1. Leveraging Your Change Agents
Pamela L. Eddy
June 21, 2018
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation through grants , , &
Heather – Welcome everyone, acknowledge support from NSF and sponsorship by NAGT, NAGT-GEO2YC
Note four years of support

2. What You’ve Learned Quick Intro
Your position/campus
First or second time
What is something new you’ve learned from your change agent(s)?

3. Faculty and Change Need for leadership throughout the institution
Critical role of teaching strategies and attention to equity for student success

4. Central Question
“How can you leverage faculty leadership to contribute to change efforts?”

5. Successful Leaders—TCI
Leadership, organization, and support
Adoption and adaptation
Networks and professional development
Policy-focused and publically financed reform
Technology support and technology assistance
Targeted sharing and dissemination
Evaluation utilization to grow impact (Bragg et al., 2014, p. 7)

6. ASPEN Institute—Successful Leaders
Commitment to student success
Aligning institutional programs
Decision-making
Resources
Willing to take risks
Central vision
Working b/n the spaces
Kotter—urgency to change

7. New Frontiers Mid-level leadership Developing leaders
FLEX Leadership Development

8. Mid-level Leadership Matrix Connections
Change from position title to Educator
Permeable campus borders—boundary spanning networks
Capacity building

9. Developing & Tapping Leaders
Stop looking where you always look
Casting a broad net
Recognizing leadership potential

10. Reflective Pause What is the story of change on campus?
What roles do faculty leaders hold?
What are the barriers?
What ideas might you “steal?”

11. FLEX Leadership Development
Facilitating L
Learning E
Experimenting X
eXploring

12. Facilitating Creating opportunities Mentoring Resources
Learning communities

13. Learning Formal/informal Finance/budgets Framing Communication
Working with others

14. Experimenting Environmental scanning New strategies Risk taking
Dealing with failure

15. eXploring Checking out other functional areas Ability to “go back”
Visiting other campuses
Connecting with campus stakeholders

16. Setting up a FLEX Leadership Program
Stretch assignments
“Interning” in another office
Committee leadership

17. New Models of Leadership
Who can lead?
Where can you lead?
Creating new norms

18. Faculty Advice to New Leaders
Get to know faculty & have their back
Keep an open door—accessibility
Recognition & Support
Help faculty help others—especially adjuncts

19. Moving from Words to Action
What piece of advice would you give to others?
Individual—agency/framing
Unit/department—question assumptions
College
Policy
Development

20. Parting Thoughts
Do you need to conduct an environmental scan to map out changes underway?
What one or two ways will you engage your change agent(s) when back on campus?
How can you use the SAGE2YC network?

21. Pamela L. Eddy pamela.eddy@wm.edu