The deadline for applications for participation in the 2014-2015 Leadership Institute has been EXTENDED to May 2, 2014. Your complete application includes FOUR parts:

> This application form (See note below)

> 2 letters of reference

> A current résumé

> A signed Memorandum of Understanding

More information on the application process and a link to the Memorandum of Understanding may be found online at www.leadingagetexas.org/institute.

Your letters of reference, résumé, and signed MOU should be emailed to melanie@leadingagetexas.org.

NOTE: You will be asked to respond to the following prompts in 250 words or less. You may want to type your response in Word and then copy/paste it into the text boxes.

>>> Describe the capacities you possess that make you an effective leader and the specific ways in which you have utilized these attributes in your personal and professional life. In doing so, please refer to a significant professional achievement, your specific role in attaining that achievement, and the impact it had on your organization.

>>>Describe the perspective and knowledge you hope to acquire as a result of your participation in the LeadingAge Texas Leadership Institute and how these insights will enable you to become a transformational leader.

>>>Describe your personal commitment to aging services, share your journey into the field, and illustrate how you envision using your Leadership Institute experience to enhance the field of aging services within your organization/community and at the state/national level.

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