Liderazgo de Impacto Social en Línea
Develop your leadership skills as you design and implement a project that addresses and issue you care about.
Working alongside peers from across the country and around the world, you’ll gain the skills, confidence, and experience to create meaningful change while building a portfolio-worthy project that demonstrates your ability to lead, collaborate, and solve real-world challenges. By the end of the course, you will learn how to:
- Create positive social impact
- Evaluate your community through an assets-based lens
- Develop transferable skills in problem-solving, marketing, team building, leadership, and public speaking
- Execute an actionable project
This course goes beyond the classroom. Students leave with more than knowledge. They leave with the experience of creating something meaningful. Whether your project supports your school, a local organization, or addresses a community challenge, you’ll see firsthand how thoughtful leadership can create lasting change.
Please note that students do not need to come into the course with a developed idea of a project to implement. The course includes time to develop your idea!
De un vistazo
Quiénes
Domestic and international high school students. Must have a high-intermediate (B2)+ level of English
Winter Session dates
18 de enero–1 de abril de 2027
Lunes y jueves
7:00 - 8:30 CST
sábados
9:00 a.m. –10:30 a.m. CST
Fecha limite de registro
Enero 8, 2027
Costo
There are three registration types to choose from:
- Three/four-person team, per-student tuition cost: $325
- Individual student tuition cost: $450
- Two-person team, per-student tuition cost: $375
Phase 1: Social Impact Fundamentals learning objectives
- Identify what drives people to initiate changes & self-examination of strengths and weaknesses in initiating change.
- Investigate and analyze ways to make an impact.
- Build team-building, leadership, problem-solving and feedback-sharing skills.
- Examine communities through an asset-based lens to identify issues, potential solutions, stakeholders and beneficiaries.
Phase 2: Project design and implementation
- Design action steps toward a meaningful social impact project.
- Identify strategies for tracking impact and communicating project outcomes.
- Develop promotional materials to increase awareness.
- Launch project and address hurdles and adaptations.
- Evaluate outcomes and develop project extensions.
Fin de curso
- Complete a real-world social impact project
- Develop a toolkit of transferable leadership skills
- Build connections with globally-minded peers
- Gained experience that strengthens college applications, resumes, and future leadership opportunities
- Learned how individuals can create positive, sustainable change in their communities
During the first four weeks, students meet live twice per week to build foundational leadership and project-planning skills. Afterward, the course transitions to one meeting per week, allowing more time to focus on project implementation. Two optional office-hour sessions provide personalized feedback and one-on-one coaching from instructors as you refine your work.
For more detailed information on the course schedule and learning objectives, view the Curso de un vistazo.
Becas
We are pleased to offer both partial and full need-based scholarships for domestic and international students. If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, please complete the Scholarship Application before registering for the program. Click here to access the Scholarship Google form. The Scholarship form must be completed by January 4th, 2027.
Opción de crédito
Los estudiantes internacionales pueden tener la oportunidad de trabajar con Forward International Academy (FIA), una escuela secundaria con sede en Wisconsin, para obtener créditos de bachillerato estadounidense al completar con éxito el programa. Los estudiantes interesados en obtener créditos deben completar el formulario de interés aquí o comunicarse con el Coordinador de Servicios Estudiantiles de FIA, Mighty Lou Tinambacan, a mightyltp@usuniversitypathways.com para obtener más información.
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