin the journey to becoming a certified youth life coach today.
