Leadership Development Opportunities

Leadership development opportunities encourage responsibility, confidence, employability, self-determination, and other positive social behaviors. Examples of leadership development activities include:

• Exposure to postsecondary educational possibilities
• Community and service-learning projects
• Peer-centered activities, including peer mentoring and tutoring
• Organizational and teamwork training, including team leadership training
• Training in decision-making, including determining priorities and problem solving
• Citizenship training, including life skills training such as parenting and work behavior training
• Civic engagement activities which promote the quality of life in a community
• Other leadership activities that place youth in a leadership role, such as serving on youth leadership committees

Check out the resources below for information and ideas on leadership development opportunities.

Civic Engagement

• Civic Engagement for Leadership Development (2022)
• Volunteer with Rock the Vote
• Fit Finder: Find an AmeriCorps Program for You
• Youth Engaged 4 Change

Leadership Competencies and Curricula

• Leadership Development, Workplace and Postsecondary Readiness Competencies (2015)

Resources for Leadership Program Development

• Leadership Development Approach and Strategies (2019)
• Office of Disability Employment Policy’s Youth Development and Leadership Resource Page
• Youth Engaged in Leadership and Learning: A Handbook for Program Staff, Teachers, and Community Leaders (2001)
• The University of Oklahoma's National Resource Center for Youth Development's (NRCYD) Youth Leadership Toolkit (2012)
• Youth Leadership Guidebook Developed in Collaboration with Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities (2009)

Looking for more resources on the WIOA Youth program? Visit the WIOA Youth Program Resources page. 

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