Practical skills for school and everyday life
Workshops
Teen Exec workshops help students develop practical ways to plan ahead, stay organized, make thoughtful decisions, and get back on track when things don't go as planned. Workshops use real situations, hands-on activities, and simple routines students can put into practice right away.
Summer 2026 Workshops Have Concluded
Thank you to the students and families who participated in our Summer 2026 workshop series at the Weston Public Library. Future Teen Exec workshops are currently being planned.
Summer 2026 Workshop Series
During Summer 2026, Teen Exec offered four interactive workshops for middle school students at the Weston Public Library. Students worked through real situations, practiced practical strategies, and developed tools they could use in school and everyday life.
Planning
See Your Week Before Your Live It
Students learn a simple Gather → Build → Review routine for looking ahead, scheduling work before deadlines, spotting busy periods, and creating a weekly planning habit.
Decision Making
Make Thoughtful Decisions When More Than One Choice Makes Sense
Students practice a Pause → Compare → Think Ahead → Choose routine for evaluating reasonable options, considering tradeoffs, and making decisions based on what matters most.
Organization
Make School Easier
Students examine the everyday systems that can make school easier or harder—from backpacks and study spaces to digital organization and preparing for tomorrow—and identify small changes that reduce friction and distraction.
Follow-Through
Don’t Aim for Perfect. Find Your Next Move.
Students learn to recognize why progress has stopped and choose an appropriate recovery strategy: Micro-Start, Skip & Return, Shrink the Work, or Set Up the Restart.
What Students Will Experience
Teen Exec workshops are interactive, practical, and designed to turn useful ideas into skills students can actually use.
Real situations — Students work through challenges they recognize from school and everyday life.
Hands-on practice — Rather than just hearing advice, students compare options, solve problems, test strategies, and explain their thinking.
Simple tools and routines — Each workshop introduces memorable strategies students can use after the workshop ends.
Personal application — Students connect what they've learned to their own schedules, habits, goals, decisions, or challenges.
Small-group learning — Students learn from one another through discussion, pair activities, and collaborative challenges.
Students work together to evaluate ideas, solve problems, and practice strategies they can use in everyday life.
Natalya Lucas is a junior at Weston High School in Massachusetts and the founder of Teen Exec. Through workshops, podcasts, and community programs, she helps students develop executive functioning and leadership skills. Since launching Teen Exec in 2024, she has led multiple executive functioning workshop series for middle school students, including the Summer 2026 series at the Weston Public Library. Students often find it easier to relate to and learn from a mentor who has recently navigated the same academic, extracurricular, and organizational challenges they face.
Natalya has served as Student Body Treasurer and as a Student Advisory Council representative to the Weston School Committee. She has worked with younger students through LINX Camps and Momentum Dance, and was recognized as a Top 10 International Finalist at DECA's International Career Development Conference.
She is passionate about helping younger students build the confidence, organization, and decision-making skills that support success in school and beyond.
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