CCELMS Youth Leadership Special Interest Group: CYCEALSD

13 Jul CCELMS Youth Leadership Special Interest Group: CYCEALSD

CAMEROON YOUTH COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CYCEALSD)- BUEA – CAMEROON

OUR VISION

Our vision is to inspire and empower a new cohort of effective, ethical young educational leaders by equipping them with leadership knowledge, skills, attitudes, and effective social networking skills as they develop into active and vocal contributors to the social, economic and cultural well-being of their community.

OUR MISSION

Through our CYCEALSD Special Interest Group initiatives, we will provide Cameroon Youths with administrative, management and leadership opportunities to develop their resilience in overcoming barriers to progression and by equipping them with the skills, knowledge, attitudes and opportunities to speak out about community issues, and challenge inequalities and inequities within their local educational settings.

OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

We will aim to do this by:

1. Bringing youth leaders together by cultivating an inclusive, encouraging, and supportive community of learning through partnership with higher education institutions within Cameroon and other African countries.
2. Offering these youth leaders unique opportunities to build their administrative, management and leadership experience to lead effectively
3. Helping these Cameroon youth leaders become active participants in developing civic sensitivity and building civil society, governance and decision-making processes within their local settings.
4. Creating a pathway for these Cameroon youth leaders to actively participate in policy reformation as well as collaborate with CCELMS and CCEAM leaders in their jurisdiction to create intentional settings such as advisory groups where they work
5. Creating a community of young leaders who will go on to deliver change within Cameroon and other Commonwealth countries who are members of CCELMS and CCEAM.

Our Objectives: Through this program, CYCEALSD youth leaders have the opportunity to:

Belong to an inclusive, encouraging, and supportive community of learning

Build their administrative, management and leadership skills in community with other like-minded CCEAM youth leaders.

Acquire the skills, knowledge and attitude to develop civic sensitivity and participate in building civil society, governance and decision-making by actively participating in youth advocacy and engagement.

Gain work experience by participating in policy reformation as well as collaborating with CCELMS/CCEAM leaders and sharing accountability for shared goals to bring about social change and improvement within their local settings

Belong to a community of CYCEALSD/CCEAM youth leaders who will go on to deliver change in the world by practicing a global mindset of thinking and acting locally and contributing globally through this social platform offered through CYCEALSD/CCEAM for youth leaders.

What are the three CYCEALSD – Youth Leadership themes to explore and develop across each CCEAM member nation:

(1) Youth and Food Insecurity,

(2) Youth and Climate Change and

(3) Youth amidst the World at War/Peace.

Who can join our country-based CYCEALSD youth leader teams?

At least four (or more but not more than ten), young preservice educators (18 to 29-year-old) enrolled in undergraduate or Master degrees in education are encouraged to enlist as CYCEALSD youth leaders within their country by contacting their local representative CCELMS leader(s) and submitting a two-page resume with their application and two respective referees from the higher education institution they are enrolled in. They may be enrolled in this program for the duration of their under-graduate degree and after that if interested join as CYCEALSD members.

How often will we meet?

At the CYCEALSD Country level

1. A CYCEALSD Country Youth Leader will need to be a member of the CCELMS/CCEAM. This will be organised through their respective higher education institution and CCELMS through its registration as an Affiliated Member of CCEAM. More information on CCEAM Membership: https://cceam.info/apply-for-membership/ and contact the CCEAM Business Manager, Dr Patricia Briscoe for more details.
2. CYCEALSD Country Youth Leader will organise two business meetings per year with their group of CYCEALSD young leaders to work towards a country youth leadership agenda that will involve the mentoring and developing of educational leadership, administration and management skills as well as their participation in local advisory groups organised through CYCEALSD local leaders. This agenda will be chalked out in consultation with the CCELMS Youth Leadership Committee before any actions are sought towards it at the country level.
3. In any given year/two years, the CYCEALSD young leaders will engage in a capstone leadership project choosing any of the three themes given above and under the guidance of their CCELMS Country Youth Leader. They will be able to choose all three themes or any combination of themes with at least one theme being the most important theme being focused upon. As guided by their CYCEALSD Country Youth Leader, the CYCEALSD young leaders may work together or separately on a capstone leadership project chosen to fit the themes given above. They will present the findings/work in progress reports from their projects through participation either in an annual symposium or through the submission of essays.
4. A brief country report on the overall work done in any given year at the local level will be submitted to the CCELMS/CCEAM Youth Leadership Committee in December each year by the CCELMS/CCEAM Country Leader. A format for this report will be shared by the CCEAM Youth Leadership SIG Chair with all Country Youth Leaders.

At the CCEAM SIG level

1. The CCEAM Youth Leadership SIG Chair will call for two business meetings with the representative CCEAM Country leaders.
2. The CCEAM Youth Leadership SIG Chair will call for two network meetings in a year with all local representative CCEAM Country leaders and their respective CCEAM youth leaders to receive updates on their capstone projects and the work being done at their respective country level.
3. A topical youth leadership seminar will be organised through the CCEAM Youth Leadership Committee in June/July each year/biannually to mentor and grow this community of CCEAM youth leaders.
4. The CCEAM Youth Leadership SIG Chair, in consultation with the CCEAM Youth Leadership Committee and its local CCEAM Country Leaders, will organise an annual/biannual online symposium within the CCEAM conference or another international conference for CCEAM youth leaders to have an opportunity to participate in and present their views on glocal youth issues and actions being taken at the youth level towards addressing these issues and highlighting the work they are doing within their annual/biannual capstone leadership projects.
5. CCEAM Youth leaders will be advised to submit essays to an annual collection of essays that will be available on the CCEAM Youth Leadership webpage. These essays will need to be focused on their Capstone Leadership projects. These essays will be prepared under the guidance of their respective CCEAM Country Youth Leader.

LIST OF CYCEALSD YOUTH LEADERS CAMEROON YOUTH COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- BUEA CAMEROON

1. Mr. Nshuli James – President
2. Ebote Esteline – Vice President
3. Mr. Ketu Sulliver Bethuel – Secretary General
4. Mr. Asolefack Gatian Djoufack – Financial Secretary
5. Madam Lumula Abongnwi Lumnwi – Treasurer
6. Mr. Muah Hoges Samje – Adviser
7. Mr. Ojong Bright Otokwa – Adviser
8. Mr. Tamundum Desmond Chefor – Adviser
9. Mwene Emmanuel Ehabe – Adviser

Prepared by:

Dr Frederick Ebot Ashu (Associate Professor)

CYCEALSD Youth Leadership SIG Leader