The world needs exemplary leaders. You may not fully realize or believe it, but you are fully capable of leading. With a growth mindset, you can create the conditions, inside yourself and in the context in which you live and work, to become a more dynamic leader than you are today. Discover ways to challenge yourself to take your leadership to the next level AND develop others.
Be Coached in Leading Edge
Leading Edge One-on-One Leadership Coaching is a leadership development experience for graduate and undergraduate students at Georgia Tech where participants work with a leadership coach to intentionally explore and grow their leadership skills.
- Work with a leadership coach
- Challenge yourself through self-evaluation and feedback from others
- Create a compelling vision for your leadership future
- 8-10 hours per semester
Available to all undergraduate and graduate students.
Know someone that would be a good candidate for Leadership Coaching? Fill out our Referral Form.
Interested in Applying? Applications Open for 2024 Fall Semester. Application Deadline is Friday, April 19th at 11:59pm
Leadership Fellow (Coach)
The Leadership Fellows program enables graduate students to develop self and others while serving as leadership coaches for Georgia Tech undergraduate students.
- Enhance your leadership skills
- Give back to Georgia Tech Community
- Interact and learn with other faculty, staff and graduate students from across campus
- 4-5 hours per week
- $3,000 stipend / 1st Year (Students only) | Faculty & Staff (Volunteer)
- Volunteer basis with a reduced number of Coachees / 2nd + Year(s)
Available to all students, faculty and staff
Know someone that would make a good Leadership Fellow? Fill out our Referral Form.
Interested in Applying? Applications OPEN for AY24-25. Faculty/Staff/Alumni - apply here. Students apply below
Application Deadline is Friday, April 19th at 11:59pm
GC Program Facilitators and Team Coaches
The Grand Challenges (GC) Facilitators program enables undergraduate and graduate students to develop their leadership skills while serving the undergraduate Grand Challenges Living and Learning Community (GCLLC). GC class times for AY24-25 have changed to 12:30-1:45pm and 2:00-3:15pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Program Facilitators (previously Class Facilitators) are individuals with previous experience facilitating GC teams or extensive experience in leadership and coaching capacities.
- Equip and support Team Coaches to best serve their team(s)
- Support classroom and programmatic efforts
- Enhance your ability to provide constructive feedback
- Develop skills to be a “leader of leaders”
- 6 hours per week
- $1,400 stipend per semester
- Must attend all class sessions (of a specific section), monthly Program Facilitator meeting, and monthly Team Coaches meeting
- Meeting times: Thursdays from 11:15am-12pm
- 4 Program Facilitators in each class section
Team Coaches (previous Team Facilitators) are individuals looking to develop their abilities to lead and coach teams.
- Learn how to support teams to be effective and cohesive
- Enhance your team facilitation, engagement, and communication skills
- Help students become better collaborators and researchers
- Review deliverables and provide developmental feedback
- 3-4 hours per week
- $800 stipend per semester for 1st time Team Coaches; $1,000 for returners
- Available during one of the class sections: 12:30-1:45pm or 2-3:15pm on Tuesday/Thursdays. This is to ensure you can attend pin-ups and have a designated time to meet with your team outside of the classroom.
- Must attend all monthly Team Coaches meetings: Thursdays 11:15am-12pm
Available to 2nd Year+ undergraduate students and graduate students.
Know someone that would make a good GC Program Facilitator or Team Coach? Fill out our Referral Form.
Interested in Applying? Applications are currently open for AY24-25
Application deadline is Monday, May 6th at 9am. Note: if this is your first time applying for one of these leadership roles in GC, you will be asked to submit a short video answering questions presented later in this application.
Email Illya Gokhman if you have any questions - igokhman@gatech.edu
GT 1000 Leadership Facilitator
GT 1000 Leadership Co-Facilitator are professionally trained by LEAD staff to facilitate class sessions within the GT 1000 1st-Year Seminar Course (Fall and Summer).
- Help incoming Tech students enhance their leadership skills
- Gain instructional experience
- Collaborate with faculty and staff
- Late Summer Semester: 3-4 hours per week, $750 professional development funds
- Fall Semester only: 1.5-2 hours per week, $600 stipend per class
- Past/Current Leadership Fellows/Grand Challenges Team Leaders are eligible to participate
Available to undergraduate students (Team Leaders), graduate students, faculty, and staff (GT 1000 Facilitators). If you are a graduate student and part of the Tech to Teaching program, teaching this class can fulfill your required teaching component.
Know someone that would make a good GT 1000 Leadership Co-Facilitator? Fill out our Referral Form.
Interested in Applying? We are currently not accepting applications. Applications will re-open in February 2025.
PUBP 4140 Teaching Assistant
The PUBP 4140 (Foundations of Leadership) Teaching Assistant is trained by LEAD staff to assist in class sessions.
- Help Georgia Tech students become familiar with different ways of exercising leadership, their own strengths and
- weaknesses, and how they can best work with others in a leadership context.
- Gain instructional experience with an opportunity to practice teaching skills
- Collaborate with faculty and staff
- 3 class hours per week (Fall and Spring Semesters) along with weekly instructional meetings, class preparation and grading
- Tech to Teaching program participation/completion is preferred
- GTA rates
Available to graduate students.
Know someone that would make a good Teaching Assistant? Fill out our Referral Form.
Interested in Applying? Applications are Open for Fall 2024 Semester. Please send Statement of Interest and CV/Resume to stacey.doremus@gatech.edu.
Application deadline is Friday, April 19th at 11:59pm.
Teams for Tech Facilitator
The Teams for Tech Facilitators program enables graduate students to serve as team facilitators working closely with student teams to create a product, service, project, or venture concept to enhance life at Georgia Tech.
- Learn how to observe and ask curious questions to aid students in building high-performing cohesive teams
- Enhance team facilitation, communication, and leadership skills
- Help students become better collaborators, researchers and negotiators
- 3-6 hours per week
- $3000 stipend per year
Available to graduate students.
Know someone that would make a good Teams for Tech Facilitator? Fill out our Referral Form.
Want to pitch an idea for Impact-A-Thon? Visit our Teams for Tech webpage to learn more about the program and the Impact-A-Thon. Applications open in August 2024
Interested in Applying? Application deadline is Friday, April 19th at 11:59pm.