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Northwest Leader Corps, 2007-08The Northwest Leader Corps runs from November 5-8, 2007 and February 4-6, 2008. |
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Information Specific to Program Staff >> What is Northwest Leader Corps?The Northwest Leader Corps is a training program for national service participants with leadership potential who can benefit from a multi-day, intensive personal development workshop in facilitation, planning, coaching, diversity, and teamwork.This unique program gathers a corps of roughly 32 participants from diverse national service programs across Oregon and Washington. Training sessions take place over seven days and are split between fall and spring. Northwest Leader Corps members are expected to apply their newly learned and practiced leadership skills back at their work sites and in their communities, to share elements of the training with their teams back home, and to address unmet needs in the service community. |
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Northwest Leader Corps 2007-08
You can receive an application for the 2007-08 Northwest Leader Corps team by filling in a short online form. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact Rich Melo at the email and phone numbers listed below. A pdf document listing the trainings' agenda, benefits, and outcomes is available online or by contacting Rich Melo |
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History and Background The Northwest Leader Corps (formerly Washington Leader Corps) began in 1998 as the country's first statewide leadership corps for national service participants. Modeled after the Corporation's AmeriCorps Leaders Program, the Washington Leader Corps curriculum was developed by 1999-2000 National Service Fellow Nicole Trimble.
The Northwest Leader Corps is sponsored through a partnership of the Washington Commission for National and Community Service, the Oregon Commission for Voluntary Action and Service, the Washington and Oregon CNCS offices, and coordinated by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. |
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Additional InformationThis year's training will be held November 5-8, 2007 & February 4-6, 2008. The fall training takes place at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington. The February training will take place at a site to be determined.How do you join Leader Corps?Northwest Leader Corps participants are selected through a nomination process. If you are a member/volunteer and would like to attend, please discuss it with your national service program director to let him/her know. You must be in service and available for both the November and February sessions. You also need to have a working e-mail address. To request an application, have your email and your supervisor's email addresses at hand and complete this short application request form.Your application materials must arrive at NWREL by October 12, 2007. We would prefer that you fill it out and send it to us electronically as an attachment in an email, but you can also fax it to us at 503-275-0443 or mail it to: AmeriCorps Network NW Applying for Leader Corps is a competitive process, and each year there are more exceptional candidates than slots to offer. Selection CriteriaMembers will be selected through a formal process with a criteria-based upon the quality of their answers to the application questions, letters, resume, program and geographic diversity, and how well the training connects to the members' service. Again, it is important to note that applying for Leader Corps is a competitive process, and each year there are more exceptional candidates than slots to offer.Participant ResponsibilitiesNorthwest Leader Corps members are expected to apply their newly learned and practiced leadership skills back at their service sites and in their communities, to share elements of the training with their teams back home, and to address unmet needs in the service community.As a nominee, to serve in the 2007-08 Northwest Leader Corps, you must agree to the following:
Frequently asked questions about Northwest Leader Corps by prospective participantsWhat will I learn at the Northwest Leader Corps training? Is it right for me?Northwest Leader Corps focuses on the individual, the team, and the community. Training topics include service project planning, facilitation, communication, diversity, and public speaking. Over the seven days of structured training (split between November and February), you will be spending almost all of your time with your fellow corps members and the trainers at beautiful Fort Worden State Park. You will be making friends, building trust, helping one another, and gaining skills and tools that can carry you through your term of service and beyond. All Leader Corps participants are expected to use the skills and tools provided during the training at their service sites. Please take some time to look at a day-by-day breakdown of the training, and competencies to get a better idea of what will take place. How much extra time will I need to spend on Leader Corps projects? I have been to several leadership trainings in the past. Is there anything I can get out of Leader Corps? or I have never been to a leadership training before. Will the Leader Corps be too advanced for me? |
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ContactsIf you have any questions or concerns involving anything with the NW Leader Corps, feel free to contact us using the information provided below.
-above photos by David Conklin Photography
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