Welcome to the Virginia District Leadership Training Program (LTP) webpage.

Here you can find information about upcoming leadership training and officer training in
the Virginia District.

VA Leadership Training Program (LTP) Description:

The Leadership Training Program (LTP) is divided into seminars and programs.

The GWRRA Leadership Training Program has forty-five seminars, each of which can be presented at any level of the organization in about one hour. We highly encourage chapters to share seminars in their local areas.  You may have Leadership Instructors in your local area.  Or, you can contact the Virginia Leadership Trainers for instructor help.  Members can attend leadership seminars at GWRRA convention/rallies, such as, Wing Dings and some region and district conventions.  Chapters as a whole, Chapter Directors, and Assistant Chapter Directors earn points toward the Chapter of the Year competition by attending leadership seminars too. The Leadership Training Program also has three major instructional leadership programs. The seminars teach everything from chapter life to the ins and outs of leadership, goal setting, and team building.

The Officer Certification Program (OCP) prepares the GWRRA Officer to conduct and teach the business of GWRRA and apply its policies and procedures the same way in every chapter, district, and region. The members want this consistency across the association. This program is one and one half days. The Operations Officer should complete this program either before appointment or early in his or her tenure. A certificate is awarded upon successful completion. Operations Officers must renew their certificate every year to stay current. Rider Education, Membership Enhancement, Treasurer Officers and their assistants and non-officer members are highly encouraged to take the OCP anywhere that it is offered.  Any member may take an OCP anywhere it is offered by prior registration, as seats are probably limited.

The Instructor Development and Certification Program (IDCP) teaches members how to present Leadership seminars and programs, from the planning, logistics, and execution of a seminar or program through actual presentation. This is a one-day program. The Instructor Development & Certification Program is a multi-unit training experience composed of seminars and activities designed to develop and maximize the presentation and teaching skills of GWRRA’s training instructors and rider education seminar presenters, those preparing for such positions, and interested members. Once successfully completing the program, the candidate instructor presents a seminar while being evaluated by a Senior Leadership Instructor or the District Rider Educator, as appropriate. With their favorable evaluation, the candidate is recommended for certification and appointment by the District Leadership Trainer or District Rider Educator, as appropriate.

The Horizon Program is a fast track overview of the core LTP curriculum, with “hands-on” practical applications training for running an organization, like, a Chapter, and is an excellent class for potential Chapter Directors (CDs), Chapter Educators, Chapter Treasurers, Chapter Membership Enhancement Coordinators and their assistants, Leadership Instructors, and the chapter team. Horizon is also a great class for the general membership to learn more about GWRRA, terminology, teamwork, self-awareness, interpersonal communication, aspects of GWRRA social gatherings and meetings, chapter colors and vests, and building better chapters. Members learn about how to have FUN in GWRRA in a challenging day and a half course filled with lots of surprises. Horizon is an interactive program – the more everyone participates, the more everyone learns! Look for this program presented in the non-riding season of the year.

The Virginia Leadership Roadmap is the Virginia Leadership Trainers’ planning calendar of Leadership seminars and programs and Officer Certification Programs.  This roadmap changes frequently.  If you don’t see a program or seminar you want to take offered in Virginia, such as, the Horizon Program, then look at the National GWRRA Leadership Training Program (LTP) Events webpage for a seminar or program nearest you.  We can’t present seminars and programs in a vacuum.  We need your help identifying seminars and programs you’d like to take.  And, we need classroom facilities.  You can help by giving us information about both!

Rick and Elsie Baker
Virginia Leadership Trainers, 2010 – 2011
VADistTrainer@gmail.com