Certify | Submit final reflection

Once you’ve completed the 4 core workshops and practiced your leadership skills through a leadership experience, the final step is to sit back and reflect. Connect what you learned in workshops and your practical experience to start to form a vision for how you hope your leadership practice to continue to evolve.

IMPORTANT: Please note CLC replaces the Student Leadership Program (SLP) and Foundational Training Program (FTP). SLP participants will need to have their community hours and reflection submitted by the end of the spring 2024 term.

Please visit our frequently asked questions page for more details on the transition.

Relection Guidelines

Your reflection is not marked or graded; this is simply an opportunity to share with us some of what you’ve been thinking about throughout the program.

Reflection questions (SLP)

Answer all of the following questions for the Student Leadership Program reflection:

Tell us about your leadership experience. Describe your experience, including your role and major responsibilities. (max. 150 words).
What have you learned about yourself through this leadership experience? (max. 150 words)
What skills have you gained and/or improved by participating in the Student Leadership Program? (max. 150 words)
How will you use this experience and the skills you have developed in your personal and/or professional life? (max. 150 words)
How has your experience with the Student Leadership Program helped you meet new people and form new connections? (max. 150 words)
Now that you’ve completed the program, tell us what leadership means to you. How has your definition of leadership changed since you started the program? (max. 150 words)
The Student Leadership Program is only one component in your leadership journey. How will you continue to develop your leadership skills, knowledge, and abilities? (max. 150 words)

Reflection questions (CLC)

Answer all of the following questions for the Community Leadership Certificate reflection:

Throughout the Community Leadership Certificate, you’ve been challenged to think differently about how leadership can look and it’s over all purpose. How were you able to apply learnings from each of the 4 core workshops to your leadership experience?

What have you learned about yourself throughout workshop series? Review your reflection from the My Full Plate activity and your responses from the post- workshop reflection questions throughout the series.

Now that you’ve completed the program, do you have a stronger sense of what you need and want from leadership? Refer to your response to the question: How do you hope your leadership leaves people feeling? From both FCL and Harm Reductive Communication and Conflict Resolution.

Submission format

You can submit your reflection in any of the following formats:

Written reflection: Take the time to reflect on your experience through writing. Maximum length: 1050 words

PowerPoint presentation: Showcase your learning in a visual presentation.

Video reflection: Submit a video reflection to describe and reflect upon your experience in the program. Maximum length: 10 minutes. Upload your video to a third-party host (i.e. YouTube) and submit the link.

ePortfoloo: Reflect on your leadership journey and document your learning by creating an ePortfolio. Store and collect artifacts from your experience, including worksheets, pictures, workshop notes, print materials or any other resources. By creating an online portfolio, you can translate the skills you’ve learned into tangible items to add your resume, LinkedIn profile, CV or personal blog. Submit the link to your ePortfolio.

Certify

Once, you have completed your reflection. Fill out the form below to submit your CLC or SLP Reflection and receive your University of Waterloo Certificate in Leadership Development.

Information and privacy: questions regarding the collection of information on this form can be directed to the form administrator.

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Community Leadership Certificate checklist

Please review the checklist below to confirm you completed all program requirements.

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Completed the four CLC workshops: Foundations Collaborative Leadership (FCL), Leading with Curiosity, Collaborative Team Building, Harm Reductive Communication and Conflict Resolution or five SLP workshops

Completed a minimum of 10 hours in a verifiable leadership experience

Completed the reflection exercise

If you answered yes to all three questions, you are ready to apply for your University of Waterloo Certificate in Leadership Development.

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