Main Menu   Main Page Program Days Leader Reader About Us Calendar News Event Gallery How To Apply Youth Leadership         HOW TO APPLY TO LEADERSHIP PINELLAS NEW DOWNLOADABLE APPLICATION! PDF Version  Click Here Microsoft Word Version  Click Here Leadership Pinellas is actively recruiting high energy, talented individuals for the Leadership Pinellas Class of 2009. We are an issues-oriented learning program that promotes personal growth, leadership opportunities, interchange of ideas about our County and enthusiasm for services to the community. The program is launched with a Class Orientation Retreat scheduled for noon on Friday, August 22 through noon on Saturday, August 23, 2008. This overnight retreat challenges and motivates participants for the sessions during the next nine months. The eight-hour day sessions examine Human Services, Government & Media, Business & Technology, Environment & Infrastructure, Education, Health, Arts & Culture and Criminal Justice. Tentative dates are usually the second Wednesday of September through May. A three-day trip to Tallahassee is scheduled in March during the legislative session to provide an up-front experience of our state government. Proposed program day dates and Tallahassee trip will be confirmed prior to the Recruitment Social on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Full attendance at the Orientation Retreat is required to participate in the class. One absence of a Program Day is allowed but additional missed classes must be made up the next year. It also will be the responsibility of the class to participate in a class project as well as a Ride Along with a law enforcement agency. In order to create a dynamic and interactive learning environment, the class size will be limited. Tuition for Leadership Pinellas is $1,250, includes all costs associated with the program, is nonrefundable and must be paid by August 8, 2008. A $25 nonrefundable application fee is due and payable at the time the application is submitted. Request for a partial scholarship is included in the application. We offer two opportunities to learn more about this exciting program with a Recruitment Social on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and a Recruitment Breakfast on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Both events will be held in the Margarete Heye Great Room at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater. There is no charge for these events, but an RSVP to 727-585-8889 or online is required at least two days prior to the function. The application must be typed, completed with both signatures and mailed with the $25 application fee to Recruitment Committee, Leadership Pinellas, P.O. Box 5986, Clearwater, FL 33758-5986 with postmark no later than May 16, 2008. Please feel free to call Leadership Pinellas at 727-585-8889 at any time should you have questions. We look forward to meeting you at one of our events. If you would like to have an application emailed to you for completion on your computer, email your request to: judy@leadershippinellas.com or download the application here.