The Seminar is based on the middle level concept of teaming. It is not unusual for a team to include a school board member or parent. Each team selects a project that is unique to their school or community. The project is developed throughout the year and finalized with their assigned team advisor during the week of the Seminar for implementation in the school. Three of the five days begin with a keynote speaker.
Most evenings have a special event.
The team project can be whatever is identified by the team as being an important issue in their school or community. CEYA hires nationally recognized individuals to work with the team. Each team is assigned an advisor who works with the team during seminar week to finalize their project. Each advisor works with 5-7 teams with similar project topics to encourage networking. CEYA also has resources on a wide range of middle level topics which can be accessed by the teams.