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Our Leadership Development Program
Developing Leaders in Clark County
LCC connects and engages current and emerging leaders in Clark County while enhancing their leadership skills and understanding of key community issues, increasing their ability to serve as effective community leaders.
LCC’s leadership development program brings together individuals with diverse interests and expertise and challenges them to increase their knowledge of Clark County and deepen their community engagement. Since its founding in 1993, LCC’s leadership development program has graduated more than 800 leaders who support more than 100 employers and community organizations as key staff members, volunteers, board members and elected officials.
FAQs
LCC’s leadership development program is a 9-month program that includes one full-day session each month from September through May and an extra day in October, January, and March. The program involves participants in practical and experiential activities that provide communication and interaction opportunities with key decision-makers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Methodology is participatory including class work, group discussions, site tours and peer-to-peer learning.
Throughout the class year, LCC participants work in small teams on projects to benefit a community partner. These projects require a time commitment outside the monthly class sessions and allow participants to conceive, plan, and implement a solution to a real local need. Past projects have included a campaign to increase business participation in a science, technology, engineering, & mathematics (STEM) event; collaboration in development of an Aviation Mechanics Program at the Cascadia Technical Academy; and organization of a free community presentation on “Addiction and the Teenage Brain.”
To create a high quality learning environment, class size is limited to 36 students each year.
- In-depth knowledge of the community
- Access to a countywide professional network
- Opportunity to improve leadership skills and to think critically about issues in Clark County
- Opportunity to learn from a diverse group of peers from different backgrounds and expanded network of friends
- Enhanced ability to serve in leadership roles in the community or work
- Exposure to leaders and issues from around Clark County
- Ability and tools to identify community problems and solutions to enhance quality of life in Clark County
- New way of thinking about leadership
- Increased confidence
- Experience with collaborative approaches to problem solving
Candidates must be 21 years of age and live or work in Clark County. Class members range from college students to retirees. Our ranks include accountants, architects, construction managers, educators, healthcare professionals, elected officials, engineers, sale managers, social workers, small business owners, police officers, and more.
- Saturday, January 9th – Government Session from 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.
- Wednesday, January 20th – State Legislature Session. All-day trip via Charter Bus. Bus departs from Vancouver at 7 a.m. and returns from Olympia around 6 p.m.
- Friday, February 19th and Saturday, February 20th – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion two day sessions, Friday from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.
- Mid-Term Class Project Teams Consultation. Note: This is a 1-hour time commitment for each student, usually on a Friday or Saturday in February or March. (Date TBD.)
- Saturday, March 13th –Social Services Session from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Friday, April 16th – Justice Session from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
- Friday, May 7th – Community Health Session from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
- Friday, May 21st – Project Presentation Day from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
- Early June – Class of 2021 Graduation. (Date & venue TBD.)
GET STARTED
LCC accepts applications throughout the year for its 9-month leadership development program. Applications submitted prior to the end of May will be considered for the upcoming class year. Apply online today!
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