Register for WE20’s SWENext High School Leadership Academy

What is SHLA?

SWENext High School Leadership Academy (SHLA) is a program that provides awareness and inspires high school students to pursue careers in engineering and technology. SHLA provides students with leadership training, college advice, self-development topics, and the opportunity to experience the SWE community first-hand through networking, coaching, and mentoring to learn techniques to pursue STEM careers.

The SHLA program is held in conjunction with SWE’s Annual Conference to provide high-school students with training and development opportunities in five key program tracks including:

1. College preparation
2. STEM pathways
3. Leadership
4. Self-development
5. Inclusion and cultural awareness

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SHLA WE20 program will be done online; providing high school students across the globe with access to a variety of online learning opportunities from Monday, October 19 to Friday, October 23 with a SHLA graduation ceremony on Thursday, November 12.

Register by October 1, 2020!

SHLA WE20 attendees will participate in the following program activities:

• Interactive SHLA sessions with engaging subject matter experts including:
  • Fireside Chat: Resilience, Career Pathways and STEMinism — October 20, 6pm CST
  • Exploring Career Pathways — October 21, 6pm CST
  • Leadership Skills for College — October 22, 6pm CST
  • SWENext Connect: Leadership Skills for College — October 22, 7pm CST
• Registration to world’s largest conference for women engineers, WE20 Virtual Conference
• Networking with fellow SHLA participants and SWE members
• A SHLA graduation ceremony

View the full SHLA WE20 agenda.