"In every kid is a LEADER waiting to be developed"
YES Network offers monthly leadership training for students with untapped leadership potential and provides them with:

• Leadership Training Activities
• Character Development
• Social Networking Opportunities
• Community Involvement
• Service Projects

Our Vision

Empowering young people to reach their full potential as caring, contributing and responsible leaders

Our Curriculum

YEAR ONE: INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP

• Understanding that each person has the capacity to positively lead through serving others
• Identifying values and purpose
• Problem solving and decision making
• Learning that one person can make a difference

YEAR TWO: TEAM LEADERSHIP

• Building teams of leaders through collaborations that multiply individual effectiveness
• Conducting team assets assessment
• Understanding how teams develop and mature
• Developing a community improvement plan

YEAR THREE: COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

• Mobilizing community members to make a positive change
• Conducting a community assets assessment
• Understanding and establishing partnerships
• Implementing community improvement plan

Our Nomination Process

The program targets eighth-through-tenth grade students who possess "untapped" leadership potential, but who are not already benefiting from programs designed for the at-risk or the gifted student. Students are nominated by teachers, parents and others who know them well during their seventh-grade year.

Through a selection process, LEAD Inc. selects the top nominated students to be in the program. Students begin the program in their eighth grade year and graduate from the program at the end of their tenth-grade year.

Classes meet twice monthly, with a mixture of learning sessions, cultural experiences and educational outings. The curriculum utilizes instruction, reflection and experiential learning to make the concepts of leadership real and applicable to students in their daily lives.