Building Tomorrow's Leaders Jr. Launches Within the NESC
Devils Lake Central Middle School and New Rockford-Sheyenne School joined NESC staff on February 10th for the first Building Tomorrow's Leaders Jr. event! Groups of 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students engaged in the virtual, full-day event with their educators and NESC facilitator, Cortney Shuley.
Building Tomorrow's Leaders Jr. is a civic engagement and leadership program which aims to support upper elementary and middle school students in exploring leadership in schools and communities, practicing essential leadership skills, and completing a service learning project. The program curriculum was developed by North Dakota State University Extension with support from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
Participating students engaged in learning and application of leadership skills through the following modules: Principles of Leadership, Effective Communication, Career Preparation, Leadership Etiquette, Community and State Exploration, and Project Management. As part of their final module, Project Management, students began designing a service learning project to assist their school or community. The student groups will complete their projects and share their impact stories before the end of the school year.
Building Tomorrow's Leaders Jr. is supported in part by a grant from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction in partnership with NDSU Extension.
