DART 101 Foundations of Interfaith Leadership
What is interfaith leadership? What does it take? What’s its impact? What does excellent interfaith leadership look like? Through this interactive, self-paced course, you’ll explore these questions and more. Ideal both for learners who are new to interfaith leadership and for experienced interfaith leaders who would like a stronger foundation for their work, this course provides a roadmap for developing (or continuing to develop) the vision, knowledge, and skills required to contribute to the realization of a truly interfaith America.
Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.
The William Jewett Tucker Center’s interfaith work seeks to achieve pluralism by building respect for individual identities and relationships between individuals and communities across worldview differences and creating opportunities to work for the common good.
The Division of Institutional Diversity and Equity—through strategic planning, global engagement, signature programming, and initiatives, as well as campus partnerships—strives to ensure that Dartmouth is a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive community where staff, faculty, and students can thrive while in pursuit of their educational and professional endeavors.
Interfaith America is a non-profit organization that inspires, equips, and connects leaders and institutions to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. Interfaith America awards a professional Certificate in Interfaith Leadership to learners who either:
- Any Dartmouth student, fellows, faculty, or staff who complete complete this five-hour on-demand course (DART 101) AND attend an in-person Interfaith Leadership Summit hosted by Interfaith America;
- OR, any Dartmouth student, fellow, faculty, or staff who complete this five-hour course on-demand (DART 101) as part of a Tucker Center Interfaith Leadership Wellness Education Credit (WE) course offering AND receive approval from Interfaith America to count your Wellness Education Credit (WE) course offering and interfaith experience as equivalent to the Certificate’s live-learning requirement. We’ll tell you how to contact Interfaith America at the end of the course.
Once you fulfill one of these options, you’ll receive instructions for claiming your certificate and syncing your digital certificate with your LinkedIn profile and/or resume.
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Special Thanks
Interfaith America’s video series on interfaith leadership was made possible thanks to generous funding from the Henry Luce Foundation. Onboarding support was provided by 1791 Delegates and The Foundation for Religious Literacy.
The Interfaith Foundations course at Dartmouth is available through the generous funding from the Division of Institutional Diversity & Equity.
Civic Education for the Common Good
We apply the U.S. Department of Education’s Consensus Statements about Constitutional Approaches for Teaching about Religion
▸ Our approach to religion is academic, not devotional;
▸ We strive for student awareness of religions, but do not press for student acceptance of any religion;
▸ We sponsor the study about religion, not the practice of religion;
▸ We expose students to a diversity of religious views, but do not impose any particular view;
▸ We educate about all religions, we do not promote or denigrate any religion;
▸ We inform students about religious beliefs and practices, it does not seek to conform students to any particular belief or practice.
We apply the American Academy of Religion’s “Religious Literacy Guidelines”
▸ “Religious Literacy Guidelines for College Students.” American Academy of Religion, 2019.
▸ “Teaching About Religion: AAR Guidelines for K-12 Public Schools.” American Academy of Religion, April 2010.
We apply the National Council for the Social Studies C3 Frameworks for Religious Studies
▸ College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, “Religious Studies Companion Document for the C3 Framework.” Silver Spring, MD: National Council for the Social Studies, 2017.
