OPEN TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND CURRENTLY ENROLLED COLLEGE STUDENTS

APPLICATION DUE NOVEMBER 7, 2025

A NON-REFUNDABLE APPLICATION FEE IS DUE WITH SUBMISSION

 

In partnership with Marywood University, this 8-week, virtual course consists of online modules and a mentorship opportunity that will provide students with an innovative and flexible learning experience. Participants improve their personal and professional development skills while building a solid resume and honing leadership, interview, and career readiness skills.

Topics may include the power of personality, managing differences, emotional intelligence, personal brand development, authentic leadership communication, conflict management, and resolution, decision-making, and writing emails for impact and influence. Participants work on weekly course content at their own pace and Zoom once a week as a class. Students are provided the opportunity to connect with students from all over the state and build connections via a private Linked In group.

This program is co-facilitated by Leadership Lackawanna, Marywood University Associate Professor Dr. Amy Paciej-Woodruff, and consultant Dr. Annie Muscato.

We are offering two paths to completion (curriculum and course length are the same with both options):

Option 1: Credit option-- Students are awarded 3 education credits from Marywood University and a certificate of completion from Leadership Lackawanna-- Cost: $800

Option 2: Non-credit option-- Students are only awarded a certificate of completion from Leadership Lackawanna—Cost: $400

Participants work on weekly course content at their own pace, but must attend eight (8), mandatory, one-hour Zoom meetings, held Mondays at 8:00 p.m.

Sessions dates: January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23 and March 2, 2026.

All meetings will be recorded. Before applying, students must ensure there are no schedule conflicts. 

** Marywood students must be approved through the registrar to use block tuition. If they are not eligible, full tuition of $800 must be paid prior to course start date.

APPLICATION DUE NOVEMBER 7, 2025

COURSE PAYMENT IN FULL IS DUE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025.

FAILURE TO PAY BY THE DEADLINE COULD RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE COURSE.

All payments by check are made payable to Leadership Lackawanna and mailed to:

PO Box 431, Scranton, PA 18501

(include applicant's name on the memo line)

 

If you selected “I have the support of my HS/College/University and they will financially sponsor me,” please fill out this section. All others – leave blank

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY PAYMENT- Enter the contact information of the payee below, where Leadership Lackawanna should send the invoice.

 

For all six programs tuition refunds are only guaranteed within TWO weeks of the first session.   After the designated period, a refund will be considered on a case-by-case basis, at the discretion of the Executive Director.

Individuals who are dismissed from any program will not receive a refund.

Tuition assistance is now available to all qualifying candidates - regardless of the industry or sector.

Tuition for TLT and Core must be paid within 30 days from the start of the program UNLESS a written request regarding special payment is submitted to Leadership Lackawanna.  LL has sole discretion to accept or decline such requests.

Tuition for WS!, Collegiate, LF 2.0 and Executive must be paid before the start of the program.   

For questions about these policies, please contact Nicole Morristell, Executive Director, Leadership Lackawanna at nmorristell@scrantonchamber.com or (570) 342-7711 ext.125.

 

Thank you for agreeing to volunteer with the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) and/or its affiliated organizations, including but not limited to: Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Company, MetroAction, Skills in Scranton, Lackawanna Industrial Fund Enterprises, The Scranton Plan and Leadership Lackawanna. During your volunteer activities with GSCC, if serious injury should occur that requires emergency medical assistance, you are required to report the incident to your health insurance provider first. Volunteer accident insurance from Federal Insurance Company (a Division of Chubb) may cover additional medical expenses beyond your own coverage benefits. Volunteer accident insurance will serve as your primary coverage if you do not have health/medical coverage of your own, coverage is limited to $50,000.

I acknowledge that I or my dependent(s) have voluntarily applied to participate with GSCC on any of its projects without pay as a volunteer and agree that we assume the risk of injury or loss of life by participating. I or my dependent(s) understand that I/they am/are voluntarily participating in various individual and group activities related to the mission of the GSCC. These activities include but are not limited to the handling of power tools, climbing ladders, loading and unloading materials, painting and other related activities. This release is intended to be broad in its effect. I hereby agree to accept risk of injury, illness or death and verify this by placing my signature.

As being permitted to participate in these activities, I, on behalf of myself, my heirs, legal guardians, representatives, and dependents, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, release and forever discharge GSCC, its officers, directors, agents, and representatives from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, damages, actions, judgments, liens, losses, costs, attorney’s fees, and legal expenses or liabilities of any nature (including injury to and/or death of the participant), whether negligent or intentional, resulting from participation by me or my dependents in said activities. 

I give permission for my name, image, and likeness, as shown in videotapes, photographs, film, electronic images, and/or audio recordings, to be used by Leadership Lackawanna (LL), now and in the future. Further, LL will not request approval or provide notice prior to the use of name, image, or likeness. This permission extends to all LL assignees, successors, and/or partner organizations, and will be used for social media, marketing, and website use. Furthermore, I understand that such photographs, films, recordings, and electronic images and the plates, tapes, and/or software from which they are made shall become the property of LL.  I have carefully read this waiver and fully understand its contents. I am aware that this is a legal contract between LL and me that affects my legal rights. I am signing this document of my own free will.

I or my dependent(s) have carefully read this agreement and fully understand its contents. I am aware that this is a release of liability and a legal contract between GSCC and me and my dependents that affect my/our legal rights. I am signing this document of my own free will.

 

Leadership Lackawanna operates with the highest moral standards. Further, Leadership Lackawanna maintains organizational integrity and requires that the conduct of its members before, during, and after participation in a Leadership Lackawanna program comply with Leadership Lackawanna’s mission, core values, purpose, Code of Ethics, and be in compliance with the local, State, and Federal laws.

To this end, Leadership Lackawanna requires that all persons involved with Leadership Lackawanna swear/affirm the following:

• I swear/affirm, subject to penalties of the law, that I have not been named as a perpetrator of a founded report of child abuse as defined by the Child Protective Services Law.
• I swear/affirm, subject to penalties of law, that I have not been convicted of any of the following crimes under Title 18 of the Pennsylvania consolidated statutes or of offenses substantially equivalent in nature in any other jurisdiction, to those crimes under the laws or former laws of the United States or one of its territories or possessions, another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign nation, or under a former law of this Commonwealth.

o Chapter 25 (relating to criminal homicide)
o Section 2702 (relating to aggravated assault)
o Section 2706 (relating to terroristic threats)
o Section 2709.1 (relating to stalking)
o Section 2901 (relating to kidnapping)
o Section 2902 (relating to unlawful restraint)
o Section 2903 (relating to false imprisonment)
o Section 2910 (relating to luring a child into a motor vehicle or structure)
o Section 3121 (relating to rape)
o Section 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual assault)
o Section 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse)
o Section 3124.1 (relating to sexual assault)
o Section 3125 (relating to aggravated indecent assault)
o Section 3126 (relating to indecent assault)
o Section 3127 (relating to indecent exposure)
o Section 4302 (relating to incest)
o Section 4303 (relating to concealing death of child)
o Section 4304 (relating to endangering welfare of children)

o Section 4305 (relating to dealing in infant children)
o A felony offense under Section 5902(b) (relating to prostitution and related offenses)
o Section 5903(c) or (d) (relating to obscene and other sexual material and performances)
o Section 6301 (relating to corruption of minors)
o Section 6312 (relating to sexual abuse of children), or an equivalent crime

My signature below indicates that all information contained within this application is accurate. I understand all of the commitments and statements, and agree to uphold them to the best of my ability. I further understand that if official information to the contrary becomes available, I will be given written notification, and may be disavowed from Leadership Lackawanna and prohibited from any further participation in any LL program, event, or social media activity.

Upon acceptance, participants will receive a confirmation email that will include the curriculum and other important course information. If you do not receive a confirmation, or have questions, please contact Nicole Morristell at 570-342-7711 ext. 125 or nmorristell@scrantonchamber.com