Welcome to League for Innovation

1. Welcome to League for Innovation Ernst Roberts, Ph.D., President, EPCC Linda Brown, Ph.D., Speech Professor Leadership EPCC EPCC Leadership Development Academy March 2012

2. EPCC Planning & DevelopmentAugust – December 2004First class started -January 2005

3. EPCC Leadership Development Committee • Leadership Development Coordinator • Shirley Gilbert, Special Assistant to the President • Administrative Liaison • Dr. Ernst Roberts, Executive Assistant to the President • Leadership Development Committee • Administrators, Faculty, and Staff • All Campuses • Mixed Educational Backgrounds & Experiences

4. Fundamentals Track • One-year program • Open to all Faculty, Classified & Professional Staff • Application • Supervisor’s Support Statement • 30 employees; 1-35 years longevity

5. Advanced Track • One-year program • Open to faculty & staff in leadership positions: Coordinators, Managers, Directors, VPs • Application/Nomination • Supervisor’s Support Statement • 30 employees; 1-35 years longevity

6. Program Components • Monthly Workshops – 4 hours • Border Learning Conference – 2 days • Retreat – 2 days • Immediate Evaluations on Index Cards • Reflective Evaluations Online • Individual Learning & Action Plans • Team Application Projects

7. Academy Curriculum

8. Workshops Fundamentals Track • Insights Personality Assessment • Effective Communication • Successful Elements of Change • Workplace Ethical Challenges • Maxwell: Developing the Leader Within • Lessons Learned: Creative Projects

9. Workshops Advanced Track • Insights Personality Assessment • Developing Others Through Coaching • Communicating for Results • Conflict Resolution • Good to Great Leadership • Servant Leadership • Developing a Positive Attitude • John Maxwell: Gold, Winning with People • Leadership Panel

10. Both Tracks - TogetherFebruary • A continuing, dynamic conference dealing with education issues on the border. • Started and conducted by EPCC and DACC Border Learning Conference

11. Both Tracks Separately Appreciative Inquiry • Changes perspective - from problems to possibilities • Accentuates the successes of the past • Evokes images of possible futures • Encourages ongoing inquiry • Generates new levels of activity • Promotes collaborative transformation

12. Both Tracks - TogetherJuly Retreat at Inn of the Mountain Gods • Workshops • Team Building Activities: Low Ropes • Leadership by Example Activities • Featured Activity: Painting with Peña

13. Both Tracks – TogetherFall Alumni Activities • All Alumni invited to attend annual meeting with an invited guest speaker --Visitors from other colleges --Inservice speakers

14. Both Tracks: Hosted by AlumniIndividually Walking in Another’s Shoes • Visiting other College departments • Receiving orientations • Taking tours • Expanding their knowledge of the institution Finance Information Technology Student Services Instruction Institution Research Physical Plant

15. Graduation CeremonyDecember • Recognizing and Appreciating Others • Luncheon & Presentation of Projects • Awarding of Certificates

16. Team Projectsreflectthe President’s priorities

17. Examples of Staff & Student Success Projects • EPCC Family Night • Shooting Star Appreciation Program • Student/Parent Day • EPCC View Book • Student Ambassadors • Staff Development Day • Laptop Checkout • Senorita Success Icon for Website • Mentoring

18. Examples ofCommunity Engagement Projects • Reading Program for Middle School • Math Tutoring Night for Middle School • EPCC Helping Hands Volunteer Program • Community Service Agencies Database • EPCC Website as Volunteer Clearing House

19. Participant Comments

20. Gains from Participating in Leadership Development Academy Gains from the Content • Understanding own strengths and weaknesses • Skills that make successful leaders • Appreciation of diverse roles, unique expertise, and talents of participants • Opportunities to meet national, state, and local leaders and see “leadership at work” • Opportunities for self-reflection • Time to connect, apply, and practice skills

21. New Questions • What core values and strengths do I have that connect with the College’s mission? • How do I use these core values and strengths to impact my productivity and the productivity of others? • As a result of the Leadership Academy, am I doing something different now to make effective contributions to the College?

22. Comment from Administrator “Even though I have been in an administrative position for 25 years at EPCC, I learned new things about leadership at this academy that I am now practicing.  The Academy provided me with a wonderful learning experience which has given me new insight about effective leadership.” Bobby Ortega Instructional Dean

23. Comment from Faculty “The Academy has helped me in many areas of my life. I feel more confident in the way I interact with students, colleagues and administrators.  I am amazed at how what I have learned through the sessions (ways of speaking to people, conflict resolution, sharing) has actually remained in my memory!   I am more aware of myself and have learned to listen instead of reacting.” Sandra Padilla Reading Faculty

24. Comment from Classified Staff “My experience with the Leadership Academy was very fulfilling.    Each workshop was very well presented.  Thanks to the variety of workshops I was able to learn so much more in just one year.  I also found that thanks to the presentation of the material I was able to grasp the entire information and in turn share my learning with my co-workers.” Olga Rader Campus Coordinator Testing Services

25. Celebrating Success

26. Celebrating Success • Over 400 Graduates – 2005 through 2011 • Outstanding monthly evaluations • Participants invited to help set up and attend annual College Arts Auction • Painted Palettes on Parade – raised over $21,000 for endowed scholarship in the name of Maria Peña, Amado’s mother

27. EPCC Leadership Development Committee Some Academy graduates Meets at least monthly Selects participants Recommends speakers • Helps facilitate workshops • Analyzes evaluations • Recommends curriculum • Designs next year’s Academy

28. Phil Neal’s Dissertation “Cornerstones of Effective Practice:A case study of the El Paso Community College Leadership Development Academy”

29. Comment from End of Year Evaluation “I believe that the Academy is here to help EPCC. Now is the time to work from inside out. This is what the Academy is all about. To better EPCC we need to better ourselves first and we need to find any training available to accomplish it.”

33. El Paso Community College Leadership Development Academy “Building a Culture of Leadership”

34. El Paso Community College Leadership Development Academy “Building a Culture of Leadership”

35. El Paso Community CollegeLeadership Development Academy Ernst Roberts, Ph.D., President Linda Brown, Ph.D., Coordinator March 2012 • League for Innovation

36. Background

37. Consultation by Cornell University Institute for Community College Development • Three day site visit • Interviews & Surveys –50 employees • Twenty-first Century Enterprise Questionnaire • Fifteen Leadership Competency Survey • Recommendations

38. From Interviews “There is strong agreement that both faculty and staff are frequently promoted into positions where they do not have the full complement of skills required to be successful. Unfortunately, this creates a great deal of stress as people are forced to "learn on the job.”

39. From Interviews “There is strong interest in the concept of a Leadership Academy. They would like this initiative to be available and accessible to all staff and faculty. Further, they would like the process to be transparent and inclusive.”

40. From Surveys Twenty-First Century Enterprise Questionnaire: (Most important competencies for organization) • Vision directed • Flexible & continuously learning • Customer driven & marketing focused • Creative use of technology • Innovative

41. From Surveys Fifteen Leadership Competencies Survey: (Most important competencies for leadership) • Knowledge of the job • Taking action & making decisions • Energy, drive & ambition • Time management • Communicating information & ideas • Coping with pressure and adversity

42. Recommendations Recommended Leadership & Support • Committee – Planning & development • Coordinator – Oversee planning, development, and implementation • Support from all levels of administration

43. Recommendations Fundamentals of Leadership Track • Three-year program (one-year themes) • Open to all employees • Self-selection

44. Recommendations Advanced Leadership Track • Five-day seminars in Spring & Fall • Open to current & identified future leaders • Nomination

45. Recommendations Program components • Personal Online Portfolio System • Mentors • Individual Learning & Action Plans • Team Application Projects

46. EPCC Planning & DevelopmentAugust – December 2004

47. El Paso Community College Leadership Development Academy “Training Today for Tomorrow’s Leaders”

48. El Paso Community College Leadership Development Academy “Building a Culture of Leadership”

49. EPCC Leadership Development Committee • Leadership Development Coordinator • Shirley Gilbert, Special Assistant to the President • Leadership Development Committee • Administrators, Faculty, and Staff • All Campuses • Mix of Genders, Educational Backgrounds and Experiences • Administrative Liaison • Dr. Ernst Roberts, Executive Assistant to the President

50. Outcomes of Planning & DevelopmentFirst class started -January 2005 Shirley Gilbert Special Assistant to the President