Junior Leaders Program (JLP) meetings and activities are designed to build a breadth of leadership and communications skills as well as further develop TWP’s critical character traits. JLP students have some choice and voice in the program’s projects and activities.  Monthly activities have included: team building at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Mission to Mars, climbing at Momentum, and debris removal in Green’s Bayou in kayaks. 

TWP works with partner organizations to offer additional opportunities in the outdoors like NOLS, YMCA Bold & Gold, Texas Master Naturalist, and Texas Parks & Wildlife.  Additionally, TWP can identify and match students with academic and employment opportunities including nominations to The Posse Foundation and externships with Texas Parks & Wildlife.

As part of our mission to provide TWP students with opportunities to develop critical skills for success, we recognize the need to outfit students with appropriate resources, tools, and mentors to access new trails and destinations.  Through our College and Career Readiness Workshop, students participate in interactive workshops focused on creating and accessing opportunity and scholarships, financial literacy, resume building, interviewing skills, diversity and inclusion in green career fields, and panel discussions exploring pathways in conservation, natural resources, and environmental sciences.