You know your community’s challenges better than anyone else.
The free Parent Leadership Training Institute gives you the skills you need to
successfully create change.
PLTI is open to anyone who cares about the well-being of children. Over the course of 20 weeks, you'll learn to become an effective advocate for children and a change agent for your community. You'll also complete a community project of your design to put your new skills into action!
Examples of community projects completed by the 2023 Danbury PLTI Class include:
The Children’s Leadership Training Institute is offered to the children of PLTI participants and teaches the same civic skills in an age-appropriate way. The 2023 CLTI Group Project focused on using their voices and advocating on an issue, raising their concerns and suggestions with Danbury Public schools about the school lunch program. We are proud of our 16 parent leaders who graduated from PLTI and the children who participated in CLTI this year! PLTI teaches you how to identify problems affecting children - in schools, communities, and in local and state governments - and work toward solutions. PLTI allows you to explore your own passions, strengths, and ideas while developing your leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills. By learning about government and the media, you'll understand how to engage with the political system to get your voice heard! |
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PLTI in Danbury is made possible through a grant from the State of Connecticut’s Parent Trust Fund,
and is also generously supported by the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, Bedoukian Research, Danbury Public Schools 21st Century Program, The Fairfield County Community Foundation, Connecticut Humanities, and private donations. We are so grateful for their ongoing support of parent leadership in Danbury.
To learn more about PLTI, please visit ctcwcs.com/parent-leadership-training-institute/