作者:安妮特·芬利-克劳斯怀特
自2020年以来, Provost Austin Agho’s 领导 Development Series has offered a forum for over forty-eight participants to explore their leadership interests. 2023年的队列包括博士. Joanna Garner (Center for Educational 合作伙伴关系), Anne Jeng (社区 and Environmental 健康), 加里·贝克(通讯) & 戏剧艺术), Barbara Hargrave (Biological Sciences), Hua 刘 (Political Science & Geography), and Tim Anderson (Communication & 戏剧艺术). A fourth cohort is planned for spring 2024, and the program will begin accepting applications in December 2023. A call for nominations will be forthcoming.
The 2023 Provost’s 领导 Development Series (PLDS) was facilitated by Dr. Kate Hawkins, former Vice Provost for 教师 Affairs and Strategic 倡议, Dr. Paul Currant, Senior 国际 Officer, Dr. Shanda Jenkins, Director of the Office of 教师 Diversity and Retention, and Dr. Annette Finley-Croswhite, Director of the 教师发展中心. The series is focused on creating positive transformational change and offering aspiring leaders the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding about how bet8体育娱乐入口 operates and what it means to be a leader. As part of the series, cohort members pursue team projects addressing key university issues. Each team is given $1000 to facilitate projects. Eligible cohort members who participate in PLDS events, 完成一个小组项目, and prepare a personal action plan receive a Certificate of Completion. We are happy to announce that all six members of the 2023 cohort received their Certificates.
在第三季中, participants attended core sessions on: 1) Seeing your world through new lenses; 2) 领导 and trust; 3) Leading for equity and excellence; and 4) Leading in times of change. Bonus sessions offered cohort members insight into fiscal matters, 法律问题, 领导与沟通, 以及领导的勇气和正直. The cohort also participated in a group book read of David Gergen’s "Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made.“教务长 & Vice President for Academic Affairs Austin Agho hosted a final group luncheon with Associate Vice President for Corporate 合作伙伴关系 Sarah Jane Kirkland as guest speaker.
The 2023 cohort was divided into two groups to devise specific projects. 第一组由加纳组成, 贝克, and Jeng who created a podcast series entitled “君主领导” focused on ODU leaders and their diverse perspectives on leadership. 创建了8个播客, and these amazing and inspirational discussions are housed on the 教师发展中心 website. We encourage you to investigate and listen: 君主领导. 获得国家, “The Monarch Leads podcast was a natural extension of our group’s desire to find out more about the experiences of colleagues who lead in various capacities at the university.贝克补充道, “The series drew attention to the motivations and experiences of many great changemakers and innovators here at ODU.”
第二组由哈格雷夫组成, 刘, and Anderson who worked with the ODU Office of Counselling 服务s to launch a cross-college campaign entitled “Our Students Matter: Monarch Mental 健康 Wellbeing Campaign.” The campaign encouraged faculty to complete the Kognito Mental 健康 Training to better understand how to identify and respond to mental health problems in the student population. Kognito. 23% of ODU faculty completed the Kognito Mental 健康 Training. Group 2 also created a story map to provide details of the campaign and to reveal completion rates by college and department. 故事地图. Hargrave noted satisfaction that her group project “created opportunities to contribute to the well-being of our ODU students.” 刘 articulated that working with her teammates gave her a “structured and comprehensive understanding of leadership.”
We hope you will congratulate members of the third cohort of the Provost’s 领导 Development Series. Additionally, if you are tenured teaching and research faculty, librarians 3 & 4, clinical associate and clinical full professors, non-tenure-eligible, and non-departmental-affiliated research faculty, we ask that you keep you eyes open for an upcoming announcement about how to apply for participation in the fourth cohort. The PLDS is your chance to focus on your leadership trajectory.