Online Leadership Academy
Join us for a week-long, interactive online course this summer.
AN ONLINE PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR TEENS, WITH SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS AND GUIDED MENTOR GROUPS.
This five-day, online-exclusive program features NGO, nonprofit and B-Corps partners, as well as Global Leadership Adventures alumni, to showcase some of GLA’s most popular themes.
Designed to support leadership development and career exploration, this week-long course is built on the five pillars of our leadership curriculum.
The goal? To inspire the next generation to realize their potential to transform the world and their role in it.
HAVE A LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY IN ONE WEEK’S TIME, ALL FROM THE COMFORT OF HOME.
During this five-day Online Leadership Academy, students will be guided through the five pillars of the exclusive Global Leadership Adventures curriculum, which is designed to take students on a journey to uncover their personal visions, purpose and knowledge of themselves and their role in the world.
Students enrolled in the Online Leadership Academy will:
- Start each morning virtually with a daily guided mindfulness exercise, specifically curated to take you on a personal journey of growth and exploration.
- During this journey, we will pull in wisdom from cultures around the world as we work to expand awareness of our own internal world by uncovering our own blind spots in terms of patterns of thinking, feeling and behavior.
- Hear from a daily keynote speaker to highlight outstanding examples of leadership today.
- Wrap up the day in small Mentor groups, during which they can digest, reflect and connect with peers alongside an inspirational Mentor.
- Be guided to take action in ways that give them purpose, belonging and meaningful direction in 2021.
The small Mentor groups will be the same group of teens each day, with no more than 12 students per Mentor group. We will include the entire student group for the keynote addresses. Each day will run approximately 3 hours.
EARN A CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLETION
BOLSTER YOUR
COLLEGE APPLICATIONS
MEET OUTSTANDING
EXPERTS AND PROFESSIONALS
EXPLORE OUR COURSE CATALOG BELOW TO GET A SNEAK PEEK AT YOUR SUMMER EXPERIENCE.
Leadership Pillar #1: Live Your Values
Monday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT on June 14 or August 2
- Part 1: Introductory Mindfulness Exercise
- Part 2: Keynote Address
- Part 3: Small Mentor Group: Reflection on Values & Value Setting
Monday Keynote Address:
Leadership is rooted in intention: desiring to contribute, bit by bit, to making this world a better place. Hear from a professional Mentor, Life-Coach and Activist about how inward reflection and self-work can truly make a difference in our world. Today you will learn how to identify your values, so that you can live your values.
Leadership Pillar #2: Be Courageous
Tuesday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT on June 15 or August 3
- Part 1: Cultural Mindfulness Activity
- Part 2: Keynote Address
- Part 3: Small Mentor Group: Reflection on Courage & the Path Forward
Tuesday Keynote Address:
Leaders dare to go where others have fallen short. Hear from various global leaders who are equipped with the humility to see the world as it is, and the audacity to imagine the world as it could be. Listen to their inspiring stories about how they have stood, planted firmly, against the winds and weathering of doubt to follow their own paths and create positive change in their communities.
Leadership Pillar #3: Uncover Solutions
Wednesday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT on June 16 or August 4
- Part 1: Cultural Mindfulness Exercise
- Part 2: Keynote Address
- Part 3: Small Mentor Group: Reflection on Thinking Creatively & Challenging Assumptions
Wednesday Keynote Address:
Leadership thrives on long-term vision, imagination and active problem-solving. Today you will hear from a special guest speaker who has dared to think boldly, recognizing potential where others see despair. Learn how they have moved past their own barriers to challenge the status quo and uncover new solutions to persisting problems.
Leadership Pillar #4: Connect and Influence
Thursday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT on June 17 or August 5
- Part 1: Cultural Mindfulness Activity
- Part 2: Keynote Address
- Part 3: Small Mentor Group: Reflection on Communicating Authentically
Thursday Keynote Address:
Leaders know that complex problems are best solved collaboratively. They nurture lasting relationships and weave connections of meaning that others understand. Today you will learn how one leader found their voice to communicate authentically and gather others in their life’s journey to propel a small idea into a global movement.
Leadership Pillar #5: Take Action
Friday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. PT on June 18 or August 6
- Part 1: Final Mindfulness Exercise + Journaling
- Part 2: Keynote Address
- Part 3: Small Mentor Group Capstone: One Meaningful Goal (OMG) Capstone, Final Reflection on Creating Meaningful Change
Friday Keynote Address:
Leadership is incomplete without action. We will wrap up our week hearing from a special guest speaker who shares how they put their intentions into practice, creating results that defeated complacency, broke through bureaucracy and challenged corruption, and how these results have made meaningful impacts in the lives of others.
THE SUMMER SESSIONS OF THE ONLINE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION.
The Summer Sessions of the Online Leadership Academy will take place from:
- Monday, June 14 through Friday, June 18
- Monday, August 02 through Friday, August 06
There is an add-on option for earning Community Service Hours and a GLA Service Certificate is included free with your course. It is available upon request, and is optional for those seeking to complete up to 20 formal community service hours.
Tuition for the Online Leadership Academy is $799 USD.
A Life-Changing
Experience
- Learn how to lead by collaborating with peers, mentors and guest speakers
- Become a confident communicator, critical thinker and an independent agent of change
- Step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to explore new and exciting possibilities
Optional Community
Service Hours
- Earn up to 20 service hours and receive a Service Certificate from GLA.
- Discover new ways to safely volunteer locally in the midst of COVID-19.
- Select from various volunteering options that abide by social distancing standards –OR– develop your own project to meet the needs in your community.
- Create and submit a project portfolio that you can use to plan, execute and scale your project. And share on future applications!
- Make a meaningful impact in your local community and be the change from home.
GLA's Five Pillars of Leadership
- Live Your Values
- Be Courageous
- Uncover Solutions
- Connect and Influence
- Take Action
Alumni Testimonials
on the Experience
This was easily the highlight of my COVID “quarantine”. My world is now opened up to countless new career and life opportunities as a global leader, citizen, and traveler. I could not be more grateful for this program.
Absolutely one of my most incredible and eye opening experiences of my entire life.
This experience gave me so much insight on global impact, global issues and new career
opportunities. I loved every minute of it!
I really appreciated the opportunity to speak with a group of interested, invested people and have some important discussions.
“I wish we could learn about this kind of stuff in school! It’s so interesting” Just one of the positive things my daughter had to say about her experience… the “debate” really opened her eyes to this type of discussion: forming opinions, articulating arguments, etc. Such valuable experience at this ripe age in figuring out who you are and what you believe and how you want to show up in the world.
We can’t thank you enough for making this opportunity available to her. We feel like she received such an important overview and context to her future GLA program. I would recommend all future GLA-ers to participate in something like this before their programs. My daughter will get SO much more out of her program next summer because of this opportunity. Grateful!
Previously, I was a bit reserved and sort of just followed the crowd. Now, I believe that I will lead by example to help make the world a better place.
This was SUCH a wonderful program!!! It opened up my son’s mind, truly inspired him and made for many thought-provoking discussions around the dinner table! Thank you for putting together such a thoughtful curriculum. We wish there was more!! We would love to recommend it to others if you ever opened it up.
This experience impacted me in a significant, positive way. Firstly, I have never been in a mentor group with teenagers like myself with such seriousness, drive, dedication to learning and listening, sensibility, and compassion. They all brought out the best in me and led me to discover more insight on global issues, ethics, sustainability, perspective, accountability,
courage, leadership, etc. Secondly, the keynote speakers, all very different, but each with enthusiasm, intelligence, and inspiration.
All have encouraged me to go out into the world, diversify my experiences, travel, create a network for myself, and one day share my experiences to young global potential leaders in the world like those of whom were a part of this course. Now I am curious to learn more about new cultures, global health, animal conservation, ecological matters, human connections, and so much more. I have completed this engaging course competently with new goals for myself and the world, as well as a new outlook on global citizenship and leadership. So, thank you.
