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Leadership UNC Charlotte
In September 2006, UNC Charlotte received funding from the National Science Foundation for a program in institutional transformation, the ADVANCE Program for the Future of the Faculty. The overall goals of the ADVANCE Program are to increase the recruitment, retention, and academic success of women faculty in the STEM disciplines and to increase faculty success campus-wide. Because climate and experience at the departmental level is central to the success of faculty, the ADVANCE program has established Leadership UNC Charlotte, a new forum designed to bring together both new and experienced leaders in a collaborative atmosphere to enhance the leadership and management skills of administrators at the university. Joan Lorden invites you to participate and to nominate people in your department that you view as emerging leaders.
Programs like Leadership UNC Charlotte have been established with success at other NSF ADVANCE institutions. The ADVANCE team at UNC Charlotte believes that the program will offer department chairs and other leaders an opportunity to explore and seek solutions to some of the challenges which they confront and for which they may have received no formal training. We anticipate that this will be an ongoing campus-based program that will offer long term benefits for current and emerging leaders.
The format for Leadership UNC Charlotte will be a series of eight meetings of three and half hours duration during the course of the academic year. The initial topics will be:
- Creating an inclusive community, building consensus among your faculty
- Successful faculty recruitment
- Faculty development and evaluation
- Effective departmental communication
Other potential topics include effective planning, managing change, balancing roles, and staff development. In an effort to address issues that are most salient for participants, the planning committee will invite participants to suggest or refine topics as part of the program. The program will rely on the use of case studies and other materials that will encourage discussion. Each session will also reserve time for participants to raise "hot topics" for discussion. Depending on the session topic, either internal or external facilitators will lead the sessions.
In order to maximize discussion time and build a sense of cohesiveness and trust, we will limit participation to twenty-four people for each annual class. A commitment to the entire program is required. The dates for the program are on the attached sheet. If you would like to participate, please send a letter indicating your interests and confirming your commitment. Chairs and deans may nominate members of their departments to attend this series, by outlining why a particular nominee would benefit from the program. The nominee also needs to indicate their interest in this series of sessions. All letters should be received by the 8th of August.