Teenagers who have
experienced it will tell you it’s awesome, a life-changing
and mind-opening odyssey, the absolute highlight
of their junior year.
Tomorrow's Leaders Today (TLT)
is a community education and leadership skill training program for students entering their junior year in the
Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Windsor, Cloverdale and Petaluma school districts in Sonoma County, California. Originally a program
of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, Tomorrow's
Leaders Today is patterned after their Leadership
Santa Rosa program.
Each month, successful applicants
spend a day with community leaders and experts
visiting sites where they practice leadership
skills, problem solving techniques, and teamwork.
The program year kicks off with an orientation
for the parents, and an overnight retreat where
participants are introduced to each other, and
to the community.
Throughout the academic year, students
take part in 8 TLT program days exploring current
issues, challenges, and opportunities in: 1) natural
resources and agriculture, 2) government, 3) health/education,
4) human services , 5) planning and development,
6) criminal justice, 7) business and tourism,
and 8) media and communication skills. The program
year closes with a graduation celebration of the
TLT experience for the students and their parents.
TLT's goal is to bring young leaders
into active community roles that will continue
throughout their adult lives, and it is sanctioned
by the Santa Rosa, Windsor, Healdsburg, Cloverdale and Petaluma school districts, and accredited
by Santa Rosa Junior College.
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