Youth Leadership Training
IB Regional Workshops
Youth leadership was highlighted as an important part of IB’s student-centered philosophy in the IB Asia-Pacific Regional Workshops. It also showcased how embedding systems thinking and empowering youth leadership across subject areas and grade levels create a flourishing future through education. As part of this pilot program, the youth leader participants presented inspirational keynote speeches, student-led breakout sessions, and most of them co-facilitated 3-day IB workshops with IB workshop leaders. Students were able to gain a deeper understanding of various IB programs and crucial concepts in education, as well as gain leadership and teaching experience, as many of them led discussions and activities and actively engaged in discussions, providing valuable student perspectives for the purpose of educator development.
Special Thanks to our Youth Leaders
We would like to thank the following students for their hard work, dedication and development throughout this process:
Amy Schroder (G12), Jai Soni (G12), Jimin Shin (G12), Ruby Song (G11), Sapal Chapagain (G11), Gia Karamchandani (G10), Hrithi Bhattacharya (G10), Riddhi Tandon (G10)
They served as respected youth leaders of our school and demonstrated professional competencies working with teachers, developing their communication, public speaking, collaborative, and creativity skills. Below are some of their shared insights and lessons gained during their involvement in this program
Insights & Lessons Learned
“Definitely, Definitely, Definitely incorporate youth leaders in such workshops. Although the teachers might not think that it will help us, but the information we got from this workshop was so useful. Although the information was not meant for me or my age group but it was really interesting how I can use this information and incorporate into activities I am involved in or use them in the clubs I lead.” – Jai, Class of 2019
“Teachers go through similar struggles as students. Being aware of your well being is important for our education.”
-Amy, Class of 2019
“I learned a lot about teachers, and how hard their lives can also be, how teachers organize their programs and how different schools vary in their programs.” -Sapal, Class of 2020
“It was a great opportunity to think in global perspectives and bring international mindedness to our world. It has given me different perspectives, listening to what teachers think. I gained engagement and appreciation towards my education and IB ESS…now I think more positive about my life and the world. I believe I can make a change in the world!” -Jimin, Class of 2019
“It was an amazing workshop, where our voices were heard, where all participants were able to express and describe towards certain notions…We had a conversation and discussion based workshop. In this way, personally, I feel like it really broadened my perspective. After this workshop, my passion for Education grew and it developed a lot, by interacting with international teachers from different schools, countries, and even programs (IB DP, IB PYP, IB MYP).” -Ruby, Class of 2020