Leadership Academy - Leadership - Breckland SSP

Leadership Academy

What is the Leadership Academy?

The Academy is a programme of high quality training and development for young people who are committed to actively volunteering within their school and/or community, in order to develop leadership skills and voluntary experience.

Selection Criteria

• Approximately 40 students will be selected from the 6 Breckland SSP Secondary Schools.
• Aimed at Year 9-11
• Experience in leadership either in school or the community or identified by the PE department as having good leadership qualities

What do I get from the programme?

• Training and qualifications
• Experience to add to UCAS form and / or CV
• Opportunity to work with pupils in other partnership schools / colleges
• Contacts for community voluntary placements
• Certificates for 50, 100, 200 hours logged on the Sis Volunteer Passport
• T-Shirt to wear whilst volunteering

What do I have to commit to?

• You must attend all training sessions
• You must commit to 50 hours of sports volunteering at school and / or the community
• There is a registration fee of £10 to attend the academy

When and where will the academy take place?

• Theory sessions will take place at either Breckland Leisure centre or Watton sports centre
• All sessions will take place during the school day
• The training will take place between November 09 and July 2010

Leadership Academy training / events

6th Nov Leadership Academy Introductions and Team Building Day

 8th Dec First Aid and Planning an event Workshop

1st Feb Quicksticks Workshop

24th March Volunteering at Partnership Quicksticks Festival

May Disability Workshop

10th June Volunteering at the Norfolk Youth Games

28th June to 2nd July 2010 National School Sports Week-Leaders assist their SSCo to deliver school activities

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