November 1, 2022
Applications Being Accepted for 2023 North Central Extension Leadership Program
Are you enthusiastic about K-State Research and Extension? Are you interested in developing your ability to lead in our system or provide leadership for your local unit, center, department, professional associations, clientele or communities in the future? If your vision of your future includes building your leadership skills, then the North Central Extension Leadership Development (NELD) experience may be just the opportunity you need!
NELD’s mission is to build leaders throughout Extension at all levels and provide them with the vision, courage and tools to lead in a changing world. NELD provides opportunities for current and future Extension leaders and administrators to:
- Develop a better understanding of self and enhance personal effectiveness through assessments, coaching, feedback, individual goal-setting and strategies for processing and managing information leading to results.
- Learn, apply and reflect on new effective leadership, organizational collaboration and change concepts and strategies.
- Strengthen competence in decision-making, improve effectiveness of Extension programming and promote life-long learning.
- Broaden understanding of Extension on a local, state, national level.
- Build a more robust national Extension network.
NELD 2023 will use a hybrid approach of delivery, giving participants a rich high tech/high touch experience:
- Virtual workshops will be used for direct instruction and will occur on the Tuesday and Wednesday the week before the in-person sessions.
- In-person sessions will incorporate more experiential learning expanding on the concepts learned during the virtual programming.
- Leadership assignments, videos and other resources will be provided online through a variety of platforms, including Zoom, Canvas and the NELD cohort Facebook group. Participants will be expected to bring their smart phones and laptops to the in-person sessions.
Session dates and locations for 2023 include:
Session 1
Virtual workshop: February 28 and March 1
Experiential learning seminar: March 6-9 in San Antonio, TX
Session 2
Virtual workshop: June 6-7
Experiential learning seminar: June 12-15 in Denver, CO
Seminar 3
Virtual Workshop: September 12-13
Experiential learning seminar: September 18-22 in Washington D.C.
More information is available at NC NELD.
Tuition and travels costs for local unit extension agents will be fully funded through Extension Administration. Tuition for specialists and administrators will be covered through Extension Administration budget while all travel-related expenses will be the responsibility of their departmental or regional unit. Applicants must be able to fully participate in all virtual and in-person sessions.
If you would like to submit an application for the 2023 program, complete the NELD application form. Completed application forms should be returned by email to Extension Administration, extadmin@ksu.edu, by Friday, November 18. Selected agents/faculty members will be notified by December 1.
If you have questions or need additional information, contact Laurie Chandler, lchandle@ksu.edu.