How to Become a Teen Leader
The Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI) Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is designed to help teenagers learn to cope with and resist social and peer pressures to become sexually active at inappropriately early ages. PSI encourages those interested in becoming teen leaders of the program, to fill out an application.
Teen Leader Prerequisites
Teen leader applicants should:
- Be rising to 10th, 11th or 12th grade
- Be enrolled in Cincinnati Public Schools
- Have a Social Security Number
Qualifications
A teen leader applicant should:
- Relate well to other teens.
- Be a role model whose overall behavior reflects the message of the Postponing Sexual Involvement Educational Series.
- Desire to be involved in teenage pregnancy prevention activities, especially the Postponing Sexual Involvement program.
- Feel comfortable speaking before a group.
- Read and comprehend written material.
- Make up school work missed, and maintain a quarter grade of "C" or higher in each class.
Compensation for Being a Teen Leader
Teen Leaders will be paid a training stipend for fulfilling their responsibilities at a minimum rate of $8 per hour of training received.
Teen Leader's Perspective
Teen leaders Krushawnda Thrasher and D'Juanice Pullins (Hughes Teaching Professions, '01) developed a presentation you can download to learn about the benefits of being a Teen Leader in PSI.
Postponing Sexual Involvement Teen Leader Application
You can download the application (43 kb) in a portable document format (.pdf) and then print and mail it. You must have Adobe Acrobat" Reader installed on your computer to read this file.
You can download Adobe Acrobat" Reader at Adobe's web site by selecting the version appropriate for your type of computer. Applications will be reviewed in May.
If you have questions, please contact your principal or the PSI Office, 513-363-7795, fax 513-363-7765, christopher.kraus@cchmc.org.
