People Leadership Program

This program is designed for those with a combination of experience and education that puts them 1-2 years away from being prepared to join their senior leadership team or those newly promoted to their senior leadership team.Approval/endorsement from your Executive Director is required to participate in this program.

October 2026 - July 2027. An official program calendar will be available soon.

Each School and OBUSA will have one (1) participant slot in the pilot cohort for a maximum of 10 participants.

The program will be run entirely online with both synchronous and asynchronous content. At this time, there are not plans for any in-person components.

Free – the cost of the pilot program will be covered by OBUSA, a savings of over $7,500 per participant. Schools will be responsible for compensating participants from their school for the time spent attending program events and doing work for the program.

On average, participants will spend 6-8 hours per month on program-related work. These hours will include the following program requirements:LDP Orientation Session (1 hr)Managing to Change the World Training delivered by The Management Center (6 hrs)Six, Month-Long Core Courses: 5-8 hours per course including 2-3 synchronous sessions and 1-2 asynchronous learning activities5 Leadership Conversations: 1 hour per Leadership ConversationCliftonStrengths Assessment & Coaching Session (2 hrs)Virtual Graduation Ceremony (1 hr)

A complete overview of the curriculum can be found here.

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Applications will be reviewed by both OBUSA LDP staff and School leadership. Things we'll be looking at to determine who is part of the cohort:Meeting all eligibility requirements:Endorsement from your EDDemonstrated potential for taking on a senior leadership role in the next 1-2 yearsAbility to participate in all program eventsWe are prioritizing staff who are not already on their School's senior leadership team, but will consider staff newly-promoted to their SLTAlignment between what the program offers and your leadership development goalsThoughtful and thorough completion of all application questions

Yes. Eligibility requirements are as follows:Endorsement from your EDDemonstrated potential for taking on a senior leadership role in the next 1-2 yearsAbility to participate in all program eventsWe are prioritizing staff who are not already on their School's senior leadership team, but will consider staff newly-promoted to their SLT

Final application decisions will be made in August 2026.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a final deadline of July 30, 2026.