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Program
Overview
The Diversity
Committee developed the NACADA Emerging Leaders
program in 2007 to
encourage members from diverse groups to get involved
in leadership opportunities within the organization,
outfit participants with the skills and tools necessary
to pursue elected and appointed leadership positions,
increase the number of leaders from diverse groups,
and
encourage and assist members of underrepresented
populations to attend state, regional, or national
conferences.
Diversity,
as defined by the NACADA Board of Directors, includes
ethnicity, gender, gender identity, disabilities,
and sexual orientation as well as diversity
in regard to institutional type, size,
and employment position. Involvement
in the association also is viewed broadly, including leadership
at many levels (within the division units, at the division
level, at the Council level, at the Board of Directors
level, and with the various work groups, ad hoc committees,
Advisory Boards, and task forces; serving on the Consultants
& Speakers Service; writing for the NACADA Journal,
Academic Advising Today, and the NACADA Clearinghouse
of Academic Advising Resources; or presenting at
state, allied member, regional, and national conferences.
Each year,
10 Emerging Leaders
and 10 Mentors
are selected for the two-year program in which the
Leaders and Mentors work closely on connecting the
Leaders to the areas of the association they are interested
in and in developing a plan for continued involvement
and growth in the association. Leaders selected receive
a $1,500 stipend to assist
them with travel to state, regional and national conferences.
To identify potential
local, regional and national leaders from underrepresented
groups who are interested in leadership development
and leadership involvement in the association
To identify Mentors
from among experienced NACADA leadership to guide
Emerging Leaders through a two-year leadership
development program as they grow in their leadership
in the association
To provide Emerging
Leaders with a two-year leadership development
program which will develop their leadership skills
for the association
To provide opportunities
for Emerging Leaders to reach out to colleagues
and peers from underrepresented groups and serve
as Mentors to future NACADA leaders
To provide the support
network needed and desired to foster a strong
leadership development program for underrepresented
populations in our association
Accomplishments
Members of the Emerging Leaders Classes currently serve, have served, or have been elected/appointed to serve as Region 7 Chair, Region 8 Chair, Multicultural Concerns Commission Chair, GLBTA Concerns Commission Chair, Two-Year Colleges Commission Chair, Advising Transfer Students Commission Chair, Small Colleges and Universities Commission Chair, Faculty Advising Commission Chair, Canada Interest Group Chair, Native American and Tribal College Interest Group Chair, New Advising Professionals Interest Group Chair, Ethics & Legal Issues in Advising Interest Group Chair, Membership Committee Chair, Diversity Committee Chair, Member Career Services Committee Chair, Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board Chair, and Webcast Advisory Board Chair. Emerging Leaders have served or are serving on the Awards Committee, the Diversity Committee, the Finance Committee, the Membership Committee, the Member Career Services Committee, the Professional Development Committee, the Research Committee, the Webcast Advisory Board, the Annual Conference Advisory Board, the Summer Institute Advisory Board, the Administrators Institute Advisory Board, the Publications Advisory Board, the AACSS Advisory Board, and the Emerging Leaders Program Advisory Board. One Emerging Leader initiated the Interest Group for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A number of Emerging Leaders have presented (some with their Mentors) at Regional and Annual Conferences, and several have served on Region or Conference Steering Committees. One served as the Exhibits Chair for the 2009 Annual Conference in San Antonio, and another as Chair of the 2010 Annual Conference in Orlando. Emerging Leaders have written for Academic Advising Today and NACADA monographs, taken part in Webinar broadcast presentations, and been awarded NACADA Research Grants. Emerging Leaders also report that they have become more involved at their home institutions. One said, “We’ve taken what we’ve learned through the program back to our home school. This program has not only made an impact on NACADA, but also on the institutions where the NACADA ELP participants work.”
Several Emerging Leader-Mentor pairs have shared about some aspect of their ELP experience in Academic Advising Today:
After
reviewing the additional information on the program, if
you have questions or need assistance, please email Leigh Cunningham, Executive Office
Liaison, at leigh@ksu.edu.
