Welcome to Youngstars!
Building skills, character, knowledge, metalearning
Who we are
We are a team of professionals who believe in the unlimited potential of young people and who love to design programs that grow 21st century learners.
What we do
We use a learning by doing approach, within the framework of the 21st century learning, that empowers the students to be creators and not “receivers” / “consumers” of knowledge.
Programs for Teenagers
Youngstars programs offer opportunities for children to foster awareness, confidence and self-efficacy and to develop skills that are highly valued in the marketplace.
Programs for Schools
Parents and educators alike work together to nurture the skills and character for young people to be happy and resourceful individuals that enjoy the present and are ready for the future.
Programs for Educators
Schools do their best to combine academic knowledge and extra-curricular activities in sports, theatre, public speaking, as well as new faculties such as mindfulness, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation.
Programs for Businesses
We love to design programs to serve the specific requirements of the people we are servicing and we invite our clients to co-design with us.
Why is it important
Are your children future ready? We live in a world that is constantly transforming. Knowledge is important but no longer a critical factor for navigating into the future. Learning as a process of evolving, adopting and developing well rounded individuals is what is most important.
Who is it for
Youngstars Programs support young people, ages 11-25, who like to develop their skills and character so that they can be agile creators of their future. Programs also address educators and businesses who would like to invest in coaching tools for sustainable learning.
“We cannot build the future for our youth but we can
build our youth for the future“
Franklin D. Roosevelt
We live in a world that is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA)! Technology changes and transforms the way we learn, work and live, at an exponential rate. As parents and educators we are concerned about how future-ready our children are and how we can nurture the skills and character for them to be happy and resourceful individuals.
Schools do their best to combine academic knowledge and character development in their curriculum and extra-curricular activities. Parents invest a lot in their children’s education in and out of school. Yet young people find themselves searching for relevance and meaning in an avalanche of information.
Self-awareness, effective communication, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, leadership, entrepreneurship become more important skills than ever. This is where Youngstars comes in, with the aim to offer tools and learning experiences for children to become adoptive and creative problem solvers who enjoy the present and look with optimism at the future.
Learning by doing and nonformal education -Why are they important?
1. Teenhood – how can I support my child ?
Teenhood a stressful process for both children and parents. The change does not only concern the educational part. It’s part of a bigger change: from childhood to adolescence, from dependence to independence, from the familiar to the unknown, from being protected to risk management, from friendships to relationships. Understanding and support from parents and the school environment is essential. But what makes the difference is how the teenagers see themselves and what actions they take.
Our goal at YoungStars is to provide teenagers with tools that will help them better understand themselves better, communicate their needs and respond positively and actively to the challenges they encounter in their daily lives.
2. Skills, Character, Metalearning –why is it important?
Technology is constantly changing and transforming the way we live. Knowledge is necessary but it is not what differentiates us. Today’s demands have more and more to do with how we use what we know, that is, our skills: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and how we function as members of society, that is, our character and ethos. Each child is unique and has his or her own talents. By reinforcing the values and positive elements of his/her character we can equip him/her to feel capable of managing learning and adopting. If knowledge is power, then learning is a super power.
3. What is non-formal education?
Formal Education (FE) deals with the traditional way of learning – teaching, studying and assessment through standardized examinations. Non Formal Education takes place through carefully designed and tailored activities aimed at learning and cultivating skills in experiential ways. Much more than the formal education, non-formal puts the learners in the centre of the learning process and makes them “collaborators” in the co-creation of knowledge. It is commonly accepted that learing by doing reaches places that formal education cannotand has a long lasting outcome
4. What are the benefits of learning by doing?
Youngstars Programs are designed to help teenagers become aware, expand their thinking in creating more choices, focusing best when taking decisions and implementing when it comes to action. These empower young people, make them feel resilient and agile, happy to deal with what is in front of them and optimist about change and the future.
5. Why choose Youngstars?
We are passionate in serving young people. Our programs are designed and implemented by professionals who love teenagers and believe in their unlimited potential. We work in small teams so that each young person connects with the trainer and receives time and attention. Our whole approached in designed with the end in mind – we build the bridge from teenhood to adulthood, knowing how to best «prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child”.
About us
Our vision is that every child feels competent, creative and agile, ready to adopt to everyday challenges, while she/ he enjoys the present and plans ahead with optimism.
At Youngstars our goal is to inspire and empower young people to explore their unlimited potential by strengthening their character and sharpening their skills. We work to put the learner in the centre of the learning experience. By making them co-creators in the process, we honour their creativity and their uniqueness thus young people feel enabled and empowered.
We learn best when we are interested, engaged and feel valued. By investing in the learning process, teens experience a growth mindset and entrepreneurial way of taking action which equips them with the skills needed to become designers and creators of their life and our future.
Testimonials
“My experience at Youngstars was aweseome! It is a summer program different from the others. We do various activities and we learn to work as a team. I hope it will be offered again next year” Emilia
“This is the first time I learnt many useful things. I would definitely recommend it to my friends” Constantinos
“I am having fun and I am learning! Something I did not think was possible before coming here” Alexis