Purpose:

The ASCLS Leadership Academy is designed to prepare ASCLS members for current and future leadership roles in the organization by providing a structured program of study of critical leadership topics.

Goals:

1. Identify members with potential to become leaders in ASCLS and invest in their growth and development.
2. Provide these high-potential leaders with skills required to step into leadership positions within ASCLS.
3. Energize and grow ASCLS through strong leadership at all levels of the organization.
4. Increase the future leaders' knowledge of ASCLS.

Benefits to the Participant:

1. Develop skills that can be transferred to the work setting and life in general.
2. Provide opportunities to learn from and dialogue with ASCLS leaders.
3. Provide opportunities to be mentored by ASCLS leaders.
4. Acquire the confidence and self-esteem to step into leadership roles.

Benefits to ASCLS:

1. Strong leaders make strong organizations.
2. Shape the future of the organization and the profession at large.
3. Increase passion for ASCLS locally, regionally, and nationally.
4. Develop and grow members who can work on important identified initiatives for ASCLS.
5. A successful program will be an attractive member benefit and increase membership in ASCLS.

ASCLS Leadership Academy
Curriculum/Schedule

ASCLS Annual Meeting:

Conference Call: Organization Skills/Time Management

Assignment: Presentation Tips/Skills

Conference Call: Mentoring/Coaching

Conference Call: Networking

Legislative Symposium, Washington, DC

Conference Call: Writing Skills

ASCLS Annual Meeting:

Class of 2010:

Stacy holds a non-traditional position for a clinical laboratory scientist. She is the Program Coordinator of the Ohio State University’s College of Medicine Clinical Skills Center in Columbus. In that role she can influence future physicians in their appreciation of the value of laboratory professionals and promote the effect laboratory interpretation and laboratorians have on final medical decisions. Stacy is active in the Ohio constituent society and currently serves on the ASCLS-Ohio Board of Directors. She has participated on the Education Committee and Program Committee for the ASCLS-OH annual meeting and also presented at that meeting.

Lisa comes to us from California by way of Pennsylvania and Illinois. She was first introduced to ASCLS as a student in Illinois and became the student forum chair in 2002. After graduation, she served as a board member and the northwest branch president for ASCLS-IL and co-chaired a state meeting there. In ASCLS-Pennsylvania, she served on the board of directors, co-chaired a state meeting, assisted with a student review session, served as a delegate at the national meetings, and participated at an Advance Job Fair for CLS/MT recruitment. At Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, she coordinated NMLPW activities to involve not only all laboratory professionals, but those in the community as well.
Lisa is currently a CLS at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, CA. She is on the Board of Directors for ASCLS-California, serves as chair for the Education and Nominations committees, and is a member of the bylaws committee. She is also a member of the Revitalization Task Force for ASCLS.

Kristin jumped into many professional activities with ASCLS-WI as soon as she began her freshman year at Marquette University. She started by attending lectures from various speakers at the local level. In July 2007, she attended the ASCLS Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, as the Alternate Student Delegate. It was then that she became actively involved in ASCLS’s mission and she has worked to come up with creative ways to recruit more student members to ASCLS and meet other young professionals. Upon graduation in 2008, she became a First Year Professional member of ASCLS and has been instrumental in the implementation of a new Leadership Development Committee in Wisconsin and also serves as this committee’s chairperson.
She currently serves as Team Lead of the High Volume Laboratory at Dynacare Laboratories in Milwaukee.

Lindsey works at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City as a generalist. Her participation with ASCLS started as a student member in 2005. She presented a case study at the ASClS-IA Annual Spring Meeting in 2006 which gave her the first peek at the meeting experience as well as preparing for a talk. At the ASCLS-IA Spring Meeting in 2007 she spoke with people to find out how to become more involved in the society. She was appointed as the First Year Professional for ASCLS-IA and as such was able to help coordinate the registration for the Spring Meeting. She is currently the Secretary of ASCLS-IA and is the Programming Chair for the ASCLS-IA Spring meeting. She indicates that she has gone from an active ear to an active voice in the organization.
She is also the New Professional on the ASCLS Member Services Committee.

Christine is a Lead Hematology Technologist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. She has participated in society activities in Minnesota including serving as their PAC Chair, State Meeting Primary Co-Chair, Area Director, and State Meeting Program Committee Co-Chair. She has attended three ASCLS Annual Meetings and received an ASCLS Key to the Future Award, several Omicron Sigma Award recognitions and an Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity Scholarship. She is enrolled in the Masters of Health Science Program with specialization in Clinical Laboratory Science at UMDNJ and is looking forward to graduating soon.

Leadership Academy Task Force

Leadership Academy Faculty/Facilitators

2010 Application

ASCLS Leadership Academy Application Guidelines:

Admission to the ASCLS Leadership Academy will be through a competitive application process. Application forms and additional information will be posted on this website in early 2010 and complete applications will be accepted until March 31, 2010.

Candidates must agree to a commitment of personal time and effort over 12 months in addition to a financial commitment for travel expenses to attend Leadership Academy activities in conjunction with the ASCLS Annual Meeting, the Legislative Symposium and the ASCLS Annual Meeting. It is expected that Leadership Academy participants will also attend each of these meetings in their entirety. We hope to identify funds to supplement other fees and materials costs as well as to defray travel costs, if possible. Candidates selected will be required to certify their intention to commit to attendance at all Leadership Academy activities, the 2010 ASCLS Annual Meeting, the 2011 Legislative Symposium, the 2011 ASCLS Annual Meeting and regular conference calls, in addition to the time necessary for successful completion of the program and projects associated with the Academy.

Eligible Candidates:

Candidates must be CURRENT ASCLS PF1, PF2, or FYP members. Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by any current ASCLS member.

Application Instructions

The application for the ASCLS Leadership Academy includes completion of an application form, signature of a statement of commitment to the Leadership Academy, and responses to five essay questions. A letter of recommendation and a completed recommendation form from TWO individuals are also required.

In order for your application to be considered, ASCLS must receive all completed materials by the deadline stated on the application form. Electronic submission of all required documents by email is required. Incomplete applications or applications received after this date will not be considered.

Applications will be considered complete once ASCLS has received a signed application form (electronic signature required), responses to essay questions, and two (2) completed recommendation forms and letters of recommendation. Recommendation forms will be posted on this website.