NCCEP Annual Youth Leadership Summit
The flagship program in NCCEP's Youth Services programming is the
Youth Leadership Summit. In an effort to include student perspectives
and the opinions of young people, NCCEP created national opportunities
for youth to participate in the NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference. More
than 200 GEAR UP high school students have participated in the Youth
Leadership Summit since the inception of the program in 2003. NCCEP has
been partnering with GEAR UP for Excellence to present the Summit since
2005.
Blending leadership development with the experience of participating
in a professional conference, the Summit teaches participants how to be
advocates for their schools and communities, empowering them to become
the voice for their peers. Youth leaders, known as GEAR UP Scholars,
work together to compile a Summit report focused on what educators
should consider as they design strategies and programs for increasing
student achievement.
The culmination of the Summit, and the highlight of the NCCEP/GEAR UP
Annual Conference, is the presentation of the report to the conference
attendees. For a half an hour, the Scholars are given the stage to voice
their opinions and share their ideas. Conference attendees frequently
comment that the Summit report brings a fresh and energized perspective
that reminds them why they became engaged in the education arena.
Applications for the 2010 Youth Leadership Summit are now
available. All GEAR UP students who will have completed the
10th, 11th, or 12th grade are encouraged to apply. For more information
about the 2010 Summit and to download an application, please click here.
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For information about past Youth Leadership Summits,
please see:
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