2020 LEA

2019 LEA Group2020 Leadership Education Academy Seeks Facilitators

By Dan Jenkins & Rian Satterwhite

Dan Jenkins Dan Jenkins, Ph.D., is Chair and Associate Professor of Leadership & Organizational Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Dan is a co-author of the book The Role of Leadership Educators: Transforming Learning and has published more than 30 articles and book chapters on leadership education and assessment. He has also presented research and facilitated workshops on leadership pedagogy, curriculum, and course design, around the world. Additionally, Dan is a former Chair of their Leadership Education Member Interest Group, Vice-Chair of the Collegiate Leadership Competition, Associate Editor of the Journal of Leadership Studies, and former Secretary of the Association of Leadership Educators.

Rian Satterwhite Rian Satterwhite, M.A., M.Ed., serves as Director of the Office of Service Learning and Leadership at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where they offer academic and co-curricular programs that help students develop critical leadership practices grounded in community, systems thinking, and the pursuit of social justice. He has served as Chair of Leadership Education and Convener of the Sustainability Leadership Group within the International Leadership Association, and co-chair of the 2018 & 2019 National Leadership Symposiums.



The 2015, 2017, and 2019 Leadership Education Academy (LEA) experiences were a great success! 2019’s waitlist of participants, has inspired us to offer LEA again in 2020, rather than waiting until 2021. Read below to learn more about LEA’s most recent academy, its three interlocking elements, and how you can get involved as a facilitator. Interested in attending LEA July 26-30, 2020 as a participant? Save the date and stay tuned for more information later this year!

Introduction

In August 2019, LEA brought together 72 leadership educators and eight facilitators over the course of three-and-a-half days to explore, enhance, and deepen leadership knowledge and pedagogical practices. The success of LEA was both personal for us and an indicator that we truly created an experience that helped develop — both personally and professionally — the capacities of leadership educators in an intentional and developmental way. We could not have created, nor delivered, such an experience without the dedication, wisdom, and contribution of our amazing LEA facilitators and the willingness of the participants to put forth ideas and energy to make a difference in their own programs. LEA is comprised of three interlocking elements that contribute to leadership education — content, pedagogy, and identity.

Content

Participants not only learned about seminal leadership content to teach or facilitate, they experienced it! Through sharing of best practices, experiential activities, and our workbook full of resources, participants were able to add to their leadership toolboxes.

2019 LEA GroupI cannot offer enough praise for this experience. Every aspect of LEA contributed to my development in a rich and meaningful way. I am returning from this retreat feeling invigorated and energized. Moreover, I feel like I have the tools, competence, and confidence necessary to achieve my goals — both immediate and long term. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Pedagogy

The second aspect of LEA focuses on pedagogy and instructional design, helping participants explore developmental sequencing, backwards design, and various strategies for content delivery.

2019 LEA GroupThe most significant learning occurred during discussions and development around the topic of pedagogies and instructional strategies. It was really helpful to learn more about the different pedagogies and how to incorporate them into any type of learning and to achieve a wide variety of programmatic goals. The roundtables were great for increasing knowledge and sharing of ideas. The PRACTICE session on day three really helped to conceptualize and apply the pedagogies to topics that were not familiar to us and it provided an opportunity for us to challenge ourselves to think outside of the box and go outside of our comfort zone to combine pedagogies and instructional strategies.

Identity

A large focus of LEA is working on ourselves as leadership educators. We spend a great deal of time exploring our professional identities and how we bring our own selves into leadership education.

2019 LEA GroupWithout a doubt, the most significant learning I walked away with was related to the development of my own leadership educator identity. Yes, the framework provided did offer immense support to the work that I am doing in my current role, but the more valuable development that occurred for me was related to increases in confidence, efficacy, and motivation related to my leadership educator identity. LEA helped to awaken the intrinsic motivation necessary for me to pursue this identity and gave me tangible tools (networks, resources, information) to engage in that pursuit.

Apply to Be a Facilitator for LEA 2020

As we plan for the 2020 LEA, we are seeking experienced leadership educators to serve in the incredibly important role of LEA Facilitator. Facilitators will meet monthly beginning in December 2019 to shape the curriculum and resources of the program. At LEA, facilitators will engage in both large and small group facilitation as well as coaching of leadership educators. We cannot emphasize enough how influential the facilitators are to the program. One participant from 2017 put it best:

The facilitators and community were the best part of this experience. The two coaching sessions I engaged in were extremely valuable. The facilitators were extremely knowledgeable, personable, and helpful! The workbook we received was outstanding and will continue to be an important resource for me. I'm thankful for the facilitators who chose to do this simply because they want to give back to their profession. Awesome stuff!

The 2020 Leadership Education Academy is scheduled for the last week of July 2020. Exact dates and the location are being finalized. If you are interested in learning more about being an LEA Facilitator and the application process, please go to our LEA Facilitator Overview page. Applications are due by 5pm EST on October 1, 2019. Click here to apply.