Curriculum
GRCC is creating a professional development curriculum that builds up and/or strengthens the leadership qualities that we want for GRCC academic leaders (current and future), what themes should a curriculum include to achieve this goal?
Leadership
Qualities for GRCC Academic Leaders
Number of
Faculty/Academic Administrators Responding: 31
Number of Responses |
Topic |
7 |
Servant leadership;
leadership as service |
5 |
Decision making strategies
(timely, open-minded, collaborative) |
4 |
Visionary leadership |
4 |
Followership |
4 |
Empowering others to
achieve goals |
4 |
Leadership ethics;
integrity, fairness |
3 |
Building and fostering
trust |
3 |
Transformational
leadership in an academic environment |
3 |
Managerial leadership
skills vs. inspirational leadership |
2 |
Leadership and
relationships with students |
2 |
Active listening |
2 |
Race and gender issues of
leadership |
2 |
Motivating others |
2 |
Leadership and power |
2 |
Systems theory and group
dynamics |
1 |
Teamwork |
1 |
Management styles |
1 |
Learning styles |
1 |
Strategic planning |
1 |
Innovation |
1 |
Culture |
1 |
Fostering student success |
1 |
Financial expertise |
1 |
Fostering faculty
creativity |
1 |
Mission of community colleges |
1 |
Understanding our students |
1 |
Creating an emotionally
safe workplace |
1 |
Cultural competence |
1 |
Contemporary leadership
theory |
1 |
Learning centered
leadership |
1 |
Leading in a crisis |
1 |
Media training |
1 |
Conflict resolution |
1 |
Building consensus |
1 |
Communication skills |
1 |
Community involvement |
1 |
Nine tenets of leadership |
1 |
GVSU leadership curriculum |
1 |
Leadership as reflective
practice (Formation) |
1 |
2008 Leadership Conference
(Chair’s Academy) |
Webinars
Tough Questions for Community College Leaders
A. Slides
B. Notes
1. Questions asked during the session:
a. What is the "community" that community colleges serve?
(1) We often have a narrow view of what community could be.
(2) Consider international offerings.
2. Should a community college expand its sphere of instructional delivery beyond the local service area for which they are chartered?
a. Online offerings?
b. Baccalaureate degrees?
c. International offerings?
3. Do community colleges practice good stewardship in terms of public funds and trust?
4. Are on-going professional training and academic preparation appropriate for community college faculty and administration?
a. Should we require PhD work for faculty?
b. What is appropriate preparation for community college administrators?
c. Are administrators in need of better education in temrs of management, marketing, accounting, confidence and learnedness?
5. Should community colleges fashion themselves as institutions of "higher" learning?
6. Do community colleges primarily provide a "middle" (grades 13-14) bridge between secondary and higher education?
a. Why do community college mission statements look so similar?
b. Can community colleges be all things to all people?
7. Should community colleges award bachelors degrees? Why?
8. Can we envision a theoretical or conceptual framework for American community colleges in the 21st Century?
Planning
From the above input, we've started the GRCC Academic Leadership Development Plan (see attached).
Steering Committee
Here's a list of potential members:
Hi GB...
Having difficulty opening the attachment of the ALDP. Any tips?
Try it now (converted 2007 to 2003)!