We invite anyone to become certified, and particularly encourage Human Resources, faculty affairs, faculty, diversity officers, student affairs professionals, and others to consider this opportunity. Can’t attend over these dates? Find future dates here.

To learn more about what we’ll cover, check out the session descriptions.

The sessions below will be highly interactive and applied, and they will model the same activities that we recommend using when facilitating your own sessions. You will be asked to role-play and practice delivering the material throughout the five sessions! Please note that you will be required to attend all five sessions in order to earn the certification.

Session 1 | Introductions and Overview

June 2, 2027 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET (3 hours)

In this first session, we’ll begin by discussing your own Five Paths to Leadership® scores and why you want to be certified. We will also demonstrate a Five Paths facilitation and situate the Five Paths to Leadership® Self-Assessment as a tool for personal effectiveness and leadership development. You will have the opportunity to begin reflecting on your own facilitation.

Session 2 | Understanding the Model

June 9, 2027 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET (3 hours)

During this session, we will dive deeper into how the Five Paths to Leadership® model works and how to begin facilitating the introduction to the model. You will practice by describing your highest and lowest paths with other participants.

Session 3 | Presenting Each Path

June 16, 2027 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET (3 hours)

As we continue with practice, you will have the opportunity in groups to break down a path that is neither your highest nor your lowest path. You will lead the whole group through a presentation of that path and have time to reflect on how to facilitate that path.

Session 4 | Understanding the Sage and Balancing the Paths

June 23, 2027 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET (3 hours)

In this session, we will dive deeper into what the path of the Sage means and how to facilitate this part of the Five Paths to Leadership®. Additionally, we will debrief full sets of scores to demonstrate how to engage in a questioning process throughout this piece of the facilitation. Finally, you will break down how your paths are balanced and are in tension with one another.

Session 5 | Practicing the Five Paths to Leadership®

June 30, 2027 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET (3 hours)

During our final session together, you will work in groups to facilitate a full Five Paths to Leadership® session with Academic Impressions coaches to help guide you. You will also learn more about the process for certification and the limitations on it.

Earn a certificate after attending this event. Here’s the process:

1. Attend this event.
2. Start delivering workshops on your own campus. Participants of your training will be required to rate your facilitation of the workshop using an Academic Impressions evaluation form. To receive the certification, you must meet specific benchmarks in terms of your effectiveness (details to be shared at the workshop).
3. Bonus: Get access to one-on-one coaching sessions with Academic Impressions staff to provide just-in-time support to help you to prepare, design, and facilitate Five Paths workshops on your own campus.

There are several ways to get a discount:

1. Bring a partner! Workshops are best facilitated by a pair, so we highly recommend that you bring someone that you plan to facilitate with at your institution. Registering two people for this training gets you a special price of $2,250 per registration, saving you $1,500. To purchase registrations with this deal, please email operations@academicimpressions.com.
2. Pair this training with Building an In-House Leadership Development Program in Higher Education, and receive a $700 discount. Both events are focused on developing leaders on campus, and both take place in Denver during the same week in June of 2027.

Academic Impressions’ Denver-based Office

5299 DTC Blvd, Suite 1400

Greenwood Village, CO  80111

Nearby hotel suggestions:

**Hyatt Place Denver Tech Center** – 3-star hotel

8300 E Crescent Pkwy, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

303-804-0700

Distance from office: 0.5 miles if driving, 0.3 miles if walking.

A discounted room rate is available. Book your room with Hyatt here.

This reduced rate and room availability are subject to general hotel availability and are not guaranteed, so we recommend booking as soon as possible!

Denver Marriott Tech Center – 4-star hotel

4900 S Syracuse St, Denver, CO 80237

303-779-1100

Distance from office: 0.9-1.2 miles, depending on route.

A discounted room rate is available. Book your room with Marriott here.

This discount is subject to general hotel availability and is not guaranteed. So we recommend booking as soon as possible!