Rfa - Leadership Training Program For University Students

This USAID funded program aims to subcontract an organization to provide leadership training for 65 university students at Haigaizian University. Students in the program are required to take part in a variety of sessions on leadership, in which they will:

Learn about leadership styles and practices. Participate in leadership development and critical-thinking exercises. Write a personal mission statement to make students identify what is really important to them, clarify their values and aspirations and integrate their personal mission statement into their lives.
Suggested activities to meet the above objectives include (but are not limited to):

Workshops. Training sessions. Discussion sessions. Leadership retreats.
Topics can include (but are not limited to):

Leadership basics. Cross-cultural communications. Cross-cultural studies. Ethics. Value-based leadership. Teamwork.
Service learning projects

One of the best ways students gain experience as leaders and responsible members of their communities is through engaging in meaningful service learning activities while at the University. USAP scholarship recipients at HU are required to be involved in the creation and implementation of projects to benefit their home districts. Projects in their home regions may include voluntarism opportunities or advocacy campaigns in schools, municipalities to name a few examples. Note that while the students are coming from 37 different villages/towns or cities, the plan would be to divide them into 10 smaller groups of students from neighboring areas and allow them to choose a locality in which to implement their project.

This is important for students in order to develop leadership skills related to their areas of development interest as well as strengthen ties with their home district. This should closely follow a ‘scaffolding’ approach over the study years, e.g. starting with more basic information on development issues, needs assessment, project conceptualization, design, implementation and evaluation.