Leadership Development Program
Ready, Set, Lead!
If you want to...
- Expand and Refine your leadership skills to drive change in your current work setting
- Become a leader within your state or professional association
- Build a lifelong professional network
- Give back to your profession through volunteer service
- Influence policies, programs, and services
Then you should consider participating in ASHA's Leadership Development Program!
Leslie Hammond explains why she applied for ASHA’s Leadership Development Program, how the program has benefited her so far, and how it can benefit others.
What is ASHA's Leadership Development Program (LDP)?
The Leadership Development Program is a year-long program for ASHA members with leadership potential. The program encourages you to develop your leadership skills and give back to the professions through volunteering—whether with ASHA, at your workplace or for a related professional organization.
Here is what current Leadership Development Program participants are saying about the most rewarding aspects of the LDP program:
- Collaborating with colleagues
- Learning new ideas/strategies for setting goals, formulating a project and articulating a vision
- Being able to discover my strengths and challenges as a leader and to develop those further along with my colleagues
- Gaining leadership perspective from professionals
- Gaining a leadership support staff of friends
2013 LDP Cohorts
The two cohorts of the Leadership Development Program in 2013 are Early Career Professionals and speech-language pathologists and audiologists in a School Setting.
What are the components of the Program?
If selected, you must commit to all program components:
- Participate in a full-day Leadership Development Program face-to-face workshop.
- Participate in six webinars over the course of the next year on selected leadership topics.
- Develop and complete an individual leadership project.
- Actively participate on your learning team.
Leadership Projects
Individual learning projects for the LDP for Early Career Professionals will focus on showcasing leadership in one of the following areas:
- An individual’s work setting
- A related professional organization (college, university, association)
Individual learning projects for LDP in Schools will focus on one of the following key areas:
Speech-Language Pathologists:
Audiologists:
When is the Leadership Development Program kickoff workshop?
Leadership Development Program for Early Career Professionals
The Leadership Development Program for Early Career Professionals kicked-off on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the ASHA National Office in Rockville, MD.
Leadership Development Program in Schools
The face-to-face workshop for the Leadership Development Program in Schools will be Thursday, July 11, 2013, in Long Beach, CA, one day prior to ASHA’s Schools Conference. Participants have been selected.
What is a Learning Team?
Participants are assigned to a learning team made up of other participants. Participants meet/work with their team at the workshop and throughout the year virtually. This team serves as their project advisory board. Teams are meant to be independent and schedule their own virtual team meetings spread over the year and are to provide the venue for deeper interactions and exploration of the content provided by the LDP webinar sessions.
Is there a fee to participate?
Yes. If your application is accepted, you pay a nominal fee of $350, which covers the one-day face-to-face program, one night's hotel accommodation, meeting materials, and webinars. If you do not need hotel accommodations, the fee is $250.
Who can apply?
We're seeking energetic people who are motivated to influence professional issues in speech-language pathology or audiology. If that's you... and you meet the following criteria, apply!
- Current ASHA member
- School-based employment (LDP for Schools Professionals, only)
- No prior service on an ASHA or Special Interest Group committee, board, council, working group, or task force. Leaders in state associations are welcome to apply.
- Able to commit to participate in the year-long program and complete all program requirements
- Preference will be given to members of ASHA special interest groups (SIGs) and to past leaders of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association who have no prior service on an ASHA or SIG committee, board, council, working group, or task force.
How do I apply?
Leadership Development Program for Early Career Professionals
Please note the application period for the Leadership Development Program for Early Career Professionals closed on December 18, 2012, and participants for the program have already been chosen.
Leadership Development Program in Schools
If you are interested in applying for the Leadership Development Program in Schools, the application period is Thursday, January 24, 2013 through Thursday, April 4, 2013. This is a competitive application process. Applications will be reviewed and participants notified of their status by the end of April 2013.
Participants in for both 2013 LDP cohorts have already been selected. The 2014 cohorts will be announced in early Fall, along with the deadlines to apply.
Please follow the below steps to apply during the application period.
- Send an e-mail to governance@asha.org during the application period.
- Put "LDP" in the subject line
- Provide your full name and ASHA membership number.
- Log onto the online application center once you receive the link (within 48 business hours).
Questions?
Contact Haley Jones, ASHA's Volunteer Operations Manager, at hjones@asha.org.