It is a specific objective of Teen Leadership Corps to target highly influential and overlooked student leaders in secondary schools to provide structured opportunities for community service.  Once in the program, schools participate in a unique combination of services including: 

1. Educational leadership training: (Teachers) Teen Leadership Corps will provide training for certified teachers to teach the service leadership course. Instructor attendance is mandatory for schools receiving benefits from Teen Leadership Corps.    

2.  Academic leadership training: (Students) The peer program trains students to serve as positive roles models and resources for other young people.  Training includes:  character education and mentoring skills, refusal and coping skills, interpersonal skills of attentive listening and facilitative responding, peer mediation, prevention education, and identification of school and community resources.

3.  Collaboration services: Teen Leadership Corps works with the United Way in establishing collaborative efforts with existing community service organizations.

4.  Instructional resources: All instructional materials necessary to teach, train, and facilitate the service leadership program are provided to the schools. These include student textbooks, journals and teacher references and supplemental materials. 

5. Service projects:  Teen Leadership Corps provides financial assistance for student community service projects.  Project samples are included in an Instructor’s Manual.

TLC’s authentic program offers a structured curricular service-leadership class executed by motivated and certified high school teachers.

Teen Leadership Corps Youth Council is made up of students from 10 high schools.

Participating high schools include:
Edison, Huron, Perkins, Margaretta, Norwalk, Norwalk St. Paul’s, Sandusky, Sandusky St. Mary’s, Vermillion and Willard.

These junior and senior high schools student leaders provide crucial insight for the Teen Leadership Corps staff and board of directors. These student leaders work cooperatively sharing ideas for school curriculum and service project ideas and are the driving force for innovative leadership for the Teen Leadership Corps program.