The document outlines the Collaborative Community Leadership Graduate Certificate program, emphasizing the development of leadership skills in diverse and multicultural contexts. It describes the program's objectives, foundational courses, elective options, and project requirements for students. It also highlights the importance of engaging students in real-world leadership practices and offers examples of potential projects.

1. Collaborative
Community
Leadership
Graduate Certificate
Information Session Prepared by
Dr. Eric K. Kaufman

2. What is your
personal-best
leadership
experience, and
what did you
learn from it?

3. America’s Leadership Crisis
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https://cnu.edu/las/

4. National Survey of Leadership Attitudes
https://cnu.edu/las/
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5. Insights from The Leadership Challenge

6. Leadership is
the process of
inspiring vision
and hope.
- Eric Kaufman
Leadership Defined

8. Eco-Leadership
"Eco-Leadership shifts power from individual
leaders to leadership … in an attempt to harness
the energy and creativity of the whole system.”
(Western, 2010, p. 44)

9. Leaderless vs. Leaderful

10. Salicru, S. (2019, June 16). Why do the four waves of leadership matter? LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do-four-waves-leadership-matter-sebastian-salicru-/

11. Tenants of Leadership Practice

13. Cultivating
Leaderful
Ecosystems
(Duncan et al, 2017)
How might a leadership
education program cultivate a
leaderful ecosystem?

14. Historical Leadership Education Options
In 2010, Virginia Tech had:
▪Three undergrad minors
▪ Leadership Studies
▪ Business Leadership
▪ Leadership & Social Change
▪Zero grad programs (with
“leadership” in the title)
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15. Graduate
Student
Interest
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2010 survey with a
convenience sample of
148 graduate students,
representing all seven
VT colleges, including:
35% CLAHS
21% COE
12% CALS
12% CAUS

16. Certificate Program Objectives
Complement Virginia Tech graduate students' academic
education by preparing them with the following abilities:
● Apply knowledge of leadership principles in
interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary contexts,
● Engage in scholarly inquiry as a way to critically analyze
leadership theory and practice,
● Promote collaborative leadership in real-world settings,
and
● Practice social responsibility in today's diverse and
multicultural environment.
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17. Foundational/Required Courses
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LDRS 5454: Leadership
Foundations for Diverse Contexts
This course is intended to assist
students in identifying and defining
leadership in formal and non-formal
educational settings, communities, and
organizations. Students will learn
through reading, observing, applying,
creating, and evaluating leadership in
context.
LDRS 5464: Leadership in a
Global Society
This course will guide learners in
identifying and developing the
personal and professional
competencies required for effective
leadership in an increasingly global,
diverse and multicultural society. The
class activities will involve critical
reflection and experiential learning.
Students will learn through reading,
observing, applying, creating, and
evaluating leadership in context.

18. Electives Allow Autonomy & Context
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Examples:
● ALCE 5154: Partnerships and Volunteerism
● ALCE 5224: Team Science, Cooperation, and Interdisciplinary
Work
● EDHE 6304: Theories of Educational Organizations
● ENGL 6334: Rhetoric in Society
● GRAD 5204: Citizen Scholar Seminar
● LDRS 5544: Leading Teams Through Change
● LDRS 5554: Leading Social Change
● SOC 5034: Social Inequality

19. Project/Application Requirement
10/17/17
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● Pre-approval from certificate program coordinator to
ensure connection to program concepts.
● End-of-project report in a potentially publishable
format.
● Completed with and/or supervised by a faculty
member appropriate for the project.
● Documented through one credit hour of LDRS 5974:
Independent Study.

20. Project Examples
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▪ Capacity Building for Fundraising Coordinators: A Model for Increasing Rural Community Engagement
▪ Fraternal Leaders Institute Serve: Developing a Servant Leadership Curriculum Based in Social
Change
▪ Leadership Values of Community Food Forests
▪ Evaluating the Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results Program: Blogs as Reflection
▪ Utilizing Appreciative Inquiry for Program Planning: Residential Leadership Community Strategic
Visioning
▪ Leadership in Rural Tourism Development: A Theoretical Framework
▪ It’s All in The Bag: Engaging Adolescents from Underrepresented Populations in Leadership
Development through Project PURSE
▪ Future Forward Mentor Training Guide
▪ Reviving an Organization Through Transformational Advising Practices
▪ Leader Emergence in Small Teams
▪ Leadership in a Graduate Student Organization: An Application of Path-Goal Theory

21. How to Get
Started...
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Take a class (e.g., LDRS 5454)
to confirm your interest and/or
complete the Graduate
Certificate Application to gain
approval for your plan of study.

22. Other Resources & Guidance
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23. Discussion and
Questions?
THANK YOU!