New Academic Leaders: Strategies for Success is a Online Course designed to help new leaders capitalize on their opportunities as change agents, and manage the challenges that arise in any position involving oversight of faculty.
A new academic leadership position-whether it’s a deanship or a department chair or a provost appointment-brings with it exciting opportunities to move an institutions mission forward and make a real impact on campus life.
Not surprisingly, it also comes with a certain number of headaches that are simply part and parcel of a leadership role.
New Academic Leaders: Strategies for Success is a Online Course designed to help new leaders capitalize on their opportunities as change agents, and manage the challenges that arise in any position involving oversight of faculty.
Delivered in module form, the course is designed for convenient learning. It can be taken at any pace, and accessed from virtually any device. Learning checks occur regularly throughout, and a wealth of supplemental materials accompany the presentation: handouts, readings, links to online resources, and full transcripts.
A new academic leadership position-whether it’s a deanship or a department chair or a provost appointment-brings with it exciting opportunities to move an institutions mission forward and make a real impact on campus life.
Not surprisingly, it also comes with a certain number of headaches that are simply part and parcel of a leadership role.
New Academic Leaders: Strategies for Success is a Online Course designed to help new leaders capitalize on their opportunities as change agents, and manage the challenges that arise in any position involving oversight of faculty.
Over the course of approximately seven hours of instruction, the course ranges both broad and deep across the administrative landscape, addressing critical issues including:
- Promoting civility and professionalism
- Identifying historical trends and their impact on current and future administration
- Crafting feedback appropriate for faculty at all levels, from adjunct to tenured
- Facilitating change through training, removing obstacles, and aligning systems
- Creating and carrying out effective mentoring relationships
- Designing engaging, cost-contained, and impactful faculty-development opportunities
- Leading, managing, and evaluating online faculty
- Developing strategies to institutionalize Open Educational Resources (OER)
Delivered in module form, the course is designed for convenient learning. It can be taken at any pace, and accessed from virtually any device. Learning checks occur regularly throughout, and a wealth of supplemental materials accompany the presentation: handouts, readings, links to online resources, and full transcripts.
Learning Goals:
At the conclusion of New Academic Leaders: Strategies for Success, participants will have gained the knowledge and insight to:
- Establish and maintain mentoring relationships with faculty
- Create an environment of civility, collaboration, and respect
- Spearhead high-impact faculty-development
- Manage OER and other forward-looking academic initiatives
- Guide their academic unit successfully through change
Who Will Benefit From This Course:
- Department chairs
- Deans
- Academic administrators
- Provosts
Course Content
- Department Chairs: Trends and Issues Over Time How to Effectively Lead Change in Higher Education
- How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?
- How Do I Lead Change from the Middle? - How Can I Create a Faculty Development Program that is Engaging and Effective?
- How Can I Address Minor Online Faculty Performance Concerns with Coaching? - How Can I Build Community with My Online Faculty?
- Faculty Evaluation and Review: Guidelines for Getting it Right
- How Can I Evaluate Online Teaching if I Haven't Taught Online?
- Strategies and Tactics for Institutionalizing Open Educational Resources
- How Does My Department Become More Strategic with Online Programming?
