Leader Excellence Academy

Leader Excellence Academy

Leader Excellence Academy
How do you lead people?

How do you manage a performance-based, continuous improvement program?

Leader Excellence Academy
How do you get better each year at serving adult learners?

It is all about Program Improvement

Year 1:How Do I Figure Out What to Improve?
1. Stakeholder assessments adapted to fit your programProgram self assessmentsProgram manager self assessmentsTeacher self assessmentsStakeholder/partner assessmentsStudent assessmentsFocus groupsSurveys

Year 1How Do I Figure Out What to Improve?
What does Research tell us?Research on adult teaching and learningSynthesized to research briefs with FindingsImplicationsapplications

Year 1How Do I Figure Out What to Improve?
What does Data tell us?New approach to data miningRed Flag ChartIdentify Problem areasPossible causesProbing questions for staff to narrow causesStrategies for addressing Pilot testing

Year 2How do I fix it?
Student Persistence StrategiesManagement vs. Leadership (Online Course)Getting Teachers Off to a Good Start

Each Module
Face-to-Face WorkshopInterim activityInvolve local staffLearning projectWeb meeting across state lines to share results

Culminating Activity
A Program Improvement ProjectIdentify a program component that needs to be fixedEngage the staff in clarifying and focusing the problem and possible solutionPilot test itGo to Scale