Program Dates: The 2024 Building Leadership Strategies Summer Academy will be held in-person in a residential experience. |
Develop The Leader Within You
During this one-week intensive program, you will engage in a series of integrated lectures and public speaking workshops, and activities. Through this program, you will identify your personal leadership strengths and style, enhance critical thinking skills, and hone in on communication skills.
Final student presentations address individual leadership development, theory, and applications. Students will:
- Analyze and discuss their own behavior in group problem-solving challenges
- Define emotional, social, and cultural intelligence and their impact on effective leadership
- Describe concepts, theoretical perspectives, and current trends in organizational leadership
- Apply critical thinking skills to evaluate ethical dilemmas that leaders face
- Make engaging, informative oral presentations with confidence
- Reflect upon and share their own leadership development
Students will earn 1.5 college credits upon completion of this academy.
This academy is for any students (high school rising juniors and seniors) who are interested in developing their leadership skills for their future.
Our residential academies are held on campus, where the student will reside/dorm for the entire week while taking courses, eating meals, and engaging in evening activities with their cohort.
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