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LeaderSpark Times Union Article: Program encourages young leaders

The League of Woman Voters of Saratoga County offers a unique leadership training program to interested high school sophomores and juniors. The LeaderSpark curriculum is designed to enhance the leadership skills of youth through high quality, interactive skill-building workshops to produce strong emerging leaders. It utilizes a practical, proven leadership curriculum, specially designed sequenced topics, youth-driven discussions, and hands-on interactive activities.

LeaderSpark (www.leaderspark.org) consists of a five-session series of workshops in late winter and early spring. For 2010, these workshop were held on five consecutive Sunday afternoons (February 28, March 7, 14, 21, and 28th). The workshops met from 1:00 - 4:00 PM at the New York State Military Heritage Museum, 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs.

LeaderSpark Curriculum topics include:

•  Qualities and styles of leadership
•  Working with groups
•  Planning projects
•  Dealing with conflict
•  Presenting yourself: public speaking and interviewing
•  Recognition and celebration

Students benefit by:

• Gaining self confidence, through focusing on topics such as styles and qualities of leadership, working with groups, planning projects, dealing with conflict and presenting yourself
• Obtaining volunteer hours for community service
• Having a national leadership program to include on college and work resumes
• Working with adult mentors to develop a meaningful community service project
• Having the opportunity to be chosen to attend the Students Inside Albany Conference for a comprehensive look at State government, including interaction with legislators.

Recently retired teachers conduct the sessions with the assistance of community volunteers. Student participants have been drawn from the following Saratoga County High Schools: Ballston Spa, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Mechanicville, Saratoga Springs, Schuylerville, Shenendehowa, Spa Catholic, Stillwater and Waterford.

You can download the following forms for this program:

• Community volunteer form
• Letter recommending students to participate
• Student form to request information
  

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