Leadership

There are currently 61 graduate leaders in reform taking their new knowledge and expertise back to their professional positions in the fields of juvenile justice and youth development.  As agents of change, fellows now comprise the Alumni Network and have opportunities to participate in statewide reform efforts by joining Juvenile Justice Policy Oversight Committee workgroups, [...]

"Change is important. We need to grow and we need to adjust; we want to make progress in the state of CT. This opportunity to develop a new level of leadership to continue juvenile justice reform is what will sustain CT as a national model for youth justice." ~Rep. Toni Walker, Co-Chair Juvenile Justice Policy [...]

TYJI seeks to continually improve the Transforming Youth Justice Leadership Development Program each year.  TYJI is reviewing the curriculum on a monthly basis and through this process has identified a need to supply the future cohorts with added resources, for example, the Kouzes and Posner Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® book and tools identified within [...]

GoalsProgram DesignGoals The goals of the Transforming Youth Justice include: To build the capacity of present and future leaders as agents of change, transforming youth justice from a community response paradigm. To advance leadership development skills and knowledge of best practices in reform, organizational and community change, and self-awareness. To be a resource to the [...]