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Committee 4 Wagga

Committee 4 Wagga - Wagga School Leaders Program

Congratulations to Rohan Cummins and Ella McCorry for enrolling in the Committee 4 Wagga School Leaders Program this year. They have recently completed an Induction to the program at the Mercure  and Day 1 of the program at CSU.

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 the 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 2021 will be the sixth 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. 

 

The program will be delivered by Claire Markwick from Reignite Performance Coaching, supported by C4W Executive Assistant Michelle Ford and Sophie Uden.

 

 

Matthew Conn | Leader of Student Academic Care & Wellbeing