Elevating Your Leadership Communities: Cultivating Vulnerability through Peer Learning

Program Type: General Interest Session

Professional Competencies: Leadership, Student Learning and Development

Target Groups: Mid-level Student Affairs Professionals, Senior-Level Student Affairs Professional

Institution Types: Large Universities, Mid-Size Colleges & Universities

Certification Domains: Student Learning, Development, and Success, Leadership

Abstract

Are you looking to make learning more powerful and develop deeper connections for students participating in your leadership programs? Presenters from the University of Michigan’s Sanger Leadership Center invite you to explore how to enhance and level up your leadership learning communities with small-group peer learning in spaces with psychological safety where students can expand upon and apply content in intentional ways. During the session, presenters will share strategies to develop psychological safety to keep conversations within peer learning groups honest and powerful. The presenters will also provide tips and tools for how to create and foster the space needed to ensure your students engaged in your leadership learning communities thrive. You’ll also have opportunities to work alongside others in the field to share best practices and develop an action plan. Vulnerability proceeds trust. Come find out how!

Presenters

• Nicholas Viviano
  University of Michigan
• Jeff Domagala
  Managing Director, University of Michigan