Not only will your child experience activities to build their Islamic identity, but also they will be exposed to several key concepts related to patience and perseverance. Based on the Quran and Sunnah, this leadership retreat for pre-teens provides an opportunity for youth to develop in their deen and put it into practice.

Don’t miss this great opportunity for your child to join the program, where your son will gain insights into a key attribute of leadership in a youthful way.

Activities:

Mountain Hiking, Swimming, BBQ, Soccer, Team Activities, Group Competitions, Quizzes, Group Discussions

Location:

Shenandoah Region, VA

Fees:

Limited financial aid available for eligible participants. Fees include three meals, leadership booklets/handouts, certificates of attendance

Times:

Leave after Fajr, return by Ishaa, inshaa Allah bus leave prompty inshaa Allah from (BUS WILL NOT WAIT FOR LATE COMERS)

Dar Al-Taqwa, Columbia Maryland – 6:00am
Dar us-Salaam, College Park – 6:30am
Adams Center, Herndon – 7:30am

Not only will your child experience activities to build their Islamic identity, but also they will be exposed to several key concepts related to patience and perseverance. Based on the Quran and practice of the Prophet, this leadership retreat for pre-teens provides an opportunity for youth to develop in their Deen and put it into practice.

Activities:

Mountain Hiking, BBQ, Team Activities, Knowledge Hunt, Soccer, Quizzes, Group Discussions, plus more – All participants receive a copy of Mountain Strong book ($29 value)

Details

• A certified CPR and first aid chaperons by the American Red Cross is available on trip
• Our ratio is 1 chaperon per 5 kids
• The program is developed by professionals educated and trained in leadership. Chaperons have experience in youth programs, and have conducted programs at area Masjids for several years including trips and other off-site programs.
• The Mountain Strong Book accompanies the program and has been reviewed by two Islamic center Imams (Dar Al-Taqwa and Ann Arbor Muslim Community Center), a youth psychologist, a psychiatric and a leadership expert from the University of Maryland.
• For the girls program, all chaperons are sisters, except for two adult brothers whose functions are security and logistical support. All activities are conducted by college age trained female chaperons.
• ILIA serves only halal and healthy food, no junk food/snacks are served.

Location:

Rocks State Park, MD

Fees:

Includes breakfast, lunch and dinner, leadership book, activities, exam and certificates of attendance

Times:

7:00am buses depart from

Dar Al-Taqwa, Columbia, Maryland & Dar us-Salaam, College Park, MD

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• Marketing and Public Relations
• Dawa and Outreach
• Training and Instruction
• Accounting and Finance
• Writing and Editing
• Leadership and Management
• Video and Multimedia Production
• Business Planning and Entrepreneurship

To apply, complete a short online application.

Program includes case studies and activities and concludes with an exam, all participants who score above 80% are eligible to receive an ILIA Educational Credit (IEC) towards a certificate in Islamic leadership.

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Does your child need extra attention?

Is your student struggling at school?

Demotivated, frustrated and not interested in studying?

Through ILIA’s unique approach we allow our students to be motivated self-learners. In a few weeks, your child will exhibit leaps in self-esteem, motivation and school work interest, Insha’Allah.

Tutoring available in Math, English, Physics and other middle school, high school, engineering and business colleges topics.

Open Enrollment: Email info@islamicleadership.org for more information, or register online for a block of 2, 5 or 10 hours of tutoring.

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Who Should Attend

Home School Parents ● Teachers, Principals, Educators ●Youth Coaches, Mentors

Goals and Objectives

• What is service learning
• Embedding  service learning in your classroom
• Make your class sessions more interesting
• Eliminate hearing “School is too boring, dad”
• Ensure students remember, apply & connect with classroom
• Apply Islamic studies, Quran and even Math & Science in their daily lives as young Muslim Americans
• Engage students in the issues of the society
• Raise the self-esteem and motivation of your students
• Allow students to improve understanding of socio-historical contexts
• Encourage students  to critically think about politics and morality in society

Instructor

Dr. Shehata is former director of the International Programs Office at the University of Maryland and has 35+ years of experience in higher education, civic development, and project coordination. He is a former University professor, and administrator. He held senior positions at the University of Maryland and has been a key player in creating partnerships between the University of Maryland and several other institutions across the world. He holds a Ph.D degree from University of California, and is author of publications in the areas of capacity building, agriculture, service learning and leadership development, and served on a number of US academic institutions board of directors.

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The Seminar

It was a brisk fall day when on October 21, 2009, twenty-one teens met in Laurel, Maryland to attend the first ever Youth Project Management seminar held by the Islamic Leadership Institute of America (ILIA). There, they learned about what constitutes a project, and they also learned about managing the complexities of a scope and about scope, cost, schedule, risk and more. The twenty-one youth leaders came from varied locations; some as far as Herndon, Virigina, and others from Baltimore, Maryland.They spent six hours in a intensive workshop that was a mix of learning, presentation, team activity and project management in practice. Towards the end of the fourth hour, the teens spent 90 minutes developing a high level plan to build a college dorm  and used not only the knowledge they had learned throughout the day to come up with the plan, but also hands-on games and activities to enrich their learning experience.

Towards the closing of the workshop the coaches of the program shared information about the first Youth Project Management competition which was going to be held at Dar Al-Taqwa (DAT) masjid in Ellicott City about two months later.

The Competition

Three teams, ten participants, three judges, two coaches, a motivated teen moderator and an audience went to Dar-al-Taqwa on December 26^th, 2009 to experience an afternoon filled with excitement. They watched each team present their long weeks of hard work to build a project that would benefit their communities.

DAT created a team consisting six participants: Nada Elansary, Noha Elansary, Doha Nassar, Yomna Nassar, Razeen Khan, and Soha Hassan. Team Islamic Research & Humanitarian Service Center of America (IRHSCA) had two members: Niyah Hamiliton and Khaila Hamiliton. The last participant was the representative of Dar us-Salaam (DUS), Hannan Hijazi.

Each team presented their project with enthusiasm to three judges, all of whom are experts in project management and have over 65 years of professional project management experience with large scale projects: Shafqat Abbasi, Alpha Bailey, and Mostafiz Choudhary.

While each competitor was eager to know the results after the judges were done calculating the scores, their impatience was released by Mahmoud Aboelrous, one of the two coaches and the driving force behind the program, as he walked up to the stage along with Hamzah Ameen, who was the moderator announcing the winning teams. Team DAT planned out a full detailed construction plan of a full time elementary and middle school. The representative of team DUS made a setup of a food shelter program. Team IRHSCA came up with a newsletter for a masjid. DAT was awarded first place with a monetary award of $120. DUS won second place and received $60. IRHSCA placed third place and was acknowledged with $30. The day ended with each participant receiving an honoring prize.

Br. Abbasi stated during the competition, “I am impressed by the level of detail and the work your team has [completed]”. Sr. Bailey gave a few words of advice to the participants towards the end of the program and reflected her appreciation and admiration for the work presented.

This program is the first of its kind in the Muslim community in the DC metropolitan area, and most probably nation-wide, and was completely funded by ILIA through fees and partially via minimal donations. Although ILIA had approached a leading project management organization to sponsor part of the event, ILIA never received any support. Ayman Nassar, ILIA’s chairman states  “Allhamdulillah, it was a great success despite the extreme limitation in resources and the hurdles facing the program, we were able to have the first youth project management competition for our young Muslim brothers and sisters”.

To bring this program to your local community, or donate to this cause, contact ILIA at info@islamicleadership.org

This program is offered to youth who wish to develop project management and leadership skills. It is a mix of presentation, team activities, project development assignments, off-site projects with area Islamic institutions inshaa Allah.

ILIA is training youth on principles of project management , participants in the program will have the opportunity to join a team of youth who will act as project managers assisting a Muslim social service, religious or educational organization with planning and managing small projects. Its a great opportunity to learn, give back for the sake of Allah (SWT) and to get community service credit. Teams which work in a community service project, will enter the Greater Washington DC Region Project Planning Competition on December 26th.

Fees: Workshop ($69), Competition ($20) – Financial Aid Available – contact info@islamicleadership for discount code.

Register Here:

2010 – Washington DC: Ellicott City, Maryland
2009 – Washington DC: Laurel, Maryland

Coaches Needed:

Qualifications:

1. College student or working professional
2. Live near the Masjid
3. Have valid drivers license
4. Can dedicate 1-2 / hrs per week to meet with team
5. Good interpersonal skills with youth

Benefits

1. Reward from Allah
2. Sharing experience with the youth
3. Free training
4. Learning experience
5. Leadership skills development
6. Networking with professionals

To volunteer as a coach please email info@islamicleadership.org

Judges Needed:

Qualifications:

1. Professionals in project management, PMP preferred
2. Good judgment abilities
3. Strong analytical skills
4. Solid understanding of project management concepts
5. Strong interpersonal skills
6. Available for 2 hrs in November, and 6 hrs on 12/26/09

To volunteer as a judge please email info@islamicleadership.org

Benefits:

1. Reward from Allah
2. Sharing experience with the youth
3. Networking with professionals
4. Learning experience
5. PDUs for PMP certification

Make The Click is a seminar that deals with Adult/Teen Communications. Both parents, educators, and youth will all benefit from this class that will be taking an objective look at the life of teenagers and will discuss proven techniques and approaches that will equip one to better handle challenging issues pertaining to the youth. The intensive seminar is a mix of presentation, group activities, exercises, assessments and case study analysis from real situations in our Muslim communities in North America.

Why Attend?

• Does you teen not listen to you?
• Is you teen becoming isolated?
• Do you and your teen always get into arguments and can not communicate?
• Does your spouse and your teen never get along?
• Are you being faced with questions in the classroom you don’t know how to address?
• Do you feel your students are not motivated in class?

Who Should Attend?

• Parents
• Teachers
• Educators
• Youth coaches

Topics

• Introduction to Teens
• Parents and Teachers, Who are They?
• Teen Challenges
• Communications Cornerstones
• Significance of Parents in Islam
• Youth—Adult Relationships from the Quran and Sunnah
• Listening Techniques
• Coaching Both Ways
• Motivating the Stubborn
• Mentoring Your Teen
• Effective Criticism
• Untying the Gridlock
• Dealing with Common Problems
• Over the Boundary: Drugs, Sex and Tawheed
• Real case studies

Graduation Requirement

Workshop includes a 60 minute exam at the end of the day. All applicants who score 80% or higher receive (1) ILIA Educational Unit.

Below is the transcript from the newspaper:

Local Org Seeks to Take Leadership Training National

Written by Arjumand Yousuf, Muslim Link Staff Writer
Friday, 26 February 2010

The Islamic Leadership Institute of America (ILIA) “a non-profit organization dedicated to the realization of leadership, capacity building and institutional sustainability” based out of Howard County, MD is the first non-profit institute of its kind which strives to promote leadership opportunities for Muslims nationwide while incorporating the teachings of the Quran and sunnah.

Founded by Brother Ayman Nassar, the mission of this organization is to provide leadership training at both the individual and institutional levels through youth development, institutional stability, and community building for Muslim communities throughout North America. “We saw a need to help Muslim organizations improve their maturity, governance, and sustainability” says Nassar.

Thus, ILIA was established and the organization put programs in place to help bridge the leadership gap. These programs include youth development workshops, youth leadership retreats and mentoring programs, teacher leadership training, strategic planning for Islamic non-profits, homeless shelter support and inmate transition support. Each training session usually focuses on one leadership trait such as patience, although longer programs may combine traits geared toward a particular objective. Students can earn educational units which each full day of instruction and work towards a certificate in Islamic Leadership.

Established in June of 2009, this young non-profit organization has already accomplished a lot in its young lifetime. Over the past year, ILIA has held five successful leadership training programs including one held in Ann Arbor Michigan in November of 2009 geared towards educators and parents. Over 35 individuals attended this session that covered topics on effective communication such as active listening, coaching, motivation, conflict resolution, and negotiation. The Institute also published a book titled Patience in Practice and two workbooks titled Make The Click-Bridge the Gap and Youth Project Management.

What makes this organization unique and different? It incorporates Islamic teachings into leadership practices and principles such as patience explained Nassar, and they offer workshops and training sessions at fraction of the cost of similar organizations. The Board of ILIA consists of six members five brothers and a sister of varying ages and cultural backgrounds which brings diversity to the organization. The use of technology such as web conferencing and phone conferencing also allows the organization to keep overhead costs low.

Some upcoming projects this year for ILIA include a teen communication workshop scheduled for March 13 in College Park, MD. This seven hour intensive workshop will use group activities, exercises, assessments, and case study analysis to provide parents, teachers, educators, and youth coaches with different tools and approaches on how to deal effectively with teens. Another unique opportunity for teens coming up during spring break in April titled “Leadership for the Heart” is an ummrah program combining worship, recreational, social and educational activities. Participants will travel to Makkah, and Medina where they will be immersed in an Islamic environment, perform an umrah, and visit orphan children in Jeddah. An additional training program focusing on family leadership is scheduled to be held in May 2009.

Thus far ILIA has provided training and workshops in Virginia, Maryland, D.C., New York, and Michigan, but this national organization would like to expand and provide programs in other states as well. Until December the organization’s plans were up to speed, but the organization has slowed down a little bit, because of the need for more funding explained Nassar. The organization’s long term goals include creating a leadership resource center in the Baltimore/Washington area equipped with a library from which Muslims and non-Muslims alike can benefit, and being recognized nationally as an institution that provides leadership training by building partnerships with masjids and Islamic centers across the country.

For more information, visit http://www.islamicleadership.org.