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HIGH SCHOOL / SECONDARY 1-5
Get the training and tools to lead.
Leadership development is a process. There are no shortcuts.
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board Secondary Student Leadership Certificate program is transformative by empowering students to develop the confidence, competencies, and skills needed for success in all areas of their lives.
- OPEN TO ALL SWLSB SECONDARY STUDENTS -
EVERY WEDNESDAY 19:00-20:00 on ZOOM
Words without actions are meaningless.
Words without actions are meaningless.
Actions without understanding are empty.
Actions without understanding are empty.
Inaction is impossible.
Inaction is impossible.
PROGRAM
WEEKLY ONLINE TRAINING
ADVENTUROUS JOURNEYS: CAMPS & FIELD TRIPS
MENTORSHIP
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
You can change the world...
We can show you how!
You only need to provide effort, consistency, and a willingness to grow.
You only need to provide effort, consistency, and a willingness to grow.
A TRUE LEADER MUST BE ABLE TO:
A TRUE LEADER MUST BE ABLE TO:
1. Take initiative to analyze the world around them effectively to identify opportunities for impact.
2. Rally, provide tools, and unite people in a common purpose.
3. Clearly define, plan, and communicate the objective and mission to enable ownership.
4. Possess the emotional intelligence to support the team and the situational awareness to help everyone reach the destination.
5. Learn from and follow through, adapt, overcome failure and repeat success.
6. Model the way.
YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP JOURNEY...
YOUR PERSONAL LEADERSHIP JOURNEY...
The SWLSB Secondary Student LEADERSHIP Certificate program is designed to give you the training, skills, coaching, and experiences necessary to grow as an effective and successful student and leader.
WEEKLY ONLINE TRAINING
CAMPS
MENTORSHIP
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES
You can change the world... we can show you how!
The certificate program is free of charge with the exception of camps and trips.
Our MENTORS are some of the top leaders in the country. You will learn from:
presidents and vice-presidents of major multi-national companies,
philanthropists,
professionals,
business leaders,
government and elected officials in the highest offices in the country,
soldiers,
alumni who are in the next phase of their leadership experience and more.
Mentors have been been vetted through SWLSB procedures for external volunteers.
CERTIFICATES
CERTIFICATES
1 Year of Participation - ALPHA
2 Years of Participation - ACOLYTE
3 Years of Participation - APPRENTICE
4 Years of Participation - TEAMBUILDER
5 Years of Participation - ENDEAVOUR
*Certificates are to recognize training and skill level. The certificates are not based on your academic year but on the skills acquired and number of years that you have participated and developed as a student leader within the program.
CALENDAR 2025-26
CALENDAR 2025-26
Wednesdays 7-8pm online
Sept 3 - Parent Information Session 19:00 - Zoom (register here)
Sept 10 - Wednesday evening sessions start
Oct 1 - 5 - Camp at Arundel Nature Centre
Nov 1 - Brunch Fundraiser
Nov 10 - 11 - Ottawa for Remembrance Day
Feb 26 - Montreal International Women's Day BREAKFAST
April 8 - TEDx Youth
April 13 - NextGEN Assembly of Leaders - Ottawa
April 22-23 - Indigenous Land-Based Learning Day at Kahnawake
April - June - Pink In The City - SWLSB Raise Craze - in school
May - Model The Way Honours - Cineplex
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Curiosity - Commitment - Consistency
Participate in training every Wednesday 7-8pm and work at your own speed with support.
Follow through with your leadership obligations on the team and for your pathway.
Together, we will build your 'Leadership CV' and you will receive your certification in June at the annual Model the Way Honours.
In order to receive the SWLSB Secondary Student Leadership Certificate the participant must adhere to the following:
Be in good standing with academics and behaviour at their school.
Be a part of a leadership team or club in their school or community.
Actively participate in the weekly sessions conferences, and trips for at least 80% of the time since enrollment.
Certificates are given in June at the annual Model The Way Honours.
GRADUATE WITH:
GRADUATE WITH:
Practical, real world, bilingual leadership training, adventurous journeys, and life experiences that can be incorporated in your CEGEP, University and post-secondary applications and CV.
You will have experience leading major events while grappling with complex ideas, issues, and problems as we help you acquire the skills to lead, build teams, evaluate and manage people, budgets, and environments. We will teach you how to debate ideas effectively. You will possess the tools and knowledge to establish and work with diverse teams and become an agent of positive growth wherever you go in life.
An active network of leaders who can help you pursue your long term goals and help you to continue to develop as a leader.
Your own TED Talk that is available on the global network to showcase you, your thoughts, and your talent to a world-wide audience.
Recognition, certifications, and access to bursaries to help you when you graduate high school.
MENTORSHIP
MENTORSHIP
You have access to leaders in business, sport, medicince, science and the arts to help you explore your talents and interests.
Our mentors help you gain the skills and confidence to lead.
Mentors are business leaders, community leaders, alumni, retired SWLSB staff, and current SWLSB staff and more.
All mentors must pass yearly background security clearance.
LEADERSHIP is taking initiative to make a difference while enabling others to do the same.
LEADERSHIP is taking initiative to make a difference while enabling others to do the same.
HOW YOU CAN GROW IN LEADERSHIP
Choose a focus to learn for the experts, gain practical experience now, while making a difference on a team.
5 years of leadership development.
PATHWAYS START ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
A progressive, cross-curricular, bilingual learning environment; the way we learn to lead by transforming the lessons from the classroom into skills for life.
Phase 2 all Trips.mp4LEARN, DISCOVER, SERVE
We have built a student leadership travel and experience program unlike anything else in the country.
All of our adventurous journeys are meant to deepen learning in the classroom as you explore who you are and what you are capable of becoming.
If you want to be challenged and do things that you never thought possible, then take a look!
Fall Camp, Remembrance Day, Ottawa, Alberta, Costa Rica.
You will learn and demonstrate a mastery of leadership skills over time as you take on new responsibilities and work toward a new set of exciting and challenging goals.
TEAMWORK is a united group of people who trust each other with diverse responsibilities in a strategic advance to a shared destination.
TEAMWORK is a united group of people who trust each other with diverse responsibilities in a strategic advance to a shared destination.
We believe that every student is capable of performing at the highest level academically, we want to ensure they have the core skills to succeed in life.
We are developing students who are capable of leading, collaborating, learning, and contributing in all areas of their lives.
Personal Development and Community Involvement Animators, facilitate and support a variety of student leadership programs.
LEARN - WORK - GROW
LEARN - WORK - GROW
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