Applying an FYE Shared Leadership Model

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Applying an FYE Shared Leadership Model

• Presented by
• Nancy Twynam
• and Kathy Mitchell,

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History of the FYE Initiative

• Encouraged from Senior Management
• Team attendance at FYE Conference for Vancouver
  2003
• Post conference debriefing nightly
• Regular team meetings for updates on initiatives
• Support for attendance at relevant conferences
• Team approach

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Goals of FYE Initiative

• To foster a purposeful, coherent approach to
  students transition to TRU
• To support student success in both the specific
  and broad educational process in which they are
  engaged while they are TRU students.
• academic achievement
• student leadership
• personal development
• employment transition

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Overview FYE Initiatives
Initiatives Needs Design Budget Admin- Faculty Pilot SWOT - Assessment
Orientation X X X X X X
Supplemental Learning X X X X X X
Foundations for Success X X X X X
Student Leadership X X X
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FYE Shared Leadership Model

• FYE Leadership Team

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FYE Shared Leadership Model
Supplemental Learning
Foundations For Success

FYE Leadership Team
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Student Leadership InitiativeNeeds Assessment

• Sources
• Focus Groups
• Nominal Group Technique
  (Claxton, Ritchie, Zaichkowsky,1980)
• Students currently involved in leadership
  activities
• Service Learning
• Supplemental Learning
• Peer Support
• Athletics
• Student Government First Nations Student
  Leaders
• Greek Organizations
• Scholarship Recipients
• Orientation
• Wellness centre
• Students at large, clubs, National
  representation

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Focus Group Results

• Communication of leadership opportunities and
  activities
• Training programs
• Academic recognition of leadership roles
• Cohesive leadership team
• Community involvement (internal external)
• Diversity
• TRU recognized by external community

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Design

• Create a campus-wide committee to plan and
  implement a student leadership program
• Develop a mission statement
• Develop program goals
• Develop terms of reference
• Develop program/timeline/audience/budget
• Conduct program
• Evaluate and revise

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Budget

• December 2004 5000.00
• (Conference Subsidy)
• January 2005 0
• January 2006 5000.00
• (program designer)
• Sept 2006-2007 30,000 est

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Administration/Faculty/Staff Support

• Champions for the program
• Whats in it for them?
• What does a TRU Grad look like?
• Service learning
• Community liaison
• Volunteerism
• Academics

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Pilot

• Begins Fall 2006
• Student Leader recruitment
• Leadership workshops
• Certificates
• Leadership retreat
• Opportunities for leadership involvement (TRU
  Community)
• Recognition events and awards

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ASSESSMENT

• Mid-year review (SWOT) December 2006
• End-of-year review (SWOT) April 2006
• SWOT
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
• SOURCES
• TRU Office of Institutional Research and Planning
  documents
• Student Leadership participants survey and focus
  groups
• Refer to other institutions for benchmarks

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TIPS TRICKS

• Design program based on student graduate profile
  and institutional expectations.
• Political savvy Mr. VP youre invited to the
  leadership luncheon, - oh and heres the bill.
• Right senior management
• Provide relevant senior management with the right
  tools to promote the program to the senior
  executive
• Find champions

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More Tips Tricks

• Time management
• Leave office to do planning
• Side of desk - release time
• Communication
• Work with positive responses

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Even More Tips Tricks

• Start VERY small not too costly
• Creative funding
• Do an evaluation and pay close attention to the
  results
• Have FUN!

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Avoiding Traps

• Institutional changes (strategic plans, status,
  legislation)
• Mission statements
• Restructuring change of senior management and
  champions
• Stay within collective agreements

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Avoiding Traps

• Faculty buy-in
• Idea generators versus doers
• Focus on positive responses
• Lobby for release time versus off the side of
  your desk
• Commitment for meetings

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Designing a Student Leadership Program within a
Shared Leadership Model

• Focus Group who to invite
• Design what does it look like
• Budget- creative sources
• Key Stakeholders
• Pilot
• Assessment
• Tips, Tricks Traps

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Where to from here?

• Creating a Shared Leadership Model
• Put some one in charge
• Create a team
• Brainstorm for initiatives
• Establish ownership for each initiative
• Meet regularly
• Dont compete with others within model synergy
  creates attention and
• Follow same format for EACH initiative

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Criteria for Selection of FYE Leadership Team

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Designing an FYE Program Using a Shared
Leadership Model

• FYE Leadership Team

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Criteria for Selection of FYE Leadership
Initiatives

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Designing the FYE Program Initiatives

Proposed FYE Leadership Team
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