Criteria for becoming a LEader in Training

    • The student must be a resident of Fayette County and enrolled in school.
    • The student must be in the ninth through the twelfth grade in the 2011-2012 school year
    • The student must have a minimum grade point average of 2.6 to be considered
    • The student must have a good discipline record, no infractions for violent behavior, nor any suspensions or expulsions.
    • The student must be recommended by a administrator, counselor or teacher of the school they attend or a community leader
    • The student must be recommended based on demonstrated leadership skills or leadership potential.
    • The student must be able to participate in core training (this involves a short retreat).
    • The student must be willing to earn participate in service and leadership activities in their community, school, home or faith organization.
    • The student must be willing to submit a copy of their progress report or report card.
    • The student must be able to participate in core training (this involves a short retreat).
    • The student must be willing to participate in service and leadership activities in their community, school, home or faith organization.
    • The student must be willing to submit a copy of their progress report or report card.
    • The students should be comfortable working with students from African American, Hispanic and other multi-cultural backgrounds. 

     

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    • Session Topics include:

    • Leadership 101 - personal and community leadership
    • Active Leadership Training with the Atlanta Challenge - help students develop the beginning of their individualized life plan
    • Leadership of Self: Taking Responsibility for Your Life - help students understand that they are responsible for what they say and do in life.
    • Leadership Plan Part 1: Defining and Setting Goals for Life Planning - help students develop the beginning of their individualized life plan and how that plan relates to decisions, goals and managing time wisely.
    • Adventure Trip - educational experience provides student with an opportunity to try something new and different in a guided environment
    • Fashion and Dress: What message am i sending? - explore how the choice of dress can send messages about the wearer
    • For Males/females Only: Can We Talk? - There are certain things that can only be said comfortably in a non-coed environment.
    • Leadership Plan Part 2: Management System to Accomplish Goals - workshop is to provide student participants with specific techniques on how to goals through planning, time management and incentives.
    • Leadership and Others: Building and Maintaining Healthy Relationships: workshop provides tools on how to understand the dynamics of human interactions
    • Leadership: Putting it All Together to Serve: This type of community involvement indicates students possess a social and civic minded conscious.
    • Understanding Your Leadership Style by Discovering Your TRUE COLORS - True Colors is a personality inventory that helps participants identify their leadership style.