Leading Yourself, Leading Others, Leading Within AAFCS - Announcing the 2027 Leadership Academy

Application Deadlines

• Participant Deadline:  October 1st
• Mentor Deadline: February 1st

• The Leadership Academy is an organized effort to assure that a professional cohort of potential new leaders will be available to assume leadership positions in committees, communities, councils, and as elected officers nationally or at the affiliate level in AAFCS for this decade and beyond. Focusing on new leaders, the Academy will address competencies needed for assessing one’s attributes and skills in Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading AAFCS. Seasoned leaders will serve as mentors.
• Interested in participating? Applicants must be members of AAFCS, working in family and consumer sciences, and willing to commit the time needed to engage fully in the program. Applications for the 2027 Leadership Academy Participants are now open!  See the links below to review the guidelines, complete the application, and submit by the deadline.

Mentors:

• A vital part of the Leadership Academy will be the pairing of the Academy participant with a mentor who is an AAFCS member who has been active in various aspects of leadership with AAFCS. Mentor/mentee pairing will take place in April with opportunities for pairs to interact virtually before  the June Academy. Mentors will not participate in the Academy but will interact with participants in one sessions at the 2027 AAFCS Annual Conference and then continue interaction as mentor/mentee pairs throughout the following year.
• Interested in serving as a mentor? Applications for the 2027 Leadership Academy Mentors are now open!  See the links below to review the guidelines, complete the application, and submit by the deadline.