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The Clara Project Curriculum

Jump to: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8

Participants in The Clara Project will use the following syllabus to guide their learning. If you cannot participate in The Clara Project, but still want access to this important content, use the syllabus to guide your own learning.

Week 1

Week one focuses on welcoming participants to TCP and outlining what to expect during the program. Participants will also be introduced to the facilitator(s) and TCP participant cohort.

Before the session, participants should:

  • Create an introductory video to share with the group.
  • Complete Social Identity Wheel and reflection questions in their participant guide. 
  • Complete the Kirwan Institute Implicit Bias Module Series.
  • Complete the reflection questions on the Kirwan Institute Implicit Bias Module Series in their participant guide.
  • Review Gamma Phi Beta boards and operating structure in their participant guide.

Following the session participants will be able to:

  • Build one or more meaningful connections with other participants.
  • Articulate the goals of TCP.
  • Identify one or more strategies for giving and receiving feedback.

Week 2

Week two is designed to help participants understand how to contribute successfully to a team.

Before the session participants should:

  • Complete the member competency pre-assessment in their participant guide. 
  • Complete a free personality inventory at 16Personalities.com.
  • Complete the Fidelity lesson titled Using 16 Personalities Assessment for Teambuilding.
  • Complete the Fidelity lesson titled Controversy with Civility.
  • Complete the My TCP Why and TCP Goals questions in their participant guide.

To access Fidelity, login at GammaPhiBeta.org and navigate to Member > Fidelity.

Following the session participants will be able to:

  • Analyze team dynamics using the five dysfunctions of a team framework.

  • Identify how to engage in controversial conversations with civility.
  • Create a plan for finding a trusted other/mentor.

Week 3

Week three focuses on the Diversity and Inclusion member competency. Participants will engage with the pyramid of hate model and consider how to engage in allyship practices at the board level.

Before the session participants should:

  • Complete the Anti-Defamation League’s Pyramid of Hate online lesson.

Following the session participants will be able to:

  • Describe the pyramid of hate model.

  • Describe the pyramid of allyship model.
  • Use the pyramid of hate and pyramid of allyship models to engage in allyship practices at the board level.

Week 4

Week four focuses on the Self-Awareness member competency. Through case study analysis, participants will consider what they’ve learned during TCP and identify the board-level skills they’re most and least comfortable using.

Before the session participants should:

  • Review Gamma Phi Beta’s organizational charts in their participant guide and complete the associated reflection questions.

Following the session participants will be able to:

  • Identify which lenses and skills they are most comfortable using to solve a problem.

  • Identify which lenses and skills they are least comfortable using to solve a problem.
  • Analyze three case studies using lenses and skills learned during TCP.

Week 5

During week five, participants will take a deep dive into the skills and knowledge needed to serve on Gamma Phi Beta boards.

Before the session participants should:

  • Complete the Fidelity lesson titled Understanding Board Governance. 
  • Review the Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) Board Competencies.

  • Complete reflection questions in their participant guide after reviewing the Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) Board Competencies.

To access Fidelity, log in at GammaPhiBeta.org and navigate to Member > Fidelity.

Following the session participants will be able to:

  • Articulate skills needed to serve on two or more international boards in Gamma Phi Beta.

Week 6

During week six, TCP participants will gather independently in small groups to analyze board-level case studies. This case study analysis will be presented during week eight.

Before the session, participants should:

  • Review the case studies for the case study analysis presentation in week eight.

Following the session, participants will be able to:

  • Evaluate a board-level case study with a group of Clara Project peers.

Week 7

Week seven empowers participants to reflect on their learning throughout TCP. They will use what they learned to create a leadership path and consider next steps in their leadership journeys both inside and outside of Gamma Phi Beta.

Before the session, participants should:

· Complete the member competency post-assessment in their participant guide.

Following the session, participants will be able to:

  • Define board-level service in their own words.
  • Identify skill strengths and skill gap areas.
  • Develop a post-Clara Project leadership path.

Week 8

In the final week of TCP, participants will bring together everything they’ve learned to present their case study analysis with their small group.

Before the session, participants should:

  • Review the case studies for the case study analysis presentation in week eight with your small group.

Following the session, participants will be able to:

  • Apply board-level skills to a case study analysis exercise.