LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
LMS Updates Spring/Summer 2024
The College Centre is pleased to announce that we are migrating our Board Excellence and Leadership Excellence Certificate programs to a new Learning Management System (LMS) for the Fall 2024.
This new platform will allow many updated features and benefits for all participants. For more information about the LMS implementation, please click here.
Leadership Excellence Certificate program
Through an offering of in-person sessions and webinars, the program orients participants to the unique aspects of the Ontario college context, while deepening the understanding of roles and responsibilities of the senior leader. The program also provides important networking and shared learning opportunities with senior college leaders enabling participants to broaden their connections, build confidence and gain new perspectives.
Enrolment
- Enrolment is open until October 15, 2024.
- Those who enrol beginning August 2024 must complete the program by June 30 2025.
- Participants must have approval/funding to attend the annual Higher Education Summit (HES) including the Leadership Symposium for the enrolment year. These are both mandatory requirements. Otherwise, please wait to enrol in a subsequent year when HES attendance is possible.
- Each college has an HR liaison that will coordinate and distribute the registration/enrolment keys for your college (URL registration form). Contact us for more information about this contact person. Funding and approval requirements are the sole responsibility of individual participants according to their college protocols.
Key Program Notes:
- The Leadership Excellence Program runs with a hybrid delivery model, offering webinars and virtual interactive sessions, as well as in-person sessions at the annual Higher Education Summit.
- The Leadership Excellence Certificate program is open to college administrators in the 24 Ontario CAAT colleges. Enrolment is best suited to those leaders in the Deans’/Directors’/AVP roles (or similar roles) who have senior leadership aspirations. Depending on the role, and length of experience in the system, other participants might also find the program appropriate. We do not recommend the enrolment of newer hires in lower management roles. Please contact us for further guidance.
- There is no program fee to enroll. However, participants are required to attend the Higher Education Summit (HES) in order to receive in-person elective credits, as well as the pre-HES session, Leadership symposium: Strategic change leadership. All HES registration fees are the responsibility of the participant.
- The full program overview can be found below.
- Click here to read the FAQs.
For more information, please contact the College Centre Team.
Program Overview
LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE CERTIFICATE2024-25 PROGRAM YEAR
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MANDATORY SESSIONS |
Webinar: The college, the board and the governor: legal framework and obligations Presenters:
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Leadership Accountability Gap Using asynchronous and synchronous activities, participants will discuss what it really means to be a leader today. This has become the most critical question for colleges as they contend with a myriad of challenges at a time of unprecedented change and disruption. To succeed, colleges will need truly accountable leaders in place at every level. This thought provoking and practical session will help participants become the truly accountable leader colleges require. Participants will walk away with practical insights on how to:
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Webinar: Working with college boards Presenter:
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Webinar: Understanding college financial statements
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Leadership Symposium: Strategic Change Leadership - Creativity, Innovation and Experience in Higher Education Participants will consider the tools, mindsets and approaches required to steward cross-disciplinary collaboration, human imagination and meaningful experience among teams and learning communities. Through a combination of discussion, interactive exchange and group exercise, participants will engage such topics as:
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ELECTIVE SESSIONS
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In-person, elective credits. All concurrent sessions at HES will provide elective credit. Visit the Higher Education Summit website for more information. |
In-person, elective credits. Please visit the OCASA website for more information. |
Webinar: Labour and employee relations – an introduction Presenter:
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Webinar: Risk management for senior managers – an introduction Presenters:
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Webinar: College financial leadership Presenter:
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