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A Five Step Model for Supervision: Cultivating and Retaining Your Staff

In Academic Impressions’ 2021 survey of higher ed faculty, staff, and administrators to understand the state of professional development, 80% of respondents reported that more professional development would help them stay in their current role, and 51% of respondents reported experiencing clinical levels of burnout. So what’s the solution? What we found is that providing leadership support for professional development and fostering a culture of learning and growth can lead to greater job satisfaction and greater employee retention. Using the ACORN acronym, our expert instructor, Cié Gee, will walk you through a five-step model for supervision to help you learn to: Acknowledge Build Confidence Generate One on one connections Show Respect, and Meet your staff’s Needs

Faculty Affairs Roundtable for Unit-Level Leaders: A Cohort-Based Series

Faculty Affairs Roundtable for Unit-Level Leaders: A Cohort-Based Series March 23 – April 27, 2023 Individual Dates: March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2023 Login Starting On: March 23, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. ET JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

The Fundamentals of Leadership: A Bootcamp for New or Aspiring Leaders in Higher Ed

The Fundamentals of Leadership: A Bootcamp for New or Aspiring Leaders in Higher Ed February 16 – March 30, 2023 Individual Session Dates: February 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 , 2023 Welcome to the course page for your bootcamp! More information will be added as we get closer to your event, so please check back soon. Important Links Contact Moira Killoran to learn more. Welcome! Welcome to The Fundamentals of Leadership: A Bootcamp for New or Aspiring Leaders in Higher Ed. Our hope is that you will walk away with the ability to apply the key tenets of successful and equitable leadership to strengthen your role and performance going forward. This course page serves as your “one-stop shop” for all of the course materials and instructions you will need to guide you through the bootcamp. A couple of important notes to get you started: All course materials can be found in the “Access Course Materials” tab to the left. Any course materials you will need to prepare for the live sessions, including copies of slides, assignments, and assessments, will be made available at the beginning of the week.   If you have any questions, please contact Amy […]

Roundtable for Leaders of Talent Development in Advancement: A Cohort-Based Series

Roundtable for Leaders of Talent Development in Advancement: A Cohort-Based Series February 24 – May 19, 2023 In-Person and Virtual Sessions To facilitate community and trust-building among the cohort from the get-go, the roundtable will kick off with a half-day in-person strategy session in Denver, Colorado on Friday, February 24, 2023. Six weekly, hour-long virtual sessions will follow, running from early March to mid-May. Agenda Session 1 (Virtual): Friday, February 24th 2023 | 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET Session 2 (Virtual): Friday, March 10, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 3 (Virtual): Friday, March 24, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 4 (Virtual): Friday, April 7, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 5 (Virtual): Friday, April 21, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 6 (Virtual): Friday, May 5, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 7 (Virtual): Friday, May 19, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Login Starting On: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum […]

Customer Service Skills Training: Certification for Higher Education Professionals

Customer Service Skills Training: Certification for Higher Education Professionals March 29 – March 31, 2023 Gain the knowledge and skills you need to provide high-quality customer service in the higher education environment. Welcome to your course page for your virtual conference! We’ll be adding links to meeting rooms, schedules, social media, and course materials as they become available. Make sure to check back as it gets closer to your conference! EVENT INFORMATION Check back soon for links! ENSURE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS READY This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully: Audio & Visual Needs

Setting and Maintaining Boundaries as Faculty to Develop Professional Well-being and Success

In Academic Impressions’ 2021 survey of higher ed faculty, staff, and administrators to understand the current state of professional development, 51% of respondents reported experiencing clinical levels of burnout. Faculty burnout comes on the heels of their being asked to do more than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, plus the additional challenges of meeting the needs of students that resulted. But faculty who learn how to set boundaries with their work and maintain a healthy integration are far more likely to continue to enjoy their work and maintain their sense of professional well-being. Join us for an interactive session on how to better develop and maintain boundaries with your work as faculty. Our expert speaker Dr. Jackie Leibsohn has served in faculty positions and leadership at all levels. She will walk you through identifying what is being added to faculty’s plates, how and when to say no to additional work, and how to survive a changing faculty environment. We will also provide resources for you to continue to practice professional well-being in your faculty role.

Improving Your Gift-In-Kind Evaluation Process

Gifts-in-kind, or non-cash gifts, are unique. Most are appreciated assets that offer donors the ability to give an asset, receive a tax deduction for the value, and, depending on the donor, avoid capital gains tax. Yet, there are many gifts-in-kind that aren’t so easy to accept. This may be due to unverifiable value, such as with art collections, gifts of used equipment that may prove to be hard to place or to find a means to value, illiquid privately-held securities, or non-fungible tokens that pose issues in determining both ownership and value, as examples. Donors need to be responsible for providing bona fide appraisals and bearing those costs; but the institution also needs to be able to validate the value as well as many other aspects of a non-cash gift prior to acceptance. Whatever the non-cash gift, the viability of the value and its benefit to the institution must be analyzed before accepting. To better answer the question of whether a gift-in-kind has the value the donor claims, you must have a thorough review process in place and access to the right experts who can verify both the value and its benefit. Either way, gifts-in-kind must be analyzed on a […]

Discovering Self and Developing Essential Skills: A Bootcamp for New Supervisors

Discovering Self and Developing Essential Skills: A Bootcamp for New Supervisors February 16 – March 23, 2023 Individual Sessions: February 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 2023 Welcome to the course page for your bootcamp! More information will be added as we get closer to your event, so please check back soon. Welcome! Welcome to Discovering Self and Developing Essential Skills: A Bootcamp for New Supervisors. We invite you to join our community as new or developing supervisors seeking to better understand the skills and self-awareness essential to your success. In preparation, mark your calendars for the following dates and times: Starting February 16, the bootcamp meets weekly on Thursdays from 12:00-1:30 p.m. ET for Sessions 2, 3 ,4, 5 and from 12:00-3:00 p.m. ET for Sessions 1 and 6: Please note, during the week of March 27, you will have the opportunity to schedule a one-on-one coaching session with Dr. Therese Lask, facilitator of the bootcamp. To deepen your learning and create opportunities for collaboration with your peers in the program, before sessions 2, 3, 4, and 5 there will be an estimated one-hour block of time needed to review video content to prepare for each of those […]

Time Management: A Disciplined Approach to Priority-Setting

Is your endless to-do list keeping you from accomplishing what’s most important? We all have responsibilities and tasks competing for our attention, but all too often, our two or three most important efforts are reduced to just another item on the list. Join us for this essential training to learn strategies and exercises that will teach you the discipline needed to protect your time and schedule, allowing you to focus more greatly on your biggest priorities. After the training will be a discussion led by the speaker, Steve Riccio.

Encore: Navigating Challenging Conversations with Donors (December 2022)

Encore: Navigating Challenging Conversations with Donors Gain confidence in your ability to engage with donors around polarizing topics.  Login On: December 7, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET Unable to attend this live training? Stay registered to receive the recording of the training after the live event. JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

Encore: Building Confidence as a New Leader: Overcoming Internal Barriers

Encore: Building Confidence as a New Leader: Overcoming Internal Barriers Build your confidence in your leadership ability by overcoming self-doubt. Login On: December 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET Unable to attend this live training? Stay registered to receive the recording of the training after the live event. JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

Preparing Frontline Fundraisers to Support Academic Leaders for Campaign Success

Academic leaders require the expertise and perspective of knowledgeable major gifts fundraisers to be successful in their campaign fundraising efforts. Without this support, deans may be uncomfortable with the fundraising process and struggle with donor strategy and campaign messaging—especially if they haven’t had success with fundraising attempts in the past. To improve the fundraising capacity of your academic leaders, and the overall success of the campaign, major gift fundraisers need to know how to communicate effectively and share best practices on topics such as engaging strategically with prospects, adhering to campaign messaging, and aligning funding priorities with institutional goals. Campaigns are marathons, and your dean will require your coaching!

Developing a Strategy for Equity-Based Fundraising

Unconscious resistance is the thing that continues to prevent shops from advancing and implementing a more equity-based fundraising strategy that engages the diversity of their alumni base. With the changing demographics in student bodies and young alumni in higher education today, implementing a sound strategy will deepen engagement and increase philanthropic giving from alumni who bring new and unique lived experiences to their philanthropic choices. To improve your engagement and fundraising results from a more diverse alumni pool, a culture and infrastructure built upon equally diverse voices and input must be created. Whether you’re planning to launch a listening tour to speak to your different populations, honing in on how data is gathered, or rethinking how prospects are screened, there are many different approaches you can take to advance equity-based fundraising at your institution. Join us in this training to lean into the commitment to continue advancing equity-based fundraising by defining the problem you want to solve and leaving with a concrete next-step to progress toward your goal.

Campus-Wide Equity & Diverse Faculty Pathways: A Discussion About the Future of Higher Ed

Campus-Wide Equity & Diverse Faculty Pathways: A Discussion About the Future of Higher Ed Inspiring partnerships that yield more campus-wide support on equity and inclusion and implementing diverse faculty pathways are the future of higher ed, so join fellow faculty affairs leaders and chief diversity officers, including those leading in the academic space, for an open dialogue. Login On: April 12, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET Unable to attend this live training? Stay registered to receive the recording of the training after the live event. JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:

Honoring Names: A Simple Way to Promote Belonging

When you pronounce names incorrectly, you have an impact. People with non-Anglo or non-European names, which are perceived as being more difficult to pronounce, may feel anxious and excluded. When power dynamics are at play, students and perhaps even those you supervise, advise, or teach often avoid the conflict and resist making corrections or discussing the issue, which may leave them feeling as if they matter less. Join us for re-airing of this training to learn simple strategies for honoring the names of all those you encounter. Immediately after the re-airing, you will have the opportunity to engage in a live Q&A and discussion with the speaker, Zaragosa “Mito” Diaz-Espinoza, Ph.D. We will discuss a brief history and negative impact that mispronouncing names has on people–international students and individuals who are given names that are not common in North America. You will be provided with easy-to-use tools and strategies that will help you learn and retain the correct pronunciation of names. If you’re interested in creating a more inclusive environment by preventing and/or repairing harm to your students and colleagues, this training is for you.  

Inclusive Retention Strategies for Underrepresented Faculty

Establishing retention efforts for underrepresented faculty is just as important as recruiting, hiring, or onboarding them. We will discuss ways campuses may unintentionally fail at retaining talented faculty due to a lack of thorough and meaningful planning, including the absence of high-quality mentoring programs for underrepresented faculty. Our guest speaker, Dr. Bridget Turner Kelly, will highlight key findings from her recent book, Building Mentorship Networks to Support Black Women: A Guide to Succeeding in the Academy, during the live event. Additionally, we’ll share and discuss findings from our speaker’s study on Recruitment without Retention: A Critical Case of Black Faculty Unrest, followed by recommendations for assessing and improving current retention efforts for underrepresented faculty. Using what you learned, you will identify at least two strategies for improving retention efforts for underrepresented faculty on your campus.

Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: Engaging in Dialogue About Race and Bias

Feelings of defensiveness and discomfort are common when engaging in conversations around race and bias. Even those who have done extensive reading on these emotionally-charged topics can find themselves fumbling if they haven’t yet reflected on how their own identities and biases impact the way they show up in the world—and in these difficult conversations. To get more comfortable engaging in these dialogues, we must first lean into the discomfort of individual reflection and actions that prepare us to enter them in an open and effective way. Join us for a two-hour virtual training followed by a one-hour Q&A where we will explore four key concepts and how they come into play during conversations around race and bias: Sources of Bias Intersectionality Triggers of Bias Unpacking Bias You will be given a workbook of activities, tools, and resources to help you move beyond simply understanding the definitions of these key concepts. Throughout the workshop, you will begin the hard work of making meaning of how race and bias play out in your life and any conversation you enter.

Articulate Your Value as Associate Dean

As an Associate Dean, you likely don’t have a traditional job description. Instead, you manage a portfolio of different projects, initiatives and responsibilities. In addition to your administrative responsibilities, you may also teach and conduct research. Your portfolio can therefore look very different in size, scope and impact compared to the portfolio of other Associate Deans—even within the same college. Additionally, it can grow and shrink over time based on the ever-changing needs and priorities of your college/institution. Because of this, the value of your role—and the impact you can have—can be unclear, unknown, or confusing to many—especially senior leaders. Join us online to learn how to bring greater awareness, understanding, and visibility to your role and relevance as a divisional leader. Alongside your peers, you’ll practice ways to identify, differentiate, and communicate the full scope and impact of your work. Most importantly, you’ll gain confidence in your ability to communicate how your work supports and adds value to the college/institution.

Advancement Roundtable: A Cohort-Based Series for Development Leaders

Advancement Roundtable: A Cohort-Based Series for Development Leaders March 24 – April 28, 2023 In-Person and Virtual Sessions To facilitate community and trust-building among the cohort from the get-go, the roundtable will kick off with a half-day in-person strategy session in Denver, Colorado on Friday, January 20, 2023. Five weekly, hour-long virtual sessions will follow, running from late January to late March. Session 1 (In-person): Friday, March 24, 2023 | 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. MT (local time in Denver, CO) 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. MT: Lunch (provided) 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. MT: Advancement Roundtable Session 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. MT: Networking Reception Virtual Sessions | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 2 (Virtual): Friday, March 31 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 3 (Virtual): Friday, April 7 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 4 (Virtual): Friday, April 14 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 5 (Virtual): Friday, April 21 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Session 6 (Virtual): Friday, April 28 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET Login On Starting: March 31, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare […]

Becoming Part of the Great Aspiration: A Career Development Workshop for Alt-ac Faculty

The success of higher education institutions depends on a successful and productive faculty body, the majority of whom are outside of the tenure track. Yet, most professional development for faculty targets traditional tenure-track faculty. Alternative academic (or “alt-ac”) faculty, like their tenured and tenure-track peers, are also seeking broader career development topics relevant to their career paths—and as the administrative body of higher ed institutions expands, so too do the options for career advancement for alternative academic faculty. This video course provides this necessary professional development for alt-ac faculty by helping them to assess and identify their strengths, clarify their values, and develop a plan for their career aspirations. This course is ideal for alt-ac faculty who are new to their role, considering a change, or interested in leadership opportunities. This course will also be useful to department chairs, associate deans, and faculty affairs leaders who create opportunities for alt-ac faculty and want to contribute to their success and well-being.