Leadership Institute for Department Chairs
April 13-16, 2008
Crowne Plaza Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas
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"Thanks for providing an excellent program. The topics & presenters were right on target."
2005 Institute for Chairs Participant
The Call
for Leadership
Department chairs have often seen themselves as scholars who, out of a sense of duty,
temporarily take responsibility for the administrative tasks of the department. However,
most agree that the times of "amateur administration" are over. The position
of chairperson is one of leadership, and the demands it poses are significant. From the
stress and conflict inherent in the position to the cost to academic careers and
personal lives, the position is unique within the academy and institution. Those
accepting the role need access to leadership development designed specifically for them.
Institute
Goals
In response to this need, the Leadership Institute for Department Chairs assists
participants in pursuing three objectives.
- To develop an
understanding and clarity about the leadership style, motives, and roles of
department chairs. Sessions will help participants understand and assess their
styles and motives and provide guidance in developing their roles as department
leaders.
- To acquire the
key leadership skills required to be an effective department chair. Sessions will
explore the skills necessary to effectively lead your department team, efficiently
manage your time, creatively resolve conflicts, and transform distress into positive
and productive stress.
- To deal with the
professional and personal trade-offs in balancing their lives. Caught between
conflicting interests of faculty scholarship and department administration, chairs
face the challenge of merging their individual interests with the department goals.
Leadership
Institute Sessions
- Leadership and
Issues of Power
- Conflict
Resolution
- Department
Teamwork
- Leadership for
Diversity
- Faculty
Performance Counseling
- Department
Renewal
- Strategic
Scanning of Educational Issues
- How to Work with
Your Dean
- Time and Stress
Management
- Small-Group
Discussions on Promotion and Tenure, Post-Tenure Review, How to Work with Difficult
Faculty, Effective Use of Technology, and more
Institute
Resources
The Institute draws on the expertise of nationally recognized experts in the leadership
development of department chairs, as well as policy makers and opinion leaders from
national organizations and colleges of education. The three-day program will use the
latest research on department chairs, case studies, simulations, and department chair
self-assessment to engage the participants. A notebook of readings and resource
materials will be provided. Participants will provide a wealth of knowledge, insight,
and experience to be shared in the sessions as well as in topical "breakfast
conversation" tables, social activities, and networks.
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