Preconvention Workshop A -- New CEO Institute: Hit the Ground Leading
(sponsored by AACC Presidents Academy with scholarship support from SunGard Higher Education)
Date: Friday, April 20, 12:30 - 5:00 pm & Saturday, April 21, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Price: $350
Designed specifically for first-time CEOs, this day-and-a-half workshop covers essential topics that challenge every new leader. Meet with your peers in a learning environment that is supportive and serious, open and honest, productive and informative. Seasoned faculty provide firsthand experiences and insights on topics including developing positive board relations, mastering advocacy, problem solving, fostering the college mission and understanding college finances. Get answers to your most pressing questions and network with both experienced and new leaders. The workshop includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and materials. This workshop is restricted to individuals who are new, first-time CEOs or to those who have been announced and will start their presidency later in 2011.
Presenters: TBA
Preconvention Workshop B -- For Aspiring Presidents: Interviewing for the Presidency and Preparing to Work with and for a Board of Trustees (sponsored by Association of Community College Trustees)
Date: Friday, April 20, 1:30 - 5:30 pm & Saturday, April 21, 8:30 am -12:30 pm
Price: $350
Hundreds of previous participants and many current presidents rave about this two-part workshop which provides a valuable simulation of the presidential interview process and insights into how community college boards of trustees function. Practice interviewing in a typical presidential candidate/search committee or board interview session; learn how to present yourself in ways that are uniquely yours and capitalize on outstanding qualities that make you the candidate of choice; and critique your videotaped interview with presidential experts. You'll gain valuable information on governance and what you must know to successfully work with a board of trustees, as well as learn what trustees look for when interviewing presidential candidates. One added benefit is that you will get to size up your competition!
Facilitator: Narcisa Polonio, Vice President for Education, Research, and Board Leadership Services, ACCT
Preconvention Workshop C-- Igniting Donors to Give in the 21st Century: Effective Higher Education Fundraising Operations
Date: Saturday, April 21, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Price: $350
Today Community Colleges are faced with declining state and local funding and now see increasing private support as critical to ensuring their Colleges’ ability to provide high quality and accessible education. Private fundraising is not new to higher education. Private four-year institutions have used private dollars to enhance their operations for many years and over the past two decades many state universities have increased their capacity to raise more private dollars. It is now time for community colleges to focus on the lessons learned by their four-year colleagues and build effective fundraising programs.
Igniting Donors to Give in the 21st Century is designed to give college administrators, including presidents, CFO’s, foundation directors, deans, and college fundraisers an extensive overview of effective fundraising operations including staffing, management, benchmarks and analytics, donor cultivation and alumni relations. The presenters will draw upon their lengthy experiences from a variety of higher education fundraising offices to provide a day-long workshop in an open forum environment.
The workshop will include both presentations and participatory small group experiences. By example participants will be asked to take a brief diagnostic survey of their current fundraising efforts for small group discussion and comparison. The self-diagnose will help each institution identify the key elements needed to build their fundraising program. The workshop will also include role-playing for “making the ask” and small group discussion with fundraising professionals at the end of the workshop to help institution leaders determine their next steps.
Key Presenter: Marsha M. Ray, Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Community College of Philadelphia
Preconvention Workshop D -- Focusing Innovation in Community Colleges: Optimizing for Completion and Student Success
Date: Saturday, April 21, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Price: $225
Today’s community colleges are recognized and valued in our society like never before, yet they are also faced with unprecedented challenges and expectations. From staggering financial difficulties and increasing accountability measures to rising pressure for accelerating completion rates without compromising student access, community colleges have their work cut out for them. This session brings together multiple community college leaders who will share the challenges associated with the completion agenda as well as innovative approaches that show strong promise for increasing student success and accelerating completion. In addition, this session explores key elements in a student success pathway and the guidelines colleges are following to make pathways work.
Confirmed Panelists/Presenters:
Terry O’Banion, President Emeritus, League for Innovation in the Community College CA
Steven Lee Johnson, President, Sinclair Community College, OH
Sandy Shugart, President, Valencia Community College, FL
Chris Bustamante, President, Rio Salado College, AZ
Moderator: Gerardo E. de los Santos, President and CEO, League for Innovation in the Community College, AZ
Preconvention Workshop E -- Reframing Resistance to Diversity: Building a Pathway Towards Inclusivity
Date: Saturday, April 21, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Price: $225
Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action are laws and policies. Diversity, on the other hand, is about empowering people, about understanding, valuing, and capitalizing on people’s differences. Research over the past decade demonstrates that institutional commitment to diversity not only increases institutional effectiveness but also results in positive educational outcomes for all students. At the same time, higher education’s diversity imperative also enhances the ability of colleges and universities to fulfill their roles as economic engines and democratic leaders.
This workshop will focus on the history of diversity and higher education to demonstrate successes and highlight the need for further advancement. National data will be used to guide small groups in discussion of some of the realities facing institutions around diversity. We will look at the issues through the paradigm of problem, cause, solution, and implementation, so that participants will leave with action ideas to take back to their respective campuses.
Presenters:
Marcellus Davis, Director, Diversity & Multiculturalism, Anoka Ramsey Community College, MN
Nate Emerson, Vice President, Student Affairs, Minnesota State University, Southeast Technical College, MN
Alexander Hines, Director, Inclusion and Diversity Office, Winona State University, MN
Preconvention Workshop F -- A Green Campus—Saving Money and Building Reputation
Date: Saturday, April 21, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Price: $225
Creating a sustainable college makes a statement to students, community, and corporate partners. This session will demonstrate how a college president can save campus resources and enhance the college’s reputation through going green.
In this session you will:
- Learn how to cost effectively accelerate your sustainability initiatives by connecting to existing resources such as AACC’s Sustainability Education and Economic Development Center (SEED), an association of 420 community colleges, and the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).
- Discover best practices in building campus sustainability programs.
- Receive tool kits of information to support campus change and assist in developing trustee support of sustainability.
- Engage in dynamic discussion on some of the most common challenges CEOs face in leading campus sustainability initiatives, from demonstrating campus ROI to transforming curricula to securing new grants and donations.
Designed for new and experienced presidents, this workshop will include topics to challenge those who bring beginning to advanced levels of prior knowledge on sustainability.
By the end of this session participants will have moved toward an action plan to fit their campus’s own unique circumstances and resources and will join a close network of college senior administrators to continue the learning experience.
Presenters:
Michael Burke, President, Milwaukee Area Technical College
Sheila Ortega, President, Santa Fe Community College, NM
Mitch Thomashow, Director of ACUPCC Presidential Fellows Programs, former president, Unity College, ME
Diana Van Der Ploeg, retired president, Butte College, CA
Jerry Weber, President, College of Lake County, IL; Chair of AACC’s SEED task force
Jennifer Wimbish, President, Cedar Valley College, TX
Preconvention Workshop G -- From Engagement to Completion: Building an Engaged Citizenry
Date: Saturday, April 21, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Price: $225
Beyond access to education itself, colleges and universities have an obligation to educate about democracy and engage students in both an understanding of civic institutions and the practical experience of acting in the public arena. Join a national conversation on how to connect student civic engagement with student learning outcomes and workforce development. Research shows that students who are civically engaged are more likely to complete their college goals. This workshop for chief academic officers and academic deans focuses on high-impact learning practices that incorporate community and civic engagement. Learn about model programs and get hands-on assistance to identify and design practical strategies for including service learning, civic learning, and democratic engagement in the academic curriculum.
Presenters:
Brian Murphy, President, DeAnza College, CA
Gail Robinson, Director of Service Learning and Interim Vice President for Academic, Student, and Community Development, AACC, DC
Rowena Tomaneng, Associate Vice President for Instruction, DeAnza College, CA
Anthony Tricoli, President, Georgia Perimeter College
Preconvention Workshop H -- "The Butterfly Effect": Working With a Board of Trustees (sponsored by ACCT)
Date: Saturday, April 21, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Price: $225
"The Butterfly Effect" refers to the fact that when a butterfly flaps its wings, it triggers small changes in weather that result in a tsunami across the ocean. This workshop is a diagnostic problem-solving discussion in an intimate and confidential setting between new and experienced presidents. Broaden your knowledge and understanding of boards of trustees and learn practical approaches to strengthening partnerships with boards. How do you find the right balance between addressing the needs and desires of the board and those of the institution? How do you deal with mid-course adjustments? Learn what you must do, should avoid, and how to handle disruptive relationships. Review proven practices that have withstood the test of time and how to help transform a good board into a great board. If you want to be a successful president you must attend this workshop.
Facilitator: Narcisa Polonio, Vice President for Education, Research, and Board Leadership Services, ACCT