The application process includes:
- Application process opens on November 1, 2024
- Completion of the online application by March 2, 2025
- Submission of two letters of recommendation (details can be found in the application)
- Participation in an informational meeting prior to the July session
To nominate a colleague or for any questions about the application process, please contact Tasha Kleppner.
The Vermont School Leadership Project will meet for a total of 18 days: July 2025 (4 days); October 2025 (3 days); January 2026 (2 days); March 2026 (2 days); July 2026 (3 days); October 2026 (2 days) and November 2026 (2 days). Program days typically run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All sessions will be “in person” in compliance with all Department of Health guidelines unless there is guidance from the Department of Health that would require us to alter our format. Associates are expected to participate fully and should have the support and commitment of their employers.
All sessions will be held at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT.
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Session by Session Overview
Session 1: July 8-11, 2025
- Gain an overview of the VSLP leadership program.
- Examine your Personal Assessments (MBTI, LPI 360).
- Explore the role of assumptions in leadership. ·
- Think about the “call to leadership.”
- Develop a skill set for listening, discussion and collective inquiry.
- Develop a personal practice plan.
- Build connections with each other to begin the process of community building.
Session 2: October 15-17, 2025
- Extend understanding of self and self as leader.
- Understand the role of values in work as a leader.
- Expand understanding of self in relation to blind spots, bias and cultural competence.
- Expand your skills to sustain and deepen your understanding of self.
- Deepen understanding of the Snelling Journey; and
- Continue to grow the VSLP Learning Community.
Session 3: January 22-23, 2026
- Deepen your understanding and application of how systems-thinking leaders work.
- Continue to deepen your understanding of self and how that influences your work in systems.
- Continue to grow the VSLP Learning Community.
- Deepen understanding of the Snelling Journey.
Session 4: March 26-27, 2026
- Deepen your understanding and application of systems thinking leadership to your work and how you work within your system.
- Deepen understanding and implications of the Capstone.
- Continue the Snelling Journey for the Call to Leadership.
- Continue to develop the Snelling Community.
Session 5: July 8-10, 2026
- Reflect on last two months of school using systems leadership lens
- Apply Systems Leadership to your work by
- taking next steps in understandings systems leadership;
- understanding the factors at play, including self, that impact the system.
- Gain a better understanding of how I accept what my true influence is in the system. and be able to pay attention, adapt, respond and let go of a predetermined sense of what the outcome should be.
- Continue the Snelling Journey for the Call to Leadership.
- Continue to develop the Snelling Community.
Session 6: October 1-2, 2026
- Deepen understanding of staying centered.
- Develop your Capstone and presentation.
- Understand how our final session will be designed.
- Continue the Snelling Journey for the Call to Leadership.
- Continue to develop the Snelling Community.
Session 7: November 12-13, 2026
- Celebrate your Snelling Journey for the Call to Leadership.
- Develop a plan for keeping connected to the Snelling Community.
Tuition for 2025-2026
The tuition (which includes rooms, meals, and program fees):
- Double occupancy is $9,400 (nonrefundable) and payable in installments of $4,700 each by July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.
- Single occupancy is $10,400 (nonrefundable) and payable in installments of $5,200 each on July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.
Some program participants choose to pay the tuition all at once and this is completely acceptable. If you choose this option please send full payment by July 1, 2025.