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Leadership Project
What’s It All About?
Youth of any age can learn to be leaders – in their club, community, country, and world. In this project, build leadership skills including teamwork, communication, organization, goal management, meeting management, decision making, and problem-solving.
Grow in Your Project
Beginner
- Help at club meetings
- Do a demonstration about something you love
- Explore skills like teamwork and communication
- Set SMART goals and work to achieve them
- Think about what it means to be a good leader
- Learn about yourself and what you are good at
Intermediate
- Teach others how to do something you love
- Join a committee
- Help plan a service project
- Develop your skills in problem solving and organization
- Research leaders you look up to
Advanced
- Lead a service project
- Take on a leadership role in your club or community (club officer, committee co-chair, project leader, etc.)
- Build and practice skills such as decision making, meeting management, and goal management
- Interview leaders in your community to learn from their experiences
Become a Youth Project Leader
It’s a Project within a Project
Practice your leadership skills in another project area you enjoy. For example, youth leaders are an important part of teaching activities in the Cloverbud Project for youth in grades K-2. Think about what you enjoy (Art? STEM? Plants? etc.), and ask adult volunteers how you can get involved as a leader.
Project Resources
Member Resources
True Leadership Curriculum
1 level (grades 6-12)
Project Leader Resources
Building Social Capital on Purpose
1 level (Adults who work with teens)
Just in Time Equity Dialogues for Youth
1 level (Adults who work with teens)
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