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Overview

The Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion (LEAP) program began at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder in 2001, funded by aÌý$3.5 million Institutional Transformation Grant funded by the National Science Foundation and $900,000 in campus support. The following seven years were an effort to strike a balance between research, workshops, and events with the goal to recruit and retain ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder faculty.

LEAP has become institutional mainstay for early career faculty at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder, and its programming is overseen and managed byÌýtheÌýOffice of Faculty Affairs.Ìý

LEAP Introductory Leadership Workshop

This two-day, skills-based workshop for pre-tenured faculty (assistant professors) includes sessions on time management,Ìýcareer development, and cultivating leadership skills presented by tenured faculty, administrators, and professional staff.ÌýThe workshop is intendedÌýto provide participants with a greater understanding of the structure and processes of the campus, and to connect participants with the broader campus community.ÌýWorking together over the course of the two-day workshop, participants will have an opportunity to meet colleagues from across the campus and realize that they are not "alone"Ìýin navigating the tenure path.

LEAP offers theÌýIntroductory Leadership Workshop twice a year:

• Early January, before the beginning of the spring semester
• Mid-May, after the end of the academic year

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