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High-Performance Leadership: Skills for life and Career Growth

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Weekend Workshops - NYU High School

High-Performance Leadership: Skills for life and Career Growth

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High-performance leadership isn’t about titles, seniority, or managing large teams. It’s about mindset, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and the ability to influence others with purpose and confidence. This immersive weekend workshop is designed to help students accelerate their personal and professional growth by equipping them with real-world leadership tools they can use immediately.
Through a dynamic blend of interactive exercises, peer collaboration and coaching dialogues, students will experience leadership development in a format unlike anything offered in a traditional classroom. This workshop is fast-paced, energizing, and life-changing by design.
By the end of the workshop, students will walk away with a sharper sense of who they are as leaders, the tools to succeed in college and future careers, and a renewed confidence in their ability to make a positive impact in their communities, workplaces, and personal lives. This is leadership training reimagined…experiential, empowering, and built for the next generation of high-performing leaders.

Ideal For

  • High school students in grades 9–12
  • High school students who have an interest in careers in leadership and/or management

You'll Walk Away With

  • A keen understanding of successful leadership skills and how to apply them
  • The skills to develop a mission statement and personal leadership development strategy
  • A personalized leadership development plan that ties directly to your academic goals, life ambitions, and career trajectory

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Fall 2026

  • Section

    001
    Tuition $0.0

    Please complete the online application to enroll.

    • Semester

      Fall 2026

    • Date

      Oct 17 - Nov 14

    • Day

      Saturday

    • Time

      9:00AM-12:00PM

    • Format

      In-person

    • Sessions

      4

    • Faculty

    • Location

      Washington Square
    • Oct 17 - Nov 14
    • Saturday
    • 9:00AM - 12:00PM
    • Washington Square

As a college prep program, the NYU SPS High School Academy offers a range of professional and college geared courses. Explore topics and get a feel for majors or careers you may be considering all while preparing for the college admissions and college application process.

Projects and short assignments provide take-aways that prepare you for college classroom work, while demonstrating your newly acquired skills.

Cost

All courses are $850.

Please note: No financial aid, scholarships, or discounts are available for Weekend Workshops.

*10% Discount available to NYU Faculty/Staff Only

Fall Weekend Workshop Admissions:
Rolling admission- courses are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

Application Deadline for Fall Courses:
October 1, 2026

Class Schedule:
October 17, 2026 - November 14, 2026
(NO CLASSES October 31, 2026)

Program Contact

212-998-7006 - sps.hsacademy@nyu.edu

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