Leadership Development Institute

PACRAO is proud of its professional development opportunity for up and coming PACRAO members, the Leadership Development Institue (LDI). We have graduated cohorts in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
 

The LDI was started with the expressed intent to provide a development opportunity for emerging leaders in the professional areas that PACRAO serves. In addition to a mission to serve our members with relevant professional development and networking opportunities, PACRAO also exists to further the cause of higher education and student success within the PACRAO regions - across the United States and globally. As registrars and admissions officers, we are both the gatekeepers and the pathfinders for our students. Within a generation, a majority of Americans will come from populations that are currently underrepresented in higher education, and our leadership needs to be able to have the skills and capabilities to meet these challenges. PACRAO can play a key role in shaping every level of membership through thought leadership, professional development opportunities, and the creation of intentional streams of development that actively encourage a broader spectrum of professionals to engage and grow in the profession.

What is the LDI?

• A Cohort of 10-15 "mentees" who aspire to leadership roles at their institutions and with PACRAO. The Cohort will be carefully selected so that it is as representative of the diverse experiences and complexion of the students we will be serving in the coming decades.
   
• A dedicated faculty made up of PACRAO leaders who have distinguished themselves in the Admissions and Registrar fields and as servant leaders to the PACRAO community.
   
• A carefully constructed curriculum that will provide learning experiences to Cohort members to literature, group conversations, guest speakers and more. The LDI will expose Cohort participants to the possibility of a transformative journey that will both provide critical knowledge that higher education leaders must possess in order to be effective in their roles. Additionally, the LDI should create inspiration in each participant to be difference-makers and change agents in every community they belong to. The LDI Cohorts begin their yearlong engagement with LDI faculty at the Annual PACRAO Meeting every fall. Mentee participation requirements for the program consist of the following:
  • Connect with the full-cohort for 90-minute virtual monthly meetings.
  • Connect monthly with an assigned LDI faculty mentor, both in group mentor meetings and individual meetings.
  • Read and prepare for monthly full-cohort meetings and monthly mentor group meetings. Cohort members should expect to dedicate approximately 10 hours per month to their LDI reading and preparation.
  • Participate with the PACRAO conference for the mentees incoming and outgoing years. The incoming and outgoing LDI cohort members and faculty will meet together during each conference. (If an institution is not able to support your conference registration fee, scholarships may be available for LDI cohort members to cover that cost. Room accommodations may also be available, if shared with another LDI cohort member.)
  • Volunteer for a PACRAO leadership position or other formal involvement activity with PACRAO within a year of completing the LDI.

Read some of the testimonials from LDI participants here

Questions? 

Please contact Lisa Erck for more information about the LDI.