Special Olympics will once again offer the Youth Leadership Certification as a virtual initiative for IHSA students. This initiative is a joint effort between IHSA and Special Olympics Illinois. Students from both the IHSA Student Athlete Committee and the Special Olympics Illinois Youth Activation Committee have worked together to put this program in place. This group of amazing student leaders will be presenting the content online for their peers. For those students that participated last year, this year comes with all new content and a way to enhance their leadership skills. We are offering this program free to all students. At the completion of this program, your students will earn a Youth Leadership Certificate. The certificate of completion will be emailed to each student individually as they complete the course.

This program will be run from December 1- April 15.

Students simply register by completing this google form: https://forms.gle/97ijmVe6ZqsBmBfcA

Each student who signs up will be sent a link to Canvas where the lessons are housed.  The student will need to create an account and will have access to the leadership lessons. Each lesson that the student will go through, there will be 10 total, will include a 40-60 minute lesson with a quiz at the end. They must achieve a 7 out 10 correct to move onto the next lesson. Rather than release lessons on a timed basis all lessons are open and available for individuals to go at their own pace.  The only requirement is that lessons be complete prior to April 15th to receive the digital certificate.