THE WIT, THE WILL ... AND THE WALLET
Supporting Educational Innovation, Shaping our Global Futures
January 20-23, 2010
Washington, DC
AAC&U is pleased to offer the POD Network Institute in conjunction with the 2010 Annual Meeting. The POD Network will also sponsor a Pre-Meeting Workshop on Wednesday, January 20, and a session on Thursday, January 21. (More information is below.)
2010 Organizational Development Institute
Starting Out in Leadership Development:
Developing Universities and Colleges by Developing Leaders
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(Lunch is included in the registration fee)
With campuses facing budget reductions, projected retirements, and shortages in leadership, now and in the future, faculty developers are increasingly being asked to provide leadership development for academic administrators and faculty. While faculty development theory, research and practice provide a strong base from which to move into leadership development, there are new challenges.This Institute will assist faculty developers to design, implement, and assess high quality programs of leadership development for their institutions. Drawing on theory and research on leadership, leadership development and leadership pipelines from higher education and corporate contexts, this program will identify working definitions and dimensions of leadership, key strategic decisions, successful program models, and resources to enable participants to match their institutional cultures and needs with productive leadership development practices. The Institute will enable participants to leave with a preliminary plan for their leadership development efforts.
Program Presenters
Deborah DeZure, Assistant Provost for Faculty and Organizational Development, Michigan State University
James E. Groccia, Director of the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, Auburn University.
Deborah DeZure is Assistant Provost for Faculty and Organizational Development at Michigan State University (MSU). Before joining MSU in 2003, she served as Coordinator of Faculty Programs at the Center for Research on Teaching and Learning at University of Michigan (U-M). Prior to U-M, she was Director of the Faculty Center for Instructional Excellence at Eastern Michigan University for a decade. Deborah earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Humanities and Education) from New York University.
Deborah has edited two books, entitled Learning from Change: Landmarks on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Change Magazine (1969-1999) (AAHE, 2000) and To Improve the Academy (POD Network, 1997). From 2002-2009, she was Contributing Editor of Change Magazine. Deborah currently serves on the editorial boards of five journals on teaching and learning in higher education, and publishes and presents widely on university teaching and faculty and leadership development. As a Senior Fellow at AAC&U, she was co-PI on a research project related to the Integrative Learning Project sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation and AAC&U. Deborah and her colleagues at MSU won the 2007 Midwest HR CUPA award for best practices in leadership development for the MSU Executive Leadership Academy and POD’s 2007 Robert Menges Award for Outstanding Research for their study of mid-career faculty that later appeared in Change Magazine. Most recently, Deborah joined an international delegation of faculty development experts (including many POD members) in Beijing, China, to explore the role that faculty development and faculty development networks can play in the growth of Chinese higher education.
James E. Groccia is the Director of the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology at Auburn University. He is a former President of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD Network. He received his doctorate in Educational Psychology and Guidance from the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Groccia has directed psychological and career counseling, health and orientation services and has coordinated faculty and educational development programs at Auburn University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He served for two years as Assistant Dean of the Graduate School at Missouri prior to coming to Auburn in 2003.
Jim has presented at dozens of national and international conferences, conducted hundreds of workshops worldwide, has served as an advisor and consultant to institutions nationally and abroad, and has authored numerous articles and book chapters on teaching and learning issues. He is the author of The College Success Book: A Whole-Student Approach to Academic Excellence (1992) and co-editor of On Becoming a Productive University: Strategies for Reducing Costs and Increasing Quality in Higher Education (2005); Student Assisted Teaching: A Guide to Faculty-Student Teamwork (2001); and Enhancing Productivity: Administrative, Instructional, and Technological Strategies (1998). His latest project is a book, co-authored with Marilyn Miller and Karen St. Clair, entitled Building Your Academic Portfolio, which provides a blueprint for describing and documenting effectiveness in the multiple roles performed by a university professor. Dr. Groccia is serving a four-year term as Co-Editor (2010 & 2011) and Editor (2012 & 2013) of To Improve the Academy, the POD Network’s annual journal.
CONCURRENT SESSION: Thursday, January 21, 2:45-4:00 pm
Sustaining and Championing Faculty Development – In Good Times or Bad
Making sure our work is recognized and valued is not a new challenge for faculty developers, but budget cuts drive home how important it is for us to demonstrate the value of what we contribute to our institutions. Mentors in the field can help us imagine how offices can strategically and proactively position themselves as invaluable assets and dependable resources. In this interactive forum, participants will dialogue with experienced faculty developers—many of whom have served as POD president—about leading in uncertainty, prioritizing in lean times, and becoming one's own champion on campus – skills for thriving in any climate.
Margaret Cohen, Associate Provost for Professional Development and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Missouri - St. Louis; Peter Felten, Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Elon University; James Groccia, Director, Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Auburn University; Virginia Lee, Principal & Senior Consultant, Virginia S. Lee & Associates, LLC; Deandra Little, Assistant Director, Teaching Resource Center, University of Virginia; Michael Reder, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Connecticut College
PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP, Wednesday, January 20, 2:00-5:00 pm
Exploring Faculty Roles, Work, and Skills as a Way to Enhance Professional and Organizational Development
Teaching excellence and professional competence in scholarship, service, and administrative responsibilities require not only content expertise but also sophisticated skills in tasks like designing and delivering effective instruction, assessing the learning outcomes of instruction, working with people, and managing resources. In this sense, the profession of college teacher is a ‘meta-profession’ – a profession that requires integrated layers of different professional skills in order to achieve excellence. Although faculty come to the academy with high levels of content expertise, they may not have opportunity to acquire the additional skills required for professional success. The purpose of this workshop is to provide faculty members and academic administrators with: 1) a practical model for mapping the set of skills necessary for success as a college teacher; 2) a process for applying the model on campuses and in departments; and 3) the opportunity to investigate a key skill required for teaching excellence.
Michael Theall, Associate Professor of Education, Youngstown State University and President, Professional and Organization Development (POD) Network in Higher Education
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