PEERS NOT FEARS, LLC
Developing Teen Leadership
Transforming ALL Students into Future Leaders
ONGOING & PAST PROJECTS
When I work with my clients I truly listen to the needs of the community. What they need is always at the forefront of my design strategy! I see myself as a facilitator and a guide as we all have our own journeys to take along the leadership path. I love a challenge to find new ways to work with different groups of students, educators, and well - humans in general!
Creating Opportunity for Community Growth Through Leadership
Peers Not Fears (PNF) collaborates with Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies to develop student leadership skills, build community, and address challenges through tailored programs and a phased approach, fostering confidence and connections within the school community.
Positive Outcomes of Leadership Training for Immigrant & Refugee Youth
Peers not Fears (PNF) collaborates with the Amiko Youth Program to develop leadership skills in immigrant and refugee youth, fostering self-confidence, teamwork, and positive behavior through tailored mentoring and community-building activities.
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Helping Students Create a Student-Led Community Program
Peers Not Fears (PNF) collaborates with The Founders Academy (TFA) to empower students in developing a student-led community program, focusing on building leadership skills, fostering peer mentoring, and enhancing communication and problem-solving abilities through a phased approach and hands-on guidance.
Nurturing Personal and Leadership Growth
Peers Not Fears (PNF) partners with the Miss Maine Scholarship Program to cultivate leadership and community among contestants, enhancing their confidence, communication skills, and overall personal growth through a virtual leadership cohort model.
Building Community and Connection Through Leadership Training
Peers Not Fears (PNF) partners with Surry Village Upper School (SVS) to provide foundational leadership training for 5th to 8th graders, fostering teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills to build a stronger, more connected school community.
Collaboration and Community Developed with Implementation of Advanced Leadership Training
Peers Not Fears (PNF) collaborates with Surry Village Upper School (SVS) to enhance student leadership skills through advanced leadership training, fostering a culture of mentorship, collaboration, and community engagement.
Practicing Leadership to Build Skills
Our goal has been to work with sophomore high school students to engage in activities that will help them build leadership skills to develop into strong leaders as they begin college applications. Peers not Fears collaborated with College Quest Advising to create this five-session summer program.
BROWNE CENTER Ex-SEL
Social and Emotional with Elementary Students
Our goal has been to work with students between the ages of 5 - 11 to engage in activities that support the CASEL SEL framework. A group of 10 experts teamed up to create a program that can be used in summer programming for all elementary school students.
NH Nonprofit Conference & Expo
Understanding Burnout and Impacts on Your Leadership
Small-group breakout discussions and full-group engagement exploring burnout and the impact it has on your leadership. Working in non-profits can feel like a 24-7 job. Tackling burnout begins with boundaries. Reevaluating boundaries is only sometimes a top priority, and it's key to thriving in your life every day.
Building Empathy and Courage
Our goal has been to work with both middle and high school students to engage in activities that empower them and provide them with some foundational skills to develop into strong leaders.
Confidence and Teamwork Leadership
Our goal has been to work with both male and female students between the ages of 13-21 to engage in activities that empower them and provide them with some foundational skills to develop into strong leaders.
Confidence and Connection work
Our goal has been to work with female middle school students focusing on self-care incorporating their minds, bodies, and spirit. The sessions Peers not Fears facilitated were centered around how we have more in common than we think.
TILTON YOUNG WOMEN'S+ PROGRAM
Connecting Your Goals and Values
Setting Goals are important to moving forward as an individual, but also as a leader. In this conference we presented twice on the values of goals.
KINGSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
Confidence and Communication Leadership
Our goal has been to work with high school students in the National Honor Society (NHS) to engage in activities that empower them and provide them with some foundational skills to develop into strong leaders.
SNHU ADULT WORK
Helping Students Create a Student-Led Community Program
Peers not Fears (PNF) collaborates with the Amiko Youth Program to enhance team dynamics and foster a supportive environment. Through professional development and restorative justice protocols, PNF helps adults improve communication and problem-solving skills, ultimately benefiting the youth they serve.
NH NEA FALL 2022 CONFERENCE
Building Empathy and Courage
Moving Through Burnout
Shared 90 min of Professional Development as an introduction to the Ingredients of Being Human.
Co-facilitated with Karen Pambiachi, ACC the program You Too, Feelings of Burnout is everywhere.
LACONIA & HILLSBOROUGH DEERING PARA EDUCATORS TRAINING
Confidence and Teamwork Leadership
Paraeducators are often working with a student population that comes with labels, even our paras feel like they are labeled by other members of their community. These labels prevent the community from feeling like they are on the same page and working toward the same goals. Our goal was to talk about labels in a safe place, to challenge our own labels, which can be good and bad, and to build empathy and understanding of how labels impact everyone involved.
NEW ENGLAND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM CONFERENCE
November 2021
Two former students, Marisa Dobbins and Avery Forrestall joined me for the NEFDC conference. We were able to talk about student voices and the importance of giving students opportunities. While the conference was directed toward college faculty, the material we presented was appropriate for all educators. Through this conference, I learned that several colleges are implementing an approach that uses students as consultants. I am eager to embed this into my own practices while creating opportunities to share it with other educational institutions that I am asked to work with on developing student leadership.
BOW HS FALCON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Connection and Communication skills
Our goal is to work together with teachers and students on leadership and collaboration skills. The way for a school’s culture to grow is to empower students as leaders when all the stakeholders are involved.
INGREDIENTS OF BEING HUMAN
SAU 24
It is helpful to sit with other educators, and examine the way that we treat others, and ourselves. This examination, if it happens in a safe space, such as the one provided by this class, challenges us to take perspective and allows us to recognize the assumptions, biases, and baggage that we all carry with us into the classroom. Because of the broad nature of the topics, and the opportunity for choice in the assignments, any person in any position of leadership in any profession could find value in this course
.-Jennifer Matzke
Participant
HS Educator
LAKES REGION TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Leadership is NOT a Title
My Career My Future Presentations are designed to give students opportunities to hear from successful, career-driven professionals from a multitude of pathways.
