At the recent Ninety-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Alamance County Chamber of Commerce, Alamance Youth Leadership Academy received the Chamber’s Program of the Year Award. We are proud of the continued partnership between Elon University's Center for Leadership and the Alamance County Chamber of Commerce and honored to be part of the great success of Alamance Youth Leadership Academy.
Every summer Elon University partners with Alamance County Chamber of Commerce to host the Alamance Youth Leadership Academy summer institute. Alamance Youth Leadership Academy (AYLA) is a middle school leadership program dedicated to empowering youth through the connections of civic engagement and leadership development. AYLA currently serves over 100 7th and 8th graders from 6 different middle schools in Alamance County. This program empowers youth with the skills necessary to formulate and execute a campus improvement plan at their school, and it is at Elon that those skills are developed.
At the recent Ninety-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Alamance County Chamber of Commerce, Alamance Youth Leadership Academy received the Chamber’s Program of the Year Award. We are proud of the continued partnership between Elon University’s Center for Leadership and the Alamance County Chamber of Commerce and honored to be part of the great success of Alamance Youth Leadership Academy.
Alamance Youth Leadership Academy kicks off its program with a three and a half day leadership institute held at Elon University. During this time 60 plus rising 7th graders learn about team building, effective communication, presentation skills, problem solving, and develop core leadership skills that help them identify and plan three possible improvements for their school. Elon selects twelve undergraduate students to work as student facilitators for the summer program. If you are interested in becoming a facilitator for summer 2011 please visit http://www.elon.edu/e-web/students/leadership/AYLA.xhtml to complete a facilitator application. Applications are due March 14, 2011.