As you know, ITC has offered an outstanding Leadership Academy for the past eighteen years. We have now had nearly 300 complete the training, and have offered the Academy from St. Petersburg FL to Milwaukee, Wi; from Asheville NC to Portland, ME; from Reno, NV to Costa Mesa, CA; from Minneapolis, MN to Buffalo, NY; from Portland OR to Ft. Worth TX; and from Glassboro, NJ to Charlottetown PEI Canada.
This year, the ITC Leadership Academy will be hosted at Lane Community College in Eugene, OR. The three-day training has a robust schedule of sessions designed to prepare the next generation of leadership. Over the years, we have had a wide variety of participants with a wide variety of backgrounds. Certainly, we do include Distance Learning and Technology, BUT we prepare leadership to lead ANY program or department.
Advantages of our Leadership Academy include:
- Experience – we have hosted this Academy seventeen times – the curriculum has evolved, just as higher education has evolved. We focus on community colleges but have had participants from universities as well. The feedback from our attendees has confirmed that training is engaging and highly relevant. We build understanding and confidence.
- Our faculty – we feature practitioners that have demonstrated success in their careers. And a number of our faculty have been part of the Academy for years. Case in point: I have participated in every leadership academy since its inception. This year, I will be focusing on the future of Distance Learning (and the impact of technology)
- Curriculum – we include essential topics but also have annually updated and revised the topics to ensure relevance and engagement. We also include a capstone project that is tied directly to each participant’s needs. We also encourage self-reflection to connect each topic to the participant’s particular situation.
- Affordability – we started our Leadership Academy because we felt that most of this type of training was too costly – we manage our tuition costs and lodging costs to make the experience more affordable. We’ve also moved the Academy throughout the nation to bring it closer (rather than hosting in the same location. Year after year).
All of the information about this year’s Academy can be found in this – and every – eNews. Or you can simply go directly to our ITC Website:
ITC Distance Education Leadership Academy
Location: Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon | Dates: July 13-15, 2026
Deadline to apply: June 12, 2026
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