Slides for a presentation about educational leadership at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, November 2019.

1. Educational
Leadership
Lakehead University, November 2019
Christina Hendricks, UBC Vancouver
Except where indicated otherwise, these slides are licensed CC BY 4.0

2. Introduction
Professor of Teaching, Philosophy,
University of British Columbia Vancouver
Academic Director, Centre for Teaching,
Learning & Technology
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3. SESSION OVERVIEW
○ Broad view of edu leadership
○ An EL pie:
● EL categories
● local vs wider activities
● progress through the ranks
○ EL vs service
○ Articulating impact of EL
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4. 1.
Educational
leadership generally
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5. “Educational leadership is
activity taken at Lakehead
University and elsewhere to
advance innovation in teaching
and learning with impact
beyond one’s classroom.
-- Collective agreement, Letter of Understanding #7
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6. From the letter of understanding:
○ SoTL, “Scholarship of teaching”
○ Teaching, mentoring colleagues
○ Curriculum renewal, course design
○ Pedagogical innovation
○ Contributions to conferences, workshops
All with impact beyond one’s own class
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Some EL Activities

7. Some examples I’ve seen
○ Leading departmental curriculum renewal
○ Developing a mentorship program
○ Instituting an undergrad TA program in a
department
○ Leading T&L workshops at the institution;
being known & called upon as having
expertise in some area of T&L
○ Being invited to give talks in other units or
institutions
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8. More examples
○ Setting up community engaged learning
opportunities within a program
○ Developing and testing inclusive
teaching practices & having others adopt
them
○ Creating instructional videos that are
used outside one’s course
○ Developing concept inventories for pre-
& post-tests that others also use
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9. An EL mapping tool
https://is.gd/el_ctlt
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10. Advice: tell a story
Identify a few focus areas
(approx. 1-3) around which
one’s teaching, EL, (and
service) are centred.
Then use that to tell a story
of oneself as an
educational leader.
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11. Progression through the ranks
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2.
An EL pie

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Evidence of Edu Leadership
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Evidence of Edu Leadership
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and Arts ISIT, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0

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Evidence of Edu Leadership: Associate Prof (Teaching)
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and Arts ISIT, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0

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Evidence of Edu Leadership: Professor (Teaching)
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and Arts ISIT, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0

16. 3.
Service vs EL, &
impact of EL
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17. Service
○ Frequently assigned by
unit leader
○ Continuation of existing
activity, carrying on
existing processes
SERVICE OR EL?
Educational Leadership
○ May or may not be assigned
by a unit leader
○ Adding to or developing new
activities or processes
○ Transforming: something is
different b/c of the efforts of
that person
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Being chair of a committee, by itself, is not necessarily EL.
Also, EL can be done even without having official leadership
position in a service role.

18. IMPACT OF EL
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For detailed documentation and examples, see: https://ctlt.ubc.ca/programs/all-our-programs/teaching-and-educational-
leadership/next-steps-evidence-for-impact/
People
● Impact on teaching practice
● Impact on student learning, engagement,
wellbeing, etc.
Processes ● Impact on approaches, priorities, policies
● Impact on support capacity or T&L networks
Products
● Impact on courses, curriculum
● Impact on scholarly work (publications,
presentations)

19. Impact worksheets
https://is.gd/el_ctlt
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20. Thank you!
christina.hendricks@ubc.ca
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21. RESOURCES
UBCV CTLT website on Educational Leadership:
https://is.gd/el_ctlt
● EL mapping tool
● EL impact framework and worksheet
Advice for CV’s and dossiers for EL faculty, put
together by faculty in UBC Educational Leadership
Network: https://is.gd/el_cv_dossier
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22. CREDITS
Thanks to all the UBCV folks who helped put these slides together:
● Sunaina Assanand, Psychology
● Stefania Burk, Asian Studies, Assoc Dean Academic, in Arts
● Christina Hendricks, Philosophy, CTLT Academic Director
● Sally Hermansen, Geography
● Isabeau Iqbal, CTLT
● Laurie McNeill, English, Dir. First Year Programs in Arts
● Allen Sens, Political Science
Special thanks to the people who made and released these resources:
● Presentation template: Mercutio by SlidesCarnival, licensed CC BY
4.0
● Icons purchased by Christina Hendricks with a subscription to The
Noun Project
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