About CSL

Strengthen your campus organization with trained and trusted leaders

The Certified Student Leader (CSL) program is an excellent opportunity for you to develop into the successful leader your student organizations need and count on. This program helps student leaders and professional staff develop leadership skills and gain the tools needed to lead more effectively. The certification process, including an exam, focuses on quality leadership training and strengthens your campus organization with trained and trusted leaders.

The CSL Program is offered in 3 different formats where you will learn cutting-edge leadership skills and strategies designed to foster an enriched campus community.

All three formats include intensive workshops which focus on four main areas of leadership:

Intentional and Inclusive Community Building: From Awareness to Collaboration
Communication and Conflict Resolution: Listen, Learn, and Speak
Organizational Management: Effective Meetings and Productive Action
Publicity and Promotion: Shared Vision and Best Practices

You are required to pass the CSL exam to receive certification. This designation denotes that you have acquired skills necessary for effective leadership and demonstrated your understanding of the material.

Upon successful completion of the exam, Certified Student Leaders will receive:

a parliamentary procedure packet, including useful reference tools
an award folder for displaying the CSL certificate
an official CSL certificate
a press release that can be sent to college and hometown newspapers
a Certified Student Leader portfolio
a CSL pin

I left with a great sense of wanting to implement what was gone over in the conference right into the way we run our organization. It got me really excited about trying to do more.
~2008 Dallas, TX CSL attendee