The application process includes:
- Application process opens on February 1, 2023
- Completion of the online application by April 30, 2023
- 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 Val Gardner.
The Vermont School Leadership Project will meet for a total of 18 days: July 2023 (4 days); October 2023 (3 days); January 2024 (2 days); March 2024 (2 days); July 2024 (3 days); October 2024 (2 days) and November 2024 (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 11-14, 2023
- 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 18-20, 2023
- 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 25-26, 2024
- 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 28-29, 2024
- 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 10-12, 2024
- 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 3-4, 2024
- 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 7-8, 2024
- Celebrate your Snelling Journey for the Call to Leadership.
- Develop a plan for keeping connected to the Snelling Community.
Tuition for 2023-2024
The tuition (which includes rooms, meals, and program fees):
- Double occupancy is $8,900 (nonrefundable) and payable in installments of $4,450 each by July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024.
- Single occupancy is $9,900 (nonrefundable) and payable in installments of $4,950 each on July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024.
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, 2023.