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Show Prep Leaders Return From USU Workshop Seventeen local youth leaders lead-ers from three high schools recently re-cently returned from Logan where they participated in a -three-day leadership workshop work-shop on the campus of Utah State University. THE STUDENT leaders from Bountiful High were Jill Enninger, Gayle Groberg, Chad Harward, Brian Hulse, Timo Jones and Kim Peterson. Woods Cross High sent Ro-ger Ro-ger Anderson, Troy Andreasen, Lisa Ballif, Caralee Hall, Julie Johnson, Holly Rowe and Becky Wood-worth. Wood-worth. REPRESENTATIVES from Davis High were Jodi Allison, Vance Brand, Lauri Homer and Sea Kilgrow. The group joined about 80 other high school leaders for the Developing Leadership Skills Workshop, directed by Dr. Val Christensen, vice president pres-ident for student services, and Ray C. Myers, director of student stu-dent activities at USU. THE WORKSHOP is now in its fourth year, and has grown from an initial enrollment of 60 students to more than 160 according to Dr. Christensen. He said the leadership skills workshop was designed to promote leadership skills in today's to-day's youth, and then "turn them loose and let them do their job." "THEY'RE really the cream of the crop," he said of the high school leaders. The workshop requires a lot of energy and effort, both on the part of the directors and the participants. ACTIVITIES and lessons teach the youth leaders how to develop basic leadership skills using various leadership styles, how to build interpersonal interper-sonal relationships and trust levels, how to work in groups and communicate effectively, as well as how to manage time, think creatively and solve problems. ' 'This workshop taught me a lot about how other people are basically the same," said Troy Andreason, studentbody president pres-ident of Woods Cross High. "There were a lot of different ideas shared abour school problems and how to solve them that are really beneficial." benefi-cial." DESPITE the tremendous time and energy required to organize and promote the workshop, Dr. Christensen said he is committed to the youth development program. He oversees about 40 similar workshops every year. Although many of these workshops work-shops involve the student leaders lead-ers at USU.thisone is aimed at high school leaders and enables en-ables studentbody officers to bring ideas and methods back to serve the community and school. "My school will benefit because be-cause of the leadership skills and values I have learned," said Davis High Studentbody President Sean Kilgrow. "I will be able to be more effective effec-tive toward my school and my community." AGREES Lisa Ballif, studentbody stu-dentbody historian for Woods Cross High, "To be beneficial to your community or school, you need to be a person with good positive things to offer them. The workshop helps you to strengthen yourself as an individual, in-dividual, so that you do have good things to offer." But student leadership is only the beginning. Participants Partici-pants learn skills which will prove valuable throughout their lives. Workshop exercises exer-cises teach students what happens hap-pens in the group decision making process. They learn delegation of authority, how to brainstorm ideas to solve the problem at hand, and how to accept rejection if their idea is not used by the group. Most of these skills will be used time and time again, no matter what field is eventually undertaken by the students. "SO MANY come back and say the best part of their education educa-tion was their involvement in student government," said Dr. Christensen. "One fellow came back and said he draws daily from the information he learned through the workshops." |