Youth Trainers

Youth Trainers Wednesday Schedule: 

1st Grade - 9:30-9:55

2nd Grade - 10:05-10:30

3rd Grade - 11:05-11:30

4th Grade - 11:35-12:00

WHAT?

Youth Trainers: A Unique Leadership Experience at AEA

Youth Trainers is a collaborative leadership and mentorship program that helps create joyful connections and meaningful relationships across grade levels.

Every Wednesday, students in grades 1–4 participate in 25-minute active play experiences, one grade level at a time, focused on movement, fitness, teamwork, and social development. Through these engaging sessions, students build movement skills, improve personal fitness, strengthen social connections, and experience the joy of active play.

Fifth grade students take on the role of Youth Trainers, exploring the PYP central idea: Our leadership affects ourselves and others.

As mentors and leaders, they guide younger students through movement activities while building confidence, communication skills, leadership, responsibility, and positive relationships.

HOW?

Fifth grade Youth Trainers take on specific leadership roles aligned with IB Learner Profile attributes such as communicator, caring, principled, reflective, open-minded, knowledgeable, and balanced.

After preparing in advance, Youth Trainers guide their groups through “Fitness & Friendship” stations before leading games and activities selected by the participating students.

Classes rotate through the program every other Wednesday, with a classroom teacher present to support supervision, safety, and student success.

WHY? 

Youth Trainers is designed to support physical literacy - the knowledge, skills, confidence, fitness, values, and motivation needed for lifelong healthy, active living.

The program also provides meaningful opportunities for students to:

• Develop leadership, communication, and mentoring skills

• Build positive cross-grade relationships and school community

• Strengthen self-confidence, empathy, responsibility, and cooperation

• Improve movement competence, fitness, and social development

• Experience joyful movement and meaningful active play

By combining leadership, movement, and connection, Youth Trainers helps students grow physically, socially, emotionally, and personally.