What are leadership development opportunities?

Leadership development opportunities are opportunities that encourage responsibility, confidence, employability, self-determination, and other positive social behaviors such as: (a) Exposure to postsecondary educational possibilities; (b) Community and service learning projects; (c) Peer-centered activities, including peer mentoring and tutoring; (d) Organizational and team work training, including team leadership training; (e) Training in decision-making, including determining priorities and problem solving; (f) Citizenship training, including life skills training such as parenting and work behavior training; (g) Civic engagement activities which promote the quality of life in a community; and (h) Other leadership activities that place youth in a leadership role such as serving on youth leadership committees, such as a Standing Youth Committee.