The New Haven Leadership Program is an eight month training and grant program that supports community leaders in imagining, testing, developing, and realizing projects which build community and provide positive outcomes in New Haven neighborhoods. Who should apply? Applications are due by 12:00 pm on Friday, January 16, 2015. If you are a resident of New Haven (or contiguous towns) who has demonstrated commitment to making a positive difference through resident engagement, and if you are eager to build skills, develop your capacity to increase your impact, and engage with other leaders in learning, practice, and project execution, you should apply to this program for New Haven neighborhoods. You will learn the skills and practices of: appreciating and using your personal strengths and core values building relational culture in your community and with other leaders understanding the resources and challenges involved in creating the community you want creating and using a group of allies to support you in your work designing and implementing a pilot project that will positively impact your community learning from your pilot how to modify or scale up your project developing and managing the human and material resources you need to produce effective positive impact What’s required of you? Mandatory participation in 5 training sessions, Fridays and Saturdays, as scheduled below: 1. Core values, relationships, and design thinking Friday March 6, 2015, 5-9pm and Saturday March 7, 2015, 8:30-4:30 Follow-up workshop on March 20, 2015 6-9pm 2. Relational project planning, execution, and evaluation Friday May 8, 2015 5-9pm and Saturday May 9, 2015 8:30-4:30 3. Project scaling and engaging community resources Friday August 21, 2015 5-9pm and Saturday August 22, 2015 8:30-4:30 Follow-up workshop on September 18, 2015 6-9pm Between sessions: participants undertake relational work in their neighborhoods (2-3 hours per week) and meet for three 2-hour small group and coaching sessions. Between the second and third training sessions, participants will be expected to carry out a pilot project. After the third training session, participants will be preparing and submitting more detailed proposals for second round funding, which will be due on October 15, 2015. Continuity and engagement: the training, field work, and group coaching sessions build on each other. Participation means working in a team, attending all the trainings and at least 75% of the group coaching sessions, doing the relational homework, and sticking with it the entire year. You should have some ideas of pilot projects you can initiate, and what it will take to carry them out. An estimated 10 hours per month: 2 hours per week on building relational culture and 3 two-hour small group and coaching sessions after each training Plan, carry out, and evaluate a pilot project Plan and seek local resources to help support a your second project based on your experience with the pilot project; the second project could be one that grows your pilot project to a bigger scale, a new project in a new community or a collaboration with another leader you have met in the leadership program. What’s provided? Meals and parking/transit assistance at training sessions Up to $500 in expenses for pilot project; another $500 for your second project upon successful completion of the leadership program Up to $2500 additional in 2:1 match (The Community Foundation will contribute $2 for every $1 you receive in donations of money or items). You must provide receipts and a narrative report explaining how you used the money you receive from The Community Foundation within 30 days of the end of your project.Applications and logistics To apply for the 2015 program year, click here. For more information, please contact J. Knotts at [email protected] or 203-777-7084. Applications are due by Noon on January 16, 2015. A group interview is required. You will be able to see and hear other program applicants. The interviews will be at The Grove, 760 Chapel Street, New Haven. All training will take place at The Grove, 71 Orange Street, New Haven. This page was last updated on 12/23/14.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:52:56 +0000
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