MENTOR AND MOTIVATE
Leadership Teaching Fellows mentor and motivate students to explore and develop their leadership identities by instructing the BLI Leadership courses. LTFs play a significant role in designing course content, leading discussions, and supporting their peers in the classroom. This experience helps Leadership Teaching Fellows learn valuable skills in facilitation, mentorship, team dynamics, and more!
Time requirement: 7-10 hours per week
Eligibility: Must have completed either ALA (174) BLI Leadership Lab or ALA (175) BLI Foundations in Leadership
Compensation: $16/hour
Application Timeline: The Leadership Teaching Fellow Application has closed for the 2025 to 2026 school year.
As a Leadership Teaching Fellow, you will have the opportunity to:
- Receive extensive training on facilitation, coaching and mentoring peers, and giving and receiving feedback
- Gain facilitation skills through role-playing, group exercises, self-reflection, and group and instructor feedback sessions
- Attain mentorship from BLI staff and returning Leadership Teaching Fellows
- Learn BLI Leadership Lab and Foundations in Leadership content in detail and contribute to ongoing curriculum development efforts
- Work towards individual professional development and leadership goals
- Develop confidence and abilities in facilitation and public speaking through experiential learning
- Experience overseeing and coaching a diverse set of teams and projects
- Learn to effectively give and receive critical feedback
- Attain the skills to lead mindfulness and contemplative practice activities
The LTF Experience
“Being an LTF for the past three years has been nothing short of fulfilling! Being a part of a positive loop of leadership development fueled by students is seldom found on campus, and I am exceptionally lucky to be a part of it. I have been fortunate enough to have developed strong relations with the faculty, particularly Fatema Haque, Academic Program Manager. During one of our goal-setting meetings, I suggested that I wanted to incorporate material that I've learned (and felt passionately about) from my other classes into the ALA curriculum. We ended up creating an action plan to implement information from a class I was enrolled in through the School of Social Work. Fast forward to this semester, and there are a handful of activities in the class sessions that came directly from topics or activities that are particularly meaningful to me. Getting to observe my direct impact (and candidly, a piece of myself) in the curriculum has reinforced the importance to me of paying attention to the things that make your brain spark, as those are the drivers of your curiosities, passions, and ingenuities."
Veronika Senzer, Leadership Teaching Fellow
“Think of the BLI as a space for growth..." are the words I use to start every semester of ALA 174 and 175. More than anything, the wisdom I gather from my colleagues continues to fine-tune my perception of even the most hidden opportunities for growth. Although my title reads Leadership Teaching Fellow, teaching is just as much a form of learning – learning how my leadership philosophy evolves with me, learning how to find comfort in discomfort, and learning how to nurture growth in others. The BLI stands out as one of very few spaces in the world where every ounce of gratitude and love (feedback) is returned tenfold by its members, community, and mission, all of which are driven by a commitment to intention. I intend to continue investing in the BLI and the community we've built here, and I look forward to growing and connecting alongside the BLI's mindful leaders of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”
Samantha Howden, Leadership Teaching Fellow
