Faculty Leadership Essentials for Academic Development (LEAD)
  • Type Learning
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months

Faculty Leadership Essentials for Academic Development (LEAD)

Issued by Upstate Medical University

Mid-career faculty will improve their leadership skills by developing forward-thinking programs, personal and professional leadership goals and skills. Participants will develop project management skills, self-reflect on personal leadership styles, network with colleagues, establish mentoring relationships, recognize the value of diversity in team building, create an elevator pitch and a budget, manage a meeting, develop a mission and vision statement, and draft a project plan.

  • Type Learning
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Faculty LEAD begins in the fall of the academic year and continues through May. There are three, 4-5 hour in-person sessions, 7 homework assignments, and 6 hours of synchronous online sessions for a total of 27 hours of participation.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Understand the dimensions of effective communication, including good listening; communicate in a persuasive, non-confrontational manner. ASSESSMENT: Readings and pre-session review/consideration of questions to enable participants to engage in meaningful discussion.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Prepare a mission and vision statement. ASSESSMENT: Small group discussion and feedback; faculty feedback for revised mission and vision
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Create a plan for networking (finding a mentor, determine areas of expertise that you may seek networking opportunities, etc.). ASSESSMENT: Participation in small group discussion about networking and identify mentoring needs. Reading assignment presession.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Recognize Upstate leadership roles and responsibilities. ASSESSMENT: Participation; pre-readings
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Recognize types of leadership and self-assess. Understand the definition of Emotional Intelligence. ASSESSMENT: Feedback on DISC; participation and pre-readings.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Analyze the difference between management and leadership. ASSESSMENT: Multiple choice questions
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Recognize SMART Goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely. ASSESSMENT: Peer feedback for draft SMART Goals; table discussion.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Identify key aspects of an elevator pitch and analyze effective (and ineffective) elevator pitch methods. ASSESSMENT: Pitches scored with rubric via PollEv and anonymous feedback provided.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Recognize and analyze the need for a diverse group of advisors and stakeholders. ASSESSMENT: Submit reflection regarding the session (150 words); Word cloud shared with participants.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Use template to create draft budget. ASSESSMENT: Peer and facilitator feedback on budgets; participation.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Enhanced faculty understanding of key components of Upstate and financial results. ASSESSMENT: Participation.
  • LEARNING OUTCOME: Adopt appropriate meeting management skills. ASSESSMENT: Submit meeting agenda; Discussion and participation.