SACS presentation on MSU PLA

1. Developing Institutional Leaders Morehead State University Dr. Charles Patrick, Professor and SACS Director Email [email_address] Ms. Jill Ratliff, Director of Institutional Effectiveness E-mail [email_address] Mr. Alan Baldwin, Retired Assistant to the Provost Slide Developing Institutional Leaders

2. Presentation Focus <ul><li>To provide a solid framework: </li></ul><ul><li>for the establishment of a leadership development program for faculty and staff; </li></ul><ul><li>for dynamic, visionary leaders needed in all areas and levels of higher education institutions as the challenges of the 21st century are met; and, </li></ul><ul><li>for participants to take information relative to leadership development back to their institutions. </li></ul>Slide Developing Institutional Leaders

3. Overview <ul><li>Morehead State University, Kentucky </li></ul><ul><li>The President’s Leadership Academy (PLA) </li></ul><ul><li>Participant selection process </li></ul><ul><li>Curriculum </li></ul><ul><li>Challenges – campus impact </li></ul><ul><li>Personal experience and benefits </li></ul>Slide Developing Institutional Leaders

4. Morehead State University Slide Developing Institutional Leaders

5. Morehead State University <ul><li>Founded: 1887 as Morehead Normal School </li></ul><ul><li>Public Institution: 1922 </li></ul><ul><li>Enrollment: more than 9,000 </li></ul><ul><li>Students: hail from 100 Kentucky counties, 42 states and 37 nations </li></ul><ul><li>Average class size: 19 </li></ul>Slide Developing Institutional Leaders

8. Morehead State University <ul><li>Morehead State has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year as one of the top public universities in the South in the 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report . </li></ul>Slide Developing Institutional Leaders

9. Morehead State University <ul><li>Morehead State is one of four U.S. institutions to offer a B.S. degree in Space Science. The primary research instrument is the 21-meter NASA radio telescope, which went online in 2004. </li></ul>Slide Developing Institutional Leaders

10. President’s Leadership Academy <ul><li>Established: 2006 </li></ul><ul><li>Purpose: to provide quality professional development experiences to nominated and selected faculty, staff and administrators exhibiting the potential for effective leadership. </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

11. President’s Leadership Academy <ul><li>Objectives: </li></ul><ul><li>Increase participant awareness of the complexity of issues facing the University and postsecondary education. </li></ul><ul><li>Challenge participants to expand their understanding of the environment in which decisions are made at Morehead State University and other higher education institutions. </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

12. PLA Original Leadership <ul><li>Dr. Wayne D. Andrews, MSU President </li></ul><ul><li>Al Baldwin, Assistant to the Provost </li></ul><ul><li>Jeffrey Liles, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services </li></ul><ul><li>Beth Patrick, Vice President for Planning, Budgets & Technology </li></ul><ul><li>Dr. Mike Seelig, Dean of Caudill College of Humanities </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

13. PLA Leadership Evolution <ul><li>Dr. Wayne D. Andrews, MSU President </li></ul><ul><li>Al Baldwin --- Retired </li></ul><ul><li>Jeffrey Liles, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services </li></ul><ul><li>Beth Patrick, Vice President for Planning, Budgets & Technology </li></ul><ul><li>Dr. Mike Seelig --- Moved to VP at Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education </li></ul><ul><li>Dr. Eric Jerde, Interim Chair of Physical Sciences </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

14. President’s Leadership Academy <ul><li>2007 </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide 2008 2009

15. President’s Leadership Academy <ul><li>2007 </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide 2008 2009

16. PLA Example Staff Titles Developing Institutional Leaders Slide <ul><li>Administration & Fiscal Services Admin. Asst. </li></ul><ul><li>Librarian II </li></ul><ul><li>First Year Programs and Retention Director </li></ul><ul><li>Director of Innovation Center </li></ul><ul><li>Director of Educational Services Unit </li></ul><ul><li>Director of Budgets </li></ul><ul><li>Director of University Marketing </li></ul><ul><li>Dean of Students </li></ul>

17. PLA Example Faculty Titles Developing Institutional Leaders Slide <ul><li>Assistant Professor of Speech </li></ul><ul><li>Assistant Professor of Sociology </li></ul><ul><li>Associate Professor of Sociology </li></ul><ul><li>Professor of Engineering Technology </li></ul><ul><li>Associate Professor of Nursing </li></ul><ul><li>Assistant Professor of Education </li></ul><ul><li>Professor of Biology </li></ul><ul><li>Associate Professor of Geology </li></ul>

18. PLA Participant Selection Process <ul><li>Participant must be nominated. </li></ul><ul><li>Nominee completes nomination form and submits to the Office of the President. </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

19. PLA Nominee Form/Profile <ul><li>Curriculum vita or resume </li></ul><ul><li>Statement describing interest in the PLA and how involvement might benefit the University and department/unit </li></ul><ul><li>Examples of how nominee has exhibited the potential for effective leadership on campus and/or community </li></ul><ul><li>Identification of an area outside normal assignment for participating in internship activities and processes </li></ul><ul><li>Selection of one challenge currently facing the University that, if met successfully, would have a positive impact on the institution and its constituents </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

20. PLA Participant Selection Process <ul><li>Nomination materials due in January. </li></ul><ul><li>Selection committees, comprised of community, government and civic leaders, interview nominees during February. </li></ul><ul><li>Selection committees submit recommendations by March. </li></ul><ul><li>Academy participants notified by April. </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

21. PLA Participant Time Commitment <ul><li>Participants must read 4-5 books on current and relevant topics. </li></ul><ul><li>Two-day seminar session in August. </li></ul><ul><li>Half-day curriculum modules each month. </li></ul><ul><li>Two-day field visit to another “model” institution during spring. </li></ul><ul><li>Internship (60 hours) experiences during spring. </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

22. PLA Curriculum <ul><li>Orientation </li></ul><ul><li>Online interaction </li></ul><ul><li>Reading list </li></ul><ul><li>Seminar sessions </li></ul><ul><li>Group project </li></ul><ul><li>Internships </li></ul><ul><li>Field trip </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

23. PLA Curriculum <ul><li>Orientation </li></ul><ul><li>Online interaction </li></ul><ul><li>Readings </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Books and articles </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Discussion groups </li></ul></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

24. PLA Curriculum – Reading List <ul><li>2006-07 Reading List: </li></ul><ul><li>Good to Great by Jim Collins </li></ul><ul><li>The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman </li></ul><ul><li>Reframing Organizations by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal </li></ul><ul><li>Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell </li></ul><ul><li>The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick M. Lencioni </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

25. PLA Curriculum – Reading List <ul><li>2007-08 Reading List </li></ul><ul><li>Putting Students First by L.A. Braskamp, L.C. Trautvetter, and K. Ward </li></ul><ul><li>Good to Great by Jim Collins </li></ul><ul><li>The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman </li></ul><ul><li>Leadership in Place Jon F. Wergin </li></ul><ul><li>My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student by Rebekah Nathan </li></ul><ul><li>The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by P.M. Lencioni </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

26. PLA Curriculum – Reading List <ul><li>2008-09 Reading List </li></ul><ul><li>Putting Students First by L.A. Braskamp, L.C. Trautvetter, and K. Ward </li></ul><ul><li>My Freshman Year by Rebekah Nathan </li></ul><ul><li>Good to Great by Jim Collins </li></ul><ul><li>Leadership in Place by Jon F. Wergin </li></ul><ul><li>The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by P.M. Lencioni </li></ul><ul><li>Prioritizing Academic Programs & Services by Robert Dickeson </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

27. PLA Curriculum – Seminar Sessions <ul><li>Federal, State & Local Government Issues in Postsecondary Education [8.75 hour session conducted on campus in August] </li></ul><ul><li>Impact of Postsecondary Education Systems, System Heads & Central System Offices [7.5 hour session at CPE and AIKCU system offices and at KCTCS system office in August] </li></ul><ul><li>Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Case Presentation [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in September] </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

28. PLA Curriculum – Seminar Sessions <ul><li>Leadership Models, Styles & Philosophies in Postsecondary Education, Part I & II [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in October with a 3.5 hour follow-up session in the spring] </li></ul><ul><li>Impact of Technology on Teaching, Learning & Campus Administration [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in November] </li></ul><ul><li>Enrollment Management & Marketing [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in March] </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

29. PLA Curriculum – Group Project <ul><li>PLA class divided into two teams. Teams are provided the “Nickel Glen College” case study and budget information for review. </li></ul><ul><li>One week later, teams make a 30-minute presentation to President’s Cabinet on plan and proposed budget to address the problems set forth in the case. </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

30. PLA Curriculum <ul><li>PLA class private, monthly, general discussion meetings with President Andrews </li></ul><ul><li>One-hour overview of services provided by Auxiliary Services, MSU Police, Development, Physical Plant, Diversity </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

31. PLA Curriculum - Internships <ul><li>Purpose </li></ul><ul><li>Commitment (45 + 15) </li></ul><ul><li>Interns placed throughout the institution. </li></ul><ul><ul><li>President’s office </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Provost’s office </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Academic departments </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Administrative units </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Local/state government </li></ul></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

32. PLA Curriculum – Field Trips <ul><li>2007 – James Madison University, VA </li></ul><ul><li>2008 – Appalachian State University, NC </li></ul><ul><li>2009 – TBD </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

33. PLA Challenges <ul><li>Everyone that applies is not selected. </li></ul><ul><li>Everyone who participates does not necessarily wish to advance. </li></ul><ul><li>There are no guarantees for advanced opportunities. </li></ul><ul><li>Updating the curriculum </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

34. PLA participants who have moved on to leadership roles <ul><li>Jill Ratliff , Director of Institutional Effectiveness </li></ul><ul><li>Charles Patrick , Assistant to Provost and SACS Director </li></ul><ul><li>Clarenda Phillips , Department Chair, Sociology, Social Work, Criminology </li></ul><ul><li>Jami Hornbuckle , AVP of University Marketing </li></ul><ul><li>David Barnett , Assistant Dean, College of Education </li></ul><ul><li>Eric Jerde , PLA Leadership </li></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

35. PLA Benefits <ul><li>Personal experience and benefits </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Jill </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Charlie </li></ul></ul>Developing Institutional Leaders Slide

36. Questions?? Developing Institutional Leaders Morehead State University Dr. Charles Patrick, Professor and SACS Director Email [email_address] Ms. Jill Ratliff, Director of Institutional Effectiveness E-mail [email_address] Mr. Alan Baldwin, Retired Assistant to the Provost www.moreheadstate.edu/pla/ Slide Developing Institutional Leaders