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2010 Organizational Development Institute

 Starting Out in Leadership Development:
Developing Universities and Colleges by
Developing Leaders

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(8:30 a.m. Registration; 9:00 a.m. Program Begins; Lunch Included) 

In association with
AAC&U's Annual Meeting, January 20-23, 2010, Washington, DC
THE WIT, THE WILL ... AND THE WALLET:
Supporting Educational Innovation, Shaping our Global Futures

Register Here for the OD Institute

Program Description (see hotel information below)

With campuses facing budget reductions, projected retirements, and shortages in leadership, now and in the future, faculty developers are increasingly being asked to provide leadership development for academic administrators and faculty.  While faculty development theory, research and practice provide a strong base from which to move into leadership development, there are new challenges. This session will assist faculty developers to design, implement, and assess high quality programs of leadership development for their institutions. Drawing on theory and research on leadership, leadership development and leadership pipelines from higher education and corporate contexts, this program will identify working definitions and dimensions of leadership, key strategic decisions, successful program models, and resources to enable participants to match their institutional cultures and needs with productive leadership development practices.   This interactive session will enable participants to leave with a preliminary plan for their leadership development efforts. 

About the Presenters

Deborah DeZure is Assistant Provost for Faculty and Organizational Development at Michigan State University (MSU).  Before joining MSU in 2003, she served as Coordinator of Faculty Programs at the Center for Research on Teaching and Learning at University of Michigan (U-M).  Prior to U-M, she was Director of the Faculty Center for Instructional Excellence at Eastern Michigan University for a decade.  Deborah earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Humanities and Education) from New York University.  Deborah has edited two books, entitled Learning from Change: Landmarks on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from Change Magazine (1969-1999) (AAHE, 2000) and To Improve the Academy (POD Network, 1997). From 2002-2009, she was Contributing Editor of Change Magazine. Deborah currently serves on the editorial boards of five journals on teaching and learning in higher education, and publishes and presents widely on university teaching and faculty and leadership development.  As a Senior Fellow at AAC&U, she was co-PI on a research project related to the Integrative Learning Project sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation and AAC&U. Deborah and her colleagues at MSU won the 2007 Midwest HR CUPA award for best practices in leadership development for the MSU Executive Leadership Academy and POD’s 2007 Robert Menges Award for Outstanding Research for their study of mid-career faculty that later appeared in Change Magazine.  Most recently, Deborah joined an international delegation of faculty development experts (including many POD members) in Beijing, China, to explore the role that faculty development and faculty development networks can play in the growth of Chinese higher education. 

James E. Groccia is the Director of the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology at Auburn University.  He is a former President of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD Network.  He received his doctorate in Educational Psychology and Guidance from the University of Tennessee.  Dr. Groccia has directed psychological and career counseling, health and orientation services and has coordinated faculty and educational development programs at Auburn University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.  He served for two years as Assistant Dean of the Graduate School at Missouri prior to coming to Auburn in 2003.  Jim has presented at dozens of national and international conferences, conducted hundreds of workshops worldwide, has served as an advisor and consultant to institutions nationally and abroad, and has authored numerous articles and book chapters on teaching and learning issues. He  is the author of The College Success Book: A Whole-Student Approach to Academic Excellence (1992) and co-editor of On Becoming a Productive University: Strategies for Reducing Costs and Increasing Quality in Higher Education (2005); Student Assisted Teaching: A Guide to Faculty-Student Teamwork (2001); and Enhancing Productivity: Administrative, Instructional, and Technological Strategies (1998).  His latest project is a book, co-authored with Marilyn Miller and Karen St. Clair, entitled Building Your Academic Portfolio, which provides a blueprint for describing and documenting effectiveness in the multiple roles performed by a university professor.  Dr. Groccia is serving a four-year term as Co-Editor (2010 & 2011) and Editor (2012 & 2013) of To Improve the Academy, the POD Network’s annual journal.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

The early bird fee is $175.00. This fee includes lunch and all materials.

Registration will open Friday, November 6, 2009. Please note that registration space is limited.

Registration Fees
By November 27: $175
By December 18: $195
After December 18: $215

To register for the AACU Annual Meeting, which will follow the Institute, click here 
(www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/index.cfm)

Hotel Information
Grand Hyatt Hotel
1000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC  20001
202-582-1234 
Conference Rate: $179 / $189

Online reservations available here
(https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=1442698)

All meeting sessions will take place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC.  Located in Penn Quarter in downtown Washington, the Grand Hyatt is within walking distance of the National Mall and convenient to DC’s many museums and monuments.  All guest rooms have access to Wireless High Speed Internet.

A block of rooms has been reserved for AAC&U and ACAD meeting participants with the special conference rate of $179 for a single occupancy room and $189 for double occupancy.  Please be certain to tell the hotel that you are with AAC&U to receive this special rate.

This conference rate is available only until December 11, 2009, but we encourage participants to make hotel reservations as soon as possible.  Once the AAC&U room block is sold out –often in mid-November and well before the cut-off date – the discounted rate will no longer apply.  We cannot guarantee than an overflow hotel will offer the same low rate.

Transportation
The Grand Hyatt is 15 minutes from Reagan Washington National Airport by car or by the metro subway system (accessible from the Grand Hyatt’s lobby); and approximately one hour from the Baltimore-Washington International Airport or Dulles International Airport.  Washington is also easily accessible by Amtrak, and Union Station is less than 10 minutes from the Grand Hyatt by car or by metro.