To promote the volunteer ethic among teens, which includes serving as ambassadors for furthering 4-H youth development. The youth and adult audiences are providing leadership in groups that help plan programs, form policies, and work with other youth and adult groups. The training enables them to do a better job of helping other adults and youth gain leadership skills. To become trainers, teens must complete a three-day workshop that focuses on training participants to become effective teachers of leadership and self development programs. During the program, teens are trained in the subject matter areas of time management, leadership styles, communications, self esteem, decision making, and conflict management.
Teaching methods are also a part of the curriculum.
On the last day of the college, teens are required to team-teach a lesson on one of the subject matter topics. Each team is critiqued by professional instructors to help prepare them for programs in their home counties. Participation in the college is limited to thirty participants annually which allows for both individualized attention to the teens and development of a teamwork attitude. Human and financial resources have been gained through collaboration with outside organizations, individuals, and groups. One example is a program conducted for teaching 100 high school and junior high students.