Field Guide for Administrators: Onsite Training for Two-Year Colleges
  • Is your team really prepared for turbulent times?
  • Are your deans and chairs actively involved in enhancing quality and building enrollment in their areas?
  • Are they trained to handle sensitive legal issues and solve problems before they get to the top?
  • Do they have the leadership ability to help faculty and staff improve their productivity?

Designed to meet the unique needs of two-year colleges, the four-day, intensive program entitled Field Guide for Administrators is ideal for those new to college leadership as well as for seasoned administrators. Your entire team will benefit from this state-of-the-art training focused on strengthening your institution, ensuring quality, increasing enrollment, developing faculty and staff, resolving conflicts, and maintaining accountability and accreditation.

We will customize a program to suit the unique needs of your administrative team and deliver it at your location, saving you time and travel expenses. A sample curriculum might include the following:

Day One
Morning and afternoon: Transitions

  • Role of the chair (overview)
  • Leadership vs. management
  • Relationship with faculty and staff
  • Building trust
  • Communication
  • Time management
  • Budgeting (overview)
  • Scheduling and staffing
  • Developing faculty (overview)

Day Two
Morning: Developing the department

  • Strategic planning
  • Advocacy for the department
  • Securing appropriations
  • Attracting students with hybrid and online classes
  • Using data

Afternoon: Developing the faculty

  • Attracting and keeping good faculty
  • Mentoring
  • Developing part-time faculty
  • Faculty evaluation
  • Rewarding performance
  • Dividing the labor

Day Three
Morning: Crisis management

  • Personality evaluation
  • Advocacy for faculty
  • Conflict resolution
  • The art of negotiation
  • Legal landmines

Afternoon: Accountability and assessment

  • Data-driven decision making
  • Program assessment
  • Getting faculty on board
  • Program renewal

Day Four
Morning: Developing yourself

  • Personal development
  • Dealing with loneliness and stress
  • Professional development
  • Finding balance
  • Moving up

If you’d like your staff to benefit from this outstanding program, the Academy for Academic Leadership will come to your campus and work within your schedules to deliver the most cost-effective, results-oriented training your staff has ever experienced.

To receive additional information or schedule this training program at your institution, please contact the Academy for Academic Leadership.


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