Shore Leadership
Program
Shore Leadership begins with a half day of leadership training at each session followed by an afternoon session which is held in a different county each month with a different topic.
During the morning session the class focuses on a leadership topic taught by Leadership Facilitators, Ms. Carol Graser, owner of the Annapolis Leadership Center, and Joe Thomas, PhD., Director of the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the United States Naval Academy.
Shore Leadership participants learn through face to face discussions with community leaders and experts from organizations and institutions that shape the region’s economic structure and culture. The class develops an in-depth understanding of the interrelationships and complexities of the region.
Leaders, managers and individuals in new leadership roles from organizations, government agencies, education and business are invited to apply for acceptance into the Shore Leadership Program. Partial scholarships are available. The Shore Leadership Program begins with a two day Orientation which includes an overnight. This is normally held in April of each year. After Orientation, the Class meets one Wednesday each month.
In October the class is invited to NASA Wallops on the Lower Shore of Virginia to tour the facility and meet with the NASA Education Staff. There is an overnight stay in Chincoteague with a session the following morning on a leadership topic lead by one of the Leadership Facilitators.
Graduation is held the first week of December. Participants may miss only one 8 hour session in order to meet requirements for graduation. No more than 24 participants are selected for each class.
Shore Leadership begins with a half day of leadership training at each session followed by an afternoon session which is held in a different county each month with a different topic.
During the morning session the class focuses on a leadership topic taught by Leadership Facilitators, Ms. Carol Graser, owner of the Annapolis Leadership Center, and Joe Thomas, PhD., Director of the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the United States Naval Academy.
Shore Leadership participants learn through face to face discussions with community leaders and experts from organizations and institutions that shape the region’s economic structure and culture. The class develops an in-depth understanding of the interrelationships and complexities of the region.
Leaders, managers and individuals in new leadership roles from organizations, government agencies, education and business are invited to apply for acceptance into the Shore Leadership Program. Partial scholarships are available. The Shore Leadership Program begins with a two day Orientation which includes an overnight. This is normally held in April of each year. After Orientation, the Class meets one Wednesday each month.
In October the class is invited to NASA Wallops on the Lower Shore of Virginia to tour the facility and meet with the NASA Education Staff. There is an overnight stay in Chincoteague with a session the following morning on a leadership topic lead by one of the Leadership Facilitators.
Graduation is held the first week of December. Participants may miss only one 8 hour session in order to meet requirements for graduation. No more than 24 participants are selected for each class.
Each afternoon session focuses on a different topic in a different county. These change each year. Examples of topics include:
Counties on the Shore
Caroline County
Cecil County
Dorchester County
Kent County
Queen Anne’s County
Somerset County
Talbot County
Wicomico County
Worcester County
Agriculture
Economic Development
Education
Environment
Government
Health Care
Legacy
Technology
Shore Leadership program themes and locations have also included Health Care, Government, Community & the Arts.
Class sessions are in a variety of settings within each of the Shore Counties- from Kent County in the north to the lower shores of Wicomico.
The schedule for each Class is dynamic from year to year because it is shaped by the experience and suggestions of previous class participants, and the evolving issues within the region.
What is predictable is the diversity of experience and professional backgrounds that makeup each class and the predictable, steady guidance of the facilitator in accentuating the reflections of the class within the Shore Leadership experience.
The program will kick off with a two-day overnight retreat Sept and subsequent sessions will be held monthly at locations throughout the Shore.
The program concludes with a graduation dinner.
In order to accomplish the objectives of Shore Leadership, the full participation of each class member is necessary.
Participants who miss more than one full day (with partial absences accrued in two-hour segments, up to eight hours), for whatever reason, will be dismissed from the program. Participants are required to attend the orientation and graduation sessions.
NOTE: If you are dismissed due to attendance, or if you are unable to attend the orientation retreat, your tuition is nonrefundable. If you have a conflict with the orientation retreat dates, please defer your application until next year.
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