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
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.