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Leadership Academy in Aging

About LAA

Leadership Academy Diagram [PDF]

"As America ages so must our workforce of social workers to care for them. This program is designed to help you see why enhancing your aging curriculum is good for your students, your school and older Americans." – Patricia Volland, Social Work Leadership Institute, New York Academy of Medicine

Leadership Goals

• Raise their school's visibility and status within the university
• Recruit students by strengthening their school/university's presence in the field
• Strengthen legislative outreach and education skills
• Strengthen community development skills while increasing
their school's role in the community and broader environment
• Strengthen capacity-building and management skills
• Build strategic leadership skills
• Increase resource development skills
• Mentor or be mentored by senior deans

Elements of the Program

• Leadership: How can you advance your leadership skills? What are best practices in the field? How can improved leadership advance your agenda?
• Skill-building: Best practices sessions on fundraising, interdepartmental communications, capacity-building, organizational and staff management, policy analysis and advocacy, time management, faculty relations, and media outreach.
• Mentorship: A senior dean will mentor each participant.
• Aging Commitment: Each participant will be asked to develop a plan to infuse the aging agenda into their work and school.
• Continued Learning: An online network of participants and alumni, creating a cadre of specialists.