What to Expect
Accepted applicants can expect to:
- Identify an area of specific interest (Leadership/Management, Education or Research).
- Define a SMART goal that they want to accomplish in the program in their specific area of interest.
- Be paired with a mentor for bi-weekly meetings to help achieve their goals.
- Participate in a moderated leadership discussion/Leadership Grand Rounds each month.
- Complete a module (Research, Education, Management) in the AARC Advanced Leadership Institute.
- Attend AARC Summer Forum and Congress in 2025 (travel costs will be at the expense of the applicant)
- Commit to spending around 8 hours per month participating in the program.
What are the Benefits?
Graduates of the AARC’s Emerging Leaders program will:
- Receive complimentary registration to AARC Summer Forum 2025 ($499 value).
- Receive complimentary registration to AARC International Congress 2025 ($485 value)
- Receive access to the aligned track in AARC University Advanced Leadership Institute ($400 value).
- Receive complimentary AARC membership along with the leadership and management specialty section for one year following program completion and graduation ($116 value).
- Receive a prestigious recognition at the AARC’s 2025 International Congress Awards Ceremony.
- Be entitled to refer to themselves as an “AARC Emerging Program Leader Graduate — Class of 2025”.
- Establish an expanded network of professional colleagues and mentors.
- Be positioned to take the next step in their leadership journey and impact the profession of respiratory care for decades to come (Value: Priceless!).
How to Apply
- The AARC is enriched by unique differences found among its diverse members. The AARC values and embraces equal opportunity and promotes the use of personal and cultural backgrounds to enhance our profession. Therefore, everyone is encouraged to apply.
- Applicants will be required to provide demographic information, employment information, volunteer activities, education history, leadership area of interest, and a brief description on why you wish to be selected for the ELP, and resume/CV.
The deadline for 2025 applications is March 5, 2025.
Apply for the Emerging Leaders Program
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Applicant Selection Process
- Each applicant is evaluated independently using a scoring rubric looking at professional accomplishments, educational achievements, volunteerism, and intended goals of the program.
- The ELP committee will select applicants based on overall quality of the application.
- While we encourage everyone to apply, we will be accepting 20 people into the ELP program for 2025.
- All applicants will receive notification of acceptance or denial by early April 2025.
- Anyone not accepted is encouraged to apply for future programs and will be provided with alternative leadership resources.
