Academic Care & Wellbeing

Congratulations to Hannah Hood, William Kerr and Chloe Barnes for being accepted into the Wagga Youth Leaders Program for next year. The impact of this worthwhile initiative has been evident where past graduates have shown clear evidence, where each displayed a growth in confidence through very impressive public speaking skills. It has been wonderful to see how proud they were of their achievements and the gratitude they felt for the experiences the Program had provided them. The Program has clearly helped young people develop deeper insight into what it means to be an authentic leader and how to work as a team.  All past participants have enjoyed expanding their social networks with like minded peers across our local secondary schools. They also  benefited from developing a better understanding of our local community, including more awareness about the different industries and employment opportunities available. 

About Committee 4 Wagga

The Committee 4 Wagga is a member based, self-funded, independent organisation

representing over fifty member organisations that collectively employ over 4,500 people.

Committee 4 Wagga works with the community, local businesses and all levels of

government to champion positive change for a better city. Our core objectives are to:

• Enhance the quality of life within Wagga Wagga

• Enable the community to initiate and effect positive change

• Develop and expand a leadership base

• Facilitate the interaction of community, business and government

• Support a flexible and creative business culture

• Partner to develop city infrastructure

• Position Wagga Wagga internationally

About the Wagga School Leaders Program

The Board of Management of the Committee 4 Wagga believes that it is vital to provide opportunities for development to not only young professionals in the early years of their career, but also to younger community members, those still participating in secondary Education. The School Leaders Program is a Committee 4 Wagga initiative, supported by significant financial and resource investment from local businesses and Charles Sturt University.

The Committee 4 Wagga recognised the importance of community leaders taking responsibility for the development of our city’s future leaders by providing opportunities such as this program to develop young, aspiring high school students into positive, successful ambassadors for the city. The Program was launched in 2016 and 2026 will

be the tenth year of participation.

Bookended by the Orientation Session and Launch in February and the Graduation Function in June, students selected by the participating Wagga Wagga high schools, will attend six single-day sessions and one evening session across the course of the first half of the school year, with each of the seven modules of the curriculum designed to achieve different learning outcomes.

The Program engages students in a series of challenging exercises including workshops, lectures, regional industry excursions, physical activities and mentoring sessions to develop their capacity to become successful leaders and community representatives.

Participation in the School Leaders Program should assist participants to analyse their strengths and areas for development; enable them to set personal and vocational goals; and, develop their self-awareness and self-confidence to ensure those goals are achieved. 

Matthew Conn | Leader of Student Academic Care