Leadership Institute
The Leadership Institute is designed to meet the needs of new directors, assistant directors, counseling coordinators, tutoring coordinators, and those in the process of attaining or considering pursuing doctoral degrees. It also would benefit those who wish to strengthen their leadership skills and share strategies with their colleagues.
Although participation is not restricted, the targeted population for this institute is faculty and staff from the opportunity programs in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
2025 Leadership Institute Applications Are Open
Cultivating the Leader in you: How to be a leader and change agent in your current role.
The Leadership Institute will kick things off on April 5 and 6, followed by the conference April 6-9, 2025.
The Institute aims to empower leaders in opportunity programs to enhance a well rounded view of leadership. We will focus on cultivating leadership within participants’ current positions, equipping them with tools to collaborate effectively, leverage their strengths, and prepare for future career growth.
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Candidates must complete an application which will include a mini-project to demonstrate their current leadership capabilities and ability to apply key concepts in real-world scenarios.
Benefits
- Gain insights into leading effectively from any position, whether as administrative staff, counselor/advisor, assistant director or senior staff.
- Connect with professionals across NY, NJ, and PA.
- Learn from experienced leaders and emerging voices.
- Develop skills in mindful leadership, emotional resilience, and stress management to support both personal well-being and professional effectiveness.
Focus Areas
- Intergenerational leadership perspectives: bridging generational gaps in leadership styles and approaches.
- Theoretical Frameworks: translating theory into actionable leadership approaches in opportunity programs
- Career Pathways and Visioning: setting attainable career goals and developing skills to advance into future roles
Questions to Ponder
- Do you want to find ways to create and implement change in your role?
- Are you seeking ways to develop new ideas and strategies to create a sustainable atmosphere for your students?
- How can you lead with impact in your current role?
- What does leadership mean to you, and how can you cultivate it within yourself and others?
Conference Resources
If you completed the Leadership Institute you can log-in and review the Leadership Institute Materials.
Here is a sample presentation from TSC Group 4 in 2019 (PDF).
Engaging & Inspiring Leadership
The Leadership Institute seeks participants through nominations endorsed by:
- Programs Heads of Each State;
- Executive Boards of Constituent Organizations in the Three States;
- Executive Board Members of Tri-State;
- Individual Members of Opportunity Programs; and
- Faculty and Staff Members from the Opportunity Programs may also self-nominate.
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Apply!
- Candidates must complete an application and provide a letter of support from their director, dean, or provost indicating institutional support for their participation. Those continuing from a previous Leadership Institute need only to complete the application.
Benefits
- Talent to work cooperatively with all peers in higher education;
- Understanding of institutional and government academic policies and guidelines;
- Ability to engage in effective student recruitment;
- Expertise to conduct comprehensive academic and financial advising, personal, social and career counseling;
- Proficiency to assess, review and evaluate program effectiveness;
- Knowledge to maintain a goal oriented and needs responsive program and;
- Experience to assume an institutional leadership role for program support.
Focus Areas
- Developing work enhancement strategies; Assessment and Re-Assessment of the impact of work and;
- Systematically examining definitions of leadership, career goals, skill attainment, and;
- Being responsive to real or implied demands through a series of discussions, activities and readings.