Getting Engaged— CUMU Engagement Academy Higher Education Creating an Impact: The Importance of Engagement as an Institutional Strategy Oct. 9-11, 2015 Omaha, Nebraska

Academy Goals Provide a professional development forum for those leading the strategic direction of higher education engagement with a focus on institutional strategies Discuss concepts, tools, and best practices for leading engagement Have space and time for reflection, coaching, and scholarship Develop action plans that can be tested and shared Establish a network of leaders to continue discussion about and advance the institutionalization of engagement

Intentional Interlude Mentored Planning

EA … on the road You are joining a network of 500 institutional leaders…and growing

Picture/Metaphor for Leading Engagement Think about/gravitate to an image that speaks to you and characterizes the work of leading engagement in your institution.

Engaging the Leaders At your table introduce yourself –Name, position, institution –Explain your picture –What do I have to share? –What do I want to know? Share you/your team’s pre-work priority goals for enhancing your institution’s engagement agenda. What are the key leadership challenges?

Features Tables/Teams –Who, How Clustered, Meeting/Work Spaces, Meeting Times –Action Plan Template –Critical Friends Feedback (Sun. AM) –Your Monday Morning Pitch (Sun. AM) Mentored Planning –Coaching - ( faculty ); Peer - ( table topics )

Action Planning Friday: Purpose What is the main purpose or objective of my Action Plan – What do I/we seek to accomplish as a Leader of Engagement when I/we return to our unit? Why is this important to my unit/institution now? What does it build on or support (other strategic objectives)? That is, how will an action plan on this particular focus fit with or inform broader efforts to advance community engagement on my campus? Who will be key allies? Are there policies or planning issues that must be addressed? What individual and institutional capacities do we have, what capacity building is needed, how might that development occur? Saturday: … Sunday: Present your Action Plan Monday: …

“Critical Friends” Exercise Action Plan Consultation and Critique Time: 20 minutes per case presented on Sunday AM A formalized way to get feedback on a work in progress. Introduction Facilitator briefly introduces the presenter(s) and reminds the listening team to give only the kind of feedback the presenter(s) requests. Proposal Presentation (8 minutes) The listening members reads or hears about the presenter’s proposal. The presenter(s) may ask for specific feedback (framed feedback) or may leave it open (unframed feedback). Clarifying Questions The listening members may ask clarifying questions, but no discussion is allowed. Feedback (10 minutes) The listening members provide feedback to the presenter(s). Feedback is directly related to the kinds of feedback the presenter(s) wanted. Reflection (2 minutes) The presenter(s) responds to the feedback given by the listening team. Responses should be about changes that might be made, new insights, and clarifications. Allen, D., Blythe, T., & Powell, B. (1999). A Guide to Looking Collaboratively at Student Work.

CUMU EA Participant Profile

CUMU EA Participants: Engagement as Primary Activity

CUMU EA Participants by Position Type

CUMU EA Participation by Institution

Top Institutional Goals/Issues to Advancing Engagement CA State University – San Marcos Drexel University Indiana University Northwest Memorial University Metropolitan State University TX Woman’s University Towson University University of La Verne University of MO – St. Louis University of NE – Omaha U of NC – Wilmington U of TN – Chattanooga U of WI – Green Bay Wagner College Weber State University Worcester State University Alignment with institutional goals to increase student success – access, graduation and retention rates, enrollment increases, and job attainment. Attract, develop, and retain a diverse faculty, staff and student body; promote diversity and a global perspective on issues Improve branding, marketing, and promotion to improve infrastructure, partnerships, and growth.

Participants’ Top Issues Education – Access & Readiness Poverty Equity and Diversity Economic Development Community Relationships Marketing & Promotion of CES Environmental Issues Infrastructure Safety

Leading Engagement: The Academy Framework

Been there? Professional development “is dominated by the informational update. In what is typically an intensive 2 or 3 day short course, a single instructor lectures and lectures and lectures fairly large groups of professional people, who sit for long hours in an AV twilight, making never-to-be-read notes at rows of narrow tables covered with green baize & appointed with fat binders and sweating pitchers of ice water.” P. Nowlen

Engagement Leadership Experience… Curriculum Resources Schedule

Community Engagement “collaboration between institutions of higher education and larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in context of partnership and reciprocity” Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

“The purpose of community engagement is the partnership of college and university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research, and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good.”

Institutional Capacity for Engagement Reading the Context Leading Engagement Leading Organizational Change Leading Resource Development Leading Strategic Operations Institutional Capacity for Engagement Reading the Context Leading Strategic Alignment Leading Organizational Change Leading Strategic Operations and Implementation Leading Community- University Partnerships Leading Resource Development

Learning Strategies Content delivered in Interactive Sessions Action Plan PM AP Work; AM Check-In Reflections/Reporting Resources Approach that is Developmental & Adaptable

Resources Faculty Executive-in-Residence Peers

Logistics Internet Access AP Hard copy/Word Printing AP Saturday/Sunday Dining Options Other?