LEAP 1
Leadership Education in Action Program 1
Community College Leadership: What’s It Really Like?
April 3, 2015
8:15am – 2:45pm
UCEN 258
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Breakfast …………………………………………………………………………….. 8:15 – 8:45
Scrambled eggs, bacon, scones, muffins, fresh fruit, coffee
II.
Ice Breaker……………………………………………………………………………. 8:45– 9:00
Facilitator: Ms. Leslie Carr
III.
Leadership Lessons from Dr. Jack Scott………………………………… 9:00 – 11:00
Former Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
Former California State Senator
Scholar in Residence, Claremont Graduate University
IV.
Break……………………………………………………………………………………
V.
The Role of the Community College CEO……………………………… 11:15 – 12:30
Presenter: Dr. Dianne Van Hook
 The many roles of the community college CEO
 The different functions of a campus level president and a district level
Chancellor or Superintendent/President
 What a CEO actually DOES: An up-close view of the daily life of the
CEO
 What are the key characteristics needed to be a successful CEO?
 How do we groom the next generation of leaders?
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11:00 – 11:15
VI.
Lunch……………………………………………………………………………………… 12:30 – 1:00
Pasta with marinara sauce, spinach ravioli with alfredo sauce,
meatballs, sausages, garlic bread, garden salad, caprese salad,
dessert
VII.
What’s It Like Being A Community College Leader?………………………… 1:00 – 2:30
Facilitator: Ms. Diane Stewart
Guest speakers:
 Dr. Sandy Serrano, Chancellor – Kern Community College District
 Dr. Dena Maloney, Superintendent-President – Taft College
 Dr. David Viar, Superintendent-President, Glendale Community College
 Dr. Greg Gillespie, President – Ventura College
 Dr. Jamillah Moore, Chancellor – Ventura Community College District
Panelist Questions:
1. What is the best part of being a community college leader and what aspects
have you found most challenging?
2. In what ways do you provide big picture context and plant the seeds of
understanding for your campus community?
3. How do you balance the need for collaboration or interdependence with
diversity and pursuit of independent goals?
4. How do you help divergent, even adversarial, individuals and groups work
together?
5. Which different leadership skills or styles do you use to achieve the particular
goal on which you are currently focused?
6. What is the most important piece of advice you have for future community
college leaders?
VIII.
Wrap up and preview of next session…………………………………… 2:30 – 2:45
 Facilitator: Ms. Leslie Carr
 Session Topic 4/24/15: Leading Change: How to Get From Here to There
 Connective Leadership Assessments will be emailed to you the week of
April 6th. More information to follow in a separate email.
IX.
LEAPers meet with their Solution Teams and Mentors……….. 2:45 – 4:00
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Homework

Continue work on your Solution Team project and business plan.

Review How to Write a Business Plan document.
You also invited to attend a more comprehensive workshop on How to Write a Business
Plan, available to LEAPers, on Wednesday, April 15th, from 2:00 – 3:30pm in UCEN 205.
RSVP to Leslie Carr at leslie.carr@canyons.edu .
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will:
 Explore the most widely used leadership styles.
 Identify the main challenges associated with being a leader in the community college
system, and hear how a panel of current leaders address those challenges.
 Discover how they can be agents of change and move the College forward from
whatever position they hold.
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