Leadership Education and Development (LEAD)

This year-long program offers participants leadership education that is both practical and forward looking. LEADers will gain a greater understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing community colleges; the skills needed to achieve in a changing environment; a more comprehensive portrait of MCC and their leadership within our College; and clarity about their own future goals.

Eligibility Criteria

Open to full-time faculty; professional staff at specialist level and above; and civil service staff at analyst/programmer/supervisor level and above.

How to Apply

Complete and submit the application form on or before the deadline.

Application Deadline: November 22, 2023

Complete the LEAD application

Participant Projects and Initiatives

Participants have the opportunity to immerse themselves in diverse leadership experiences and complete group projects.

Curriculum

  • Complete the DiSC profile and/or workshops on Emotional Intelligence
  • Common readings centered on various topics as they relate to higher education leadership with a special focus on community colleges:
    • College stakeholders and operational divisions
    • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Demographics
    • Advocacy/Funding
    • Innovation
    • Accountability
    • Risk
    • Planning
    • Other

  • Group meetings once a month in spring and fall focused on these readings, each facilitated by one or more members of president’s staff and/or one of the president’s emerging leadership fellows
  • Shadow a director or AVP outside of your division for a day
  • Shadow a VP outside of your division and/or the college president as available
  • Two dinners with the president
  • Special focus workshops with community leaders

Requirements

  • Regular attendance, attention, and participation in LEAD activities
  • Goals statement and final reflective essay on goals
  • Identification of a mentor who is outside of their reporting chain
  • Benchmark report on a program or initiative in the LEADer’s area that compares MCC’s practices, processes, and outcomes those at with three other near-peer colleges - presented at President’s Staff or other senior-level constituents
  •  Attendance at two Board of Trustees meetings a year
  • Internal MCC presentation on your experience in the LEAD program

Other

Consideration for funded presentation at the League for Innovations conference should you submit a proposal accepted by League reviewers.

Class of 2020

  • Karen Chin, Project Director, Institutional Compliance and Internal Audit
  • Mary Ann Demario, Specialist I, Research
  • Andrea Gilbert, Instructional Designer, Instructional Technologies
  • Rebecca Mack, Transfer Counselor, Advisement and Transfer Services
  • Jessica Morelli, Assistant Director, Counseling Center & Disability Services
  • Courtney Sprague, Interim Director, Business Operations and Custodial Operations, Facilities
  • Dana Voldan-Curry, Campus Life Coordinator, Office of Campus Life-DC

To learn more about MCC’s leadership programs, I invite you to explore this website or reach out to Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Calvin J. Gantt or Director, Academic and Student Affairs, Kimberly F. DeLardge.