Explore your social identity as a Native American and how it influences your leadership approach.
Overview
“Native Americans are too often imagined rather than understood.” This statement sums up the experience that many Native Americans have at their respective colleges and universities. While Native Americans are acknowledged in concept, they are not often discussed in concrete, specific terms, especially as it relates to leadership. But there are a growing number of Native Americans who occupy leadership roles in higher education, and the unique perspectives they bring—which influence and shape the way they approach their leadership—deserve to be more specifically recognized and celebrated.
Join us online for an open discussion about the interplay between Native American heritage and leadership in higher education. You’ll be given intentional space to share your own experiences and self-perceptions with others who also identify as Native American leaders, and will come away with specific strategies for how traditional Native American values and beliefs can serve you in modern-day leadership opportunities.
Who Should Attend
This training is designed for current and aspiring Native American leaders in higher education. Other higher ed leaders wanting to better understand the experiences of their Native American colleagues will also benefit.
The Academic Impressions Online Learning Experience
Intentionally Designed
Online Learning
Our virtual trainings go far beyond just replicating PowerPoint presentations online: these experiences are intentionally designed to give you the kind of robust and dynamic learning experience you’ve come to expect from Academic Impressions. These trainings provide you with an active learning environment and an online space where you can explore ideas, get inspired by what your peers are doing, and understand the range of possibilities around a certain topic. You will leave these sessions with practical solutions that you can take back to your team or task force.
What you will get:
- A dynamic, interactive, and high-touch virtual learning experience designed to engage and set you up for growth
- Seamless online face-time, networking, group work, and Q&A opportunities from the comfort of your own workspace
- Practical takeaways and hands-on knowledge
- Guidance from vetted subject matter experts
- Unlimited access to all recorded online sessions
AGENDA
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern
The training will open with a brief review of how attitudes and practices vis-à-vis Native Americans have evolved in recent years in higher education. We’ll then discuss a brief article that you’ll be asked to read ahead of time.
In this section, you will be guided through an activity to help you reflect on your identity both as a leader and as a Native American. In what ways do these identities overlap or complement one another, and in what ways do they feel separate or divergent? After sharing some of her own experiences to this end, our instructor will lead a discussion about how you can merge these two identities rather than having to compartmentalize them separately.
Here, we will explore ways in which Native concepts of leadership relate to contemporary leadership models like servant leadership or collective impact. We will discuss if and how traditional Native American values like the following have factored into your own leadership experience:
- Listening fully before speaking or contributing
- Deriving worth and purpose from contributions to community vs. individual achievement
- Women as authority figures
- Consent-driven decision-making
SPEAKERS
Dr. Nichole S. Prescott
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Texas System
Dr. Nichole S. Prescott focuses on equity in the student success continuum. She is a proud citizen of the federally recognized Miami Nation of Oklahoma, and lives in Texas with her wife, two kids, two dogs, and two cats.