GOLD Leadership Certificate Program Guide

Requirements for Earning Bronze, Silver, Gold, Sapphire, Opal, Emerald & Ruby Certificates

Mission : Geneseo Opportunities for Leadership Development (GOLD) seeks to prepare students for leadership roles and responsibilities in service to the college and community. Our mission is accomplished through education, development, and training in an extensive series of individual workshops, institutes, and activities in the GOLD Leadership Certificate Program.

GOLD Accounts : GOLD programs are free and open to the entire campus community. You may register and attend workshops at any time they are offered with the option to earn seven leadership certificates. Individual personal GOLD accounts must be established at http://gold.geneseo.edu in order to register for workshops and view attendance and certificate records 24/7.

Bronze, Silver & Gold Core Leadership Certificates : Students interested in earning certificates are encouraged to begin working on the Bronze Life Skills Leadership Certificate, the Silver Practicing Leadership Certificate and the Gold Personal Leadership Model Certificate. The bronze, silver, and gold certificates are awarded sequentially, but workshops may be completed at any time.

Specialized Leadership Certificates (Sapphire, Opal, Emerald & Ruby) : Four optional and specialized leadership certificates are also available and may be earned independently of the bronze, silver, and gold certificates. The Sapphire Volunteerism and Service Leadership Certificate, the Opal Diversity & Cultural Competency Leadership Certificate, the Emerald Employee Development Leadership Certificate, and the Ruby Leadership in the Information Age Certificate are options that you may earn at any time you are enrolled as a student or are affiliated with SUNY Geneseo.

Fifty-six is the Answer: The question is, “What is required to complete all seven certificates?” The formula 7c x 8s = 56h represents seven certificates over eight semesters for a total of 56 one-hour workshops. Not bad and not overwhelming! The best strategy to complete the formula at your own pace is to use free time during the all-college hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays to take the one-hour GOLD workshops anytime during eight college semesters. All seven leadership certificates have a similar format and similar requirements. Each certificate has a combination of four required workshops and four optional workshops. In order to earn each certificate, you must complete a total of eight workshops and submit a journal reflection for each workshop. In addition, the gold certificate requires the submission of a Personal Leadership Model.

Do’s and Don’ts : Check the posted spring schedule on the GOLD web site beginning January 1 and register for spring workshops. All on-campus students will also receive the catalogs in their residence hall rooms at the beginning of each semester. Required workshops fill quickly. Drop workshops you cannot attend no later than midnight the night before a workshop. Two missed workshops may inactivate your account and deregister you from all future workshops. Many workshops are designated for multiple certificates but you must select the applicable certificate when registering. No double dipping is permitted.

The Big Picture: Pleasetake a few minutes to read and scan the brief descriptions of each of the seven leadership certificates. Workshop titles are included to give you a visual depiction of requirements and options in each certificate. An asterisk * indicates workshops that are required to earn a certificate. Workshops are typically offered at least once every academic year, but not every semester. In the schedule of workshop descriptions, the title line will also indicate all applicable certificates. You will need to select the certificate option when registering for a workshop. Workshop titles may vary slightly from the list below. Titles are added as needed and may not appear on the list, but each title will have designated certificate credit.

The Bronze Certificate provides an introduction to new perspectives on leaders and leadership, suggests pathways for personal growth and development, and offers a range of individual and group leadership and life skills.

The Bronze Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight of the following workshops, including the four required workshops, and submission of journal reflections for each workshop:

Leadership Concepts*
Personal Development Session*
Listening Skills*
Running Effective Meetings*
Managing Your Time
Decision Making
Finding & Using Resources
Program Planning
Effective Publicity & Promotion
Fundraising Techniques
SMART Goals
Problem Solving
Developing Effective Communication Skills
Budgeting & Finances
Stress Management
Program Planning
Write for Success

Silver Practicing Leadership Certificate

The Silver Certificate offers additional skill development, assists students in higher level group development, explores the range of personal learning and leadership styles, and helps students discover their strengths and effective leadership practices.

The Silver Certificate will be awarded upon completion of the Bronze Certificate and eight of the following workshops, including the four required workshops, and submission of journal reflections for each workshop:

Teambuilding*
Presentation Skills*
Leadership Styles*
Leadership Practices Inventory*
Negotiation Skills
Delegation Skills
Conflict Resolution
Teaching/Coaching
Who Moved My Cheese?
Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator
Consensus Building
Motivating Others
Recruitment, Retention & Recognition
Transition & Training of New Leaders
Group Dynamics
Learning Styles
Assertiveness Training
FISH!

Gold Personal Leadership Model Certificate

The Gold Certificate provides opportunities to explore a wide variety of leadership theories and models in the context of the historical development of leadership as an emerging field of study, examines individual leadership theories, assists students in developing a personal leadership model, and requires students to demonstrate an understanding of a minimum of four of the major leadership theories. The Gold designated theory workshops are typically offered only once each academic year.

The Gold Certificate will be awarded upon completion of the Silver Certificate and eight of the following workshops, including the four required workshops, and submission of journal reflections for each workshop:

A New Look At Diversity*
History of Leadership*
Leadership Identity Development*
Developing A Personal Leadership
Model*
Fostering Creativity
Vision
Trait Theories
Situational Leadership
Transformational Leadership
Servant Leadership
Relational Leadership
Ethical Leadership
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Emotional Intelligence
Power & Influence Theories
Social Change Model of Leadership
Collaborative Leadership
Civic Leadership

Sapphire Volunteerism and Service Leadership Certificate

The Sapphire Certificate is designed to help students involved in volunteering recognize and understand the opportunities, responsibilities, service, and leadership performed by volunteers for the greater good of society. The Sapphire Certificate program provides a conceptual framework for volunteerism, offers basic information on the do’s and don’ts of volunteering, offers skill-building training, encourages reflection on the experiences, and introduces a range of theoretical models of volunteerism and leadership.

The Sapphire Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight of the following workshops, including the four required workshops, and submission of journal reflections for each workshop, and evidence of twenty hours of volunteer work or participation in service learning projects:

Volunteerism, Engagement & Service*
Rights and Responsibilities of Volunteers*
Volunteer Fair Participation*
Volunteer Involvement Reflections*
Problem Solving
Managing Your Time
What is Civic Engagement?
Dialogues with Community Leaders
Servant Leadership
Negotiation Skills
Conflict Resolution
Social Change Model of Leadership
Ethical Leadership
Recognition of Child Abuse

Opal Diversity & Cultural Competency Leadership Certificate

The Opal Certificate is designed to help students recognize and understand that all environments are diverse and that diverse environments are complex and challenging, present a wealth of opportunity, and are constantly changing. Students will be introduced to the skill sets needed to be better able to address the challenges, as well as recognize and mine the opportunities that diversity presents. Upon completion of the program, the student will be: more comfortable working as a member of a diverse team; better able to recognize cross-cultural barriers that can hinder communication; and less likely to make assumptions about others based on superficial traits and characteristics.

The Opal Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight of the following workshops, including the four required workshops, and submission of journal reflections for each workshop:

Making the Case for Cultural Competency*
Identity Expression*
Cross-Cultural Problem Solving*
Taking the Next Steps*
Bafa Bafa
What in the World Is White Privilege?
Working with the Brady Bunch
The Parable of the Giraffe and the Elephant
Starpower
Decision Making
The Baby Mall Game: Will $ Make a Difference?
Safe Zone Training

Emerald Employee Development Leadership Certificate

The Emerald Certificate has been designed as both an in-service training program for student employees and a professional development program. Workshops will provide opportunities to enhance personal and professional skills that are workplace expectations, help prepare students for promotions and higher level supervisory positions, make meaning from workplace culture, and provide assistance in transitioning to work after college.

The Emerald Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight of the following workshops, including the four required workshops, and submission of journal reflections for each workshop:

Developing Your Supervision Skills*
Office Etiquette*
Red Alert, Red Tape: Solving the Mysteries of Bureaucracy*
Marketing Your Skills*
Effective Communication
Managing Your Time
Conflict Resolution
Problem Solving
Decision Making
Dining Etiquette
Preparing Your Resume
Interviewing Skills
Assertiveness Training
Write for Success
Learning Styles
Servant Leadership
Motivating Others

Ruby Leadership for the Information Age Certificate

The Ruby Certificate program is designed to help students become discerning members of the information society, able to find and evaluate information quickly and with confidence.  Upon completion of the program students will be: able to sift through the massive amounts of information thrown at us in this society; capable of evaluating sources of information for accuracy and relevancy; confident in their ability to do solid research crucial to the decision-making process; and aware of the ethical issues involving the use of information. Though particularly useful for students in their first and second years of college, these skills will help anyone save precious time by increasing efficiency in their personal and professional lives.

The Ruby Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight of the following workshops, including the four required workshops, and submission of journal reflections for each workshop:

ABCs of Database Searching*
Ethics and Laws of Information Use*
Scholarly Publication Cycle*
C.S.I.: Critically Searching for Information*
Media Literacy: Become a Media Critic
Internet Privacy Issues
Slogging through the Blogs
Going Beyond Basic Google...What You Want
Your Tax Dollars at Work
Digging into a Discipline: Local History
Digging Into a Discipline: Business
Desperately Seeking Sound Bites