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Developing Change Leaders in Advanced Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Change Leadership Development Program is an exciting initiative launched by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL). This NSF IUSE funded initiative, the Change Leadership Development Program (CLDP) , empowers graduate students and postdocs (GS/PS) to contribute to departmental and institutional systemic change to strengthen and transform STEM undergraduate education.While CIRTL graduates enter careers well-prepared to support the learning of diverse students, they typically do not have opportunities to learn about change leadership. This gap in understanding of change leadership is especially concerning to early-career faculty trained in evidence-based teaching (EBT) who may be eager to share inclusive approaches. However, if they begin careers in institutions where EBT is not customary, they may feel isolated or unsupported and may also wrestle with how to navigate their own career trajectory. In this presentation, I will describe the two-tiered engagement pathway of the program, which includes a 10-week online course, change leadership institute, and virtual summit. The learning outcomes achieved represent theoretical perspectives in three learning domains: 1) Change Leader Identity 2) Organizational Features in Higher Education and 3) Theories of Leadership and Change. By completing a capstone change leadership project and disseminating results to a broad audience, participants in the CLDP will be better prepared to become change leaders in their next positions. Challenges such as appropriate prerequisites and how to broaden participation when implementing the program will be presented.
