1. The CIO Experience
How Did I Get Here?

2. Group Conversation – five minutes with your table
How do you think you become a CIO?

3. Making the Leap from Dean to CIO
Length of path
I sure wish I had known that…
How to deal with a difficult boss as you look to transition

4. Professional Development Opportunities
California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers – Deans Institute
Association for California Community College Administrators – Great Deans, Mentoring Program
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges – Curriculum Institute
California Learning Communities Consortium –
California Community College Association for Occupational Education (CCAOE) – Leadership Institute

5. Interacting at the Executive Level
Thinking at the 50,000 foot level
Supporting your office staff
Supporting the divisions that report to you
Maintaining a “can do” attitude while still living a life
Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate
Relying on your boss, your executive teammates, etc.

6. What to do if things don’t go well
Difficult situations with fellow execs on campus
If your vision doesn’t align with your CEO’s
Managing personalities (including your own) before they cause conflicts.