Leadership
The BCYF SuperTeens Program is a six week leadership program for 13 and 14 year olds who are interested in developing new skills, making new friends, and having a fun summer. This program is specifically designed to meet the needs of young adults who are too old for a traditional summer camp experience, but are not yet old enough to secure a summer job.
National Young Leaders Conference: Skills in Leadership for Change is an annual youth conference for high school students. The conference provides students with experiences and strategies to succeed and prepare in college. Through the interactive program, students gain hands-on experience and are also given the opportunity to earn college credit through George Mason University.
The Changemaker Schools Network is a global community of leading elementary, middle, and high schools that prioritize empathy, teamwork, leadership, problem-solving, and changemaking as student outcomes. Ashoka’s Start Empathy Initiative is a collaborative platform for social entrepreneurs, educators, and citizens whose ideas and talents can contribute to the creation of a world where every child masters empathy. Ashoka has a three-part strategy which includes accelerating empathy entrepreneurs, partnering with top schools, and changing the conversation to shift societal views of empathy.
The mission of Youth Leadership America (YLA) is to develop and inspire America’s young leaders through collaboration with community leaders and mentorship for the collective benefit of the students and the community.
The Teachers Guild is a professional community that activates teachers’ creativity to solve the biggest challenges in education today. In their collaborative learning programs we use Design Thinking, a learner-centered approach to problem solving.
Teach to Lead is a collaboration between ASCD and the U.S. Department of Education. This program’s mission is to advance student outcomes by expanding opportunities for teacher leadership.
The Leadership Challenge shows students that they are all leaders in their own way and pushes them to embrace a leadership role in their lives.
ME to WE empowers people to change the world through their everyday consumer choices. ME to WE is part of WE which empowers people to change the world. WE invite you to join a community of people who are making the world a better place.
YELL provides a youth leadership kit that aids students in creating change in their communities.
Youth Service America (YSA) supports a culture of youth committed to service learning by promoting campaigns, resources and projects on their website. YSA works hard in order to ensure that kids from diverse backgrounds have the tool to serve in their communities.
5 Inspiring Lessons in Leadership from Simon Sinek, shares the main pronciples od Simon Sinek’s, a leading TED Talk speaker and keynote speaker at the 2015 BOOST Conference, successful leadership methods.
Here are some useful leadership activities for students to get moving and employ leadership skills.