Home Run Leadership in Baltimore!
Frequently Asked Questions - TSA Leadership Academy and the Baltimore Orioles Baseball Game
Mark your calendars now for two exciting evenings during the 2010 national TSA conference in Baltimore, MD! Plan on attending an inspiring leadership academy on June 29th followed by a Baltimore Orioles baseball game on June 30th for a total cost of $20 per person. This experience is the first of its kind for TSA!
Using the best-selling book, The Student Leadership Challenge, authored by leadership experts James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, TSA student members and chapter advisors will learn how anyone can be a leader, regardless of age or experience. Featuring actual stories about students, The Student Leadership Challenge identifies five practices of exemplary leadership (Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart) that are common in leaders who make amazing things happen.
Backed by over 25 years of research, authors Kouzes and Posner, began their project by asking ordinary people to describe extraordinary leadership experiences and in doing so they found patterns of success. The entire premise of The Student Leadership Challenge is to help students find their own personal best stories and learn how to replicate them over and over.
TSA is proud to offer its members for the first time this leadership development model at the 2010 National TSA Leadership Academy in Baltimore on June 29th. The Student Leadership Challenge is the student version of The Leadership Challenge, the leadership model thousands of corporation’s worldwide implement such as, Apple, Boeing, Caterpillar, Dell Computers, FedEx, IBM, MetLife, MCI, Northrop Grumman, and The Walt Disney Company.
At the June 29th leadership academy trained facilitators will teach three-hour workshops in five dedicated tracks specifically designed for the Technology Student Association:
High School Power Track will provide high school chapter members with an overview of the five practices of exemplary leadership and give them tools to implement in their TSA activities and everyday lives. They will learn everyone has the ability to be a leader.
Middle School Discovery Track introduces the five practices of exemplary leadership. Middle school chapter members will acquire skills realizing they do not have to wait to become a leader. They will discover their leadership potential.
State and Chapter Officer Track will present officers information necessary to improve their leadership skills relating to their duties in TSA and beyond. Officers will have the chance to network and learn from fellow TSA leaders on the local, state and national level.
Graduating Seniors Success Track will offer newly graduated high school seniors the opportunity to incorporate The Student Leadership Challenge into the next phase of their life. They will gain a leadership advantage by identifying their personal best.
Advisor Track will demonstrate how TSA chapter and state advisors can implementThe Student Leadership Challenge in their classroom and TSA activities.Free lesson plans and related website resources will be shared.
During these three hour sessions, student members and advisors will receive information about implementing the five practices of exemplary leadership into their TSA chapter and learn how they can continue to benefit from The Student Leadership Challenge once they return home.
Here is what one advisor has to say about The Student Leadership Challenge
“My students have enjoyed using The Student Leadership Challenge in class and in our chapter. The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership have been an effective way to begin and sustain the conversation about leadership. The Student Leadership Challenge is being used by colleges all over the country and that is also appealing to me, as it really prepares my students for what comes next.”
------ Brooke Weekes, Carmel High School, Indiana
The National TSA Leadership Academy is open to the first 2000 student members and their chapter advisors who register for both the academy and the national TSA conference. Registration for the leadership academy takes place online at the same time you register for the national TSA conference. Student members must attend the leadership academy and the baseball game with their chapter advisors. TSA state advisors and corporate members may also register to attend.
The cost of the academy is $20 per person (students and advisors) and includes the track-oriented training program (held on Tuesday, June 29th, from 7-10 pm), a copy of The Student Leadership Challenge book, an academy certificate, a lapel pin and a T-shirt. All leadership academy participants will also receive a free ticket to the Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland A’s baseball game at Baltimore’s Camden Yards stadium (located next to the Hilton Baltimore Hotel) that will be held at 7:00pm on Wednesday, June 30th. Now that’s a home run for TSA!
Watch the national TSA website (www.tsaweb.org) for more information about the National TSA Leadership Academy or contact Mary Jo Patterson, National TSA Leadership Services Manager, at mjpatterson@tsaweb.org or toll free at 1/888/860-9010. Additional information about The Student Leadership Challenge can be found at www.studentlpi.com. To read about the authors, their research and case studies, visit www.theleadershipchallenge.com.
Don’t miss this amazing two-night opportunity for only $20 per person! What a deal!
