Track II - Advanced Leadership
The Advanced Leadership Track is open to all full-time and part-time faculty and staff who currently hold positions of leadership, or who have held positions of leadership in the past. Position of Leadership is defined as having the official responsibility for staffing, workload assignment, and performance evaluation of at least five (5) employees, or serving as an officer in an EPCC employee associaiton.
The Advanced Leadership Track is a one-year program consisting of monthly training modules. Upon completion of each module, it is expected that participants will begin to exhibit the leadership traits covered in that module. The following are typical of the topics that will be covered in the Advanced Leadership workshops:
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Personal Responsibility
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Interpersonal Communication
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Strategic Budgeting
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Symbolic Leadership: Leading by Example
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Developing Others Through Coaching
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Communicating for Results
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Creativity in the Workplace
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Effective Communication
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Improving Results by Managing Time
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Conflict Resolution
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Engaging with the Community
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Motivating People to Achieve Results
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Recognizing and Appreciating Others
Four-hour instructional modules for the Advanced Leadership Track are conducted in the ASC Building A Board Room from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the third Tuesday of each month, with the following exceptions:
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January and August participants will attend the EPCC General Sessions and a four-hour workshop on the same day
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February participants will attend the two-day Border Learning Conference
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July participants will gather for a two-day, off-campus retreat
Each participant will develop and implement an Individual Learning Action Plan (ILAP). The ILAP will provide the instrument to assess their need for improvement in specific leadership skills and to set goals for obtaining that improvement, in addition to the training modules provided by the Academy.
Participants will also work on a team project, which will have practical and realistic solutions tied to the College goals for the current year. Continuation in the program will be determined by the participant's adherence to the following requirements:
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Attendance at all workshops
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Completion of all pre and post-workshop assignments
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Participation in all prescribed activities
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Completion of individual development activities as indicated in their ILAP
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Working on a team project that benefits EPCC
The Advanced Leadership Track is limited to 30 participants. The Leadership Development Committee will review the application packets and will make their recommendations to the President, who will make the final selections.
Upon successful completion of the Advanced Leadership Track, participants will receive a certificate of completion at a graduation ceremony.