I will make students feel more secure during my course by offering them more opportunties to showcase what they know. I will observe a class of a colleague to observe nonverbal behaviors that relfect the dgree to which they appear motivated.

As campus dean I served as Senior Academic Administrator at a campus of approximately 1,000 students and 45 faculty members. I was responsible for ensuring academic and administrative quality at the campus and maintained an academic atmosphere conducive to best practices in teaching, hiring, staffing and learning.  Assured and assessed student learning, advising, improving graduation rates, setting schedules and faculty courses every quarter, and successfully resolved faculty and student concerns. Additionally, was responsible for evaluating the performance of each full-time faculty and academic staff members.

That said, I lean toward being a transformative, mindful leader. I also teach mindful… >>>

After 30 years as a military officer, transitioning to a position at a for profit career college, then to a public university caused unique reflection and adaptation.

Leadership is about coping with change by John Kotter.

The tools and solutioins offered in this course were great and I can immediately apply them to my course coordination.  The downloads were also very useful tools.  

Before taking this course I had the mindset of "manager" due to being in charge of faculty and students. When I took the self-assessment I was not surprised that I fell under "manager." However, after taking this course it has helped me in being able to distinguish the differences and focus on the many areas I need to work on to become more effective in my leadership role. I am learning there is a big difference between leadership and management and I need to figure these differences out as I learn to become a great leader . Everyday is new,… >>>

I enjoyed this course immensely.  I many times have relied upon my own experience as a direction-finder in achieving my goals.  However I believe I could do even better if I make it a point to collect and evaluate my results at the end of the year.  Great stuff indeed.

It is nice to know the difference and how both compliment each other to lead and manage successfully! 

Great way to ID the difference in-between Leaders and Managers

Good information to review and discuss.

This course was extremely enlightening. I was glad to learn that the responsibility isn't totally on the leader but that all parts of the framework are critical. For results to occur, all pieces are necessary. I plan to utilize some of the strategies in my current job to promote a more positive environment for not only me as a leader but also my team.

Learned a lot, every leader should review this from time to time

going to use the resources from this training to mold more leaders and improve my skills

Learned a lot about leadership. Valaubale course.