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Building the Leaders of Tomorrow

At Leadership Fort Worth, we believe everyone has a leader inside. Our youth program, LeaderKids, encourages middle-school students to develop leadership skills such as taking initiative, setting achievable goals, and becoming strong communicators.

Fort Worth Independent school district

What started in 1995 with a simple invitation by then Mayor Kay Granger to become involved with the “Our City, Our Children” initiative to make Fort Worth a “more child-friendly city” has become one of our most impactful programs.

LeaderKids is an operating program of Leadership Fort Worth in partnership with the Fort Worth Independent School District and TCU Leadership & Student Involvement. Participants are select eighth-grade students representing middle schools in the school district, chosen with the assistance of the Intervention Specialists in the schools. The LeaderKids program offers well-rounded opportunities and experiences for participants in an effort to create future leaders.

Learn what LeaderKids is centered around

Five Leadership Practices – Model The Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Enable Others To Act, Challenge The Process, Encourage The Heart, to help cultivate leadership qualities in participants.

Higher education and career readiness through group visits to our community’s civic, corporate, charitable, and educational centers.

Local jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities available to them.

Project planning and community engagement through the implementation of a Community Service Learning Project.

Group discussions and presentations encouraging self-confidence and the ability to communicate in groups.

Interaction with student and adult mentors year-round allowing them meaningful feedback from individuals who are leaders in their respective fields.

Exposure to diverse institutions in the city of Fort Worth allowing them to visualize personal achievement as adults.

  • 5 practices
  • education
  • local jobs
  • group discussions
  • Interaction
  • Exposure

LeaderKids Sponsors

Fort Worth Independent school district

For more information, please contact:
Jennifer Trevino, Executive Director
[email protected]

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