Youth Leadership Experience (UM Center for Educational Outreach)

The Youth Leadership Experience is a program consisting of an extended series of unique and intensive learning experiences designed to develop in high school students the leadership competencies necessary to be successful leaders in their schools and communities and to gain the knowledge and confidence essential to the pursuit of post-secondary education.

The YLE is rooted in the Social Change Model of Leadership Development which examines leadership development from three perspectives; the individual, the group, and the community/society.
The program was built on the idea that helping young people develop leadership competencies makes them better able to solve community problems and enhances their civic participation.

In 2009, over fifty high school students from southeast Michigan were selected to participate in the YLE. Selected students demonstrate academic potential for postsecondary education, leadership capabilities in their schools and communities, and were nominated by high school principals/advisors. Selected students participated in a one-day conference on May 30 and engaged in a series of structured independent activities and projects including a common reading experience, a reflection workbook and a blog which students participated in throughout the summer. YLE U-M student mentors worked with and monitored the participants' progress over the summer. A highlight of the 2009 YLE was a symposium during the fall where participants reconvened on campus to showcase what they have learned from the YLE.

The Center for Educational Outreach collaborates with various departments on campus to implement the YLE including Student Activities and Leadership, the Program on Intergroup Relations, and the Ginsburg Center.

Visit the website: http://ceo.umich.edu/yle.html

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