Apply via email to jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org
More information here: https://shelburnefarms.org/educators/professional-learning/education-sustainability-leadership-academy
Participant fee: $2,000
Applications are Open
Shelburne Farms is now accepting applications to join their next offering of Leadership Academy, kicking off July 29–31, 2025 for 2025–26.
To apply, please send an email to Jen Cirillo, jcirillo@shelburnefarms.org, with a response to the essay question, What is it that you want to contribute to, nurture, or heal? (750 word max.)
Shelburne Farms’ year-long residential Education for Sustainability Leadership Academy brings together educators committed to better aligning education toward ecological and social justice.
You'll create a peer learning community and explore Education for Sustainability (EFS), systems thinking, and leadership for transformation. In the first part of the program, we’ll use systems-thinking tools designed for transformation and apply them to your specific contexts in order to create positive changes. We’ll also dive into leadership practices that challenge and nurture us. In the second part of the program, we’ll work with strategies to develop projects that actively address systems transformation while centering equity and sustainability. Throughout, we’ll support one another with experiences that generate a sense of hope, love, and resilience.
Leadership Academy is best suited for preK–12 practicing educators and leaders, though all types of educators are welcome to apply.
Offered with the University of Vermont.
What You'll Learn
This program is best suited for those that have a strong foundation in sustainability and EFS, or teaching/leading with the interconnections of social and ecological systems in mind. Building from this base, we will explore systems thinking, leadership skills, and changemaking in order to transform learning. Together, we will:
Apply systems thinking to analyze, adapt, and act on transforming our learning systems.
Learn with and from the Land.
Practice leadership skills and reflect on collective and individual agency and collaborative capacities.
Take action on an opportunity for transformation or a “problem of practice.”