Developing Management Superpowers

DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT

Alice B. Hambright Zucker Family School of Education The Citadel July 11, 2016

SUPERPOWERS

Accreditation History

• NCATE visit• Full Visit – April 2005

• Passed with Conditions (Standard 1 – Initial Programs and Standard 2 – All Programs)

• LiveText Implementation 2006

• Focus Visit – October 2007 – Full Accreditation

• NCATE AND CAEP visit (One of 3 national CAEP pilot institutions)

• Full Visit – Spring 2013 Target = Assessment (NCATE Standard 2)

• Full Accreditation with NO areas for improvement

• Next NCATE/CAEP visit• Full Visit – Spring 2020

Overview

Tackling administration, faculty, candidate, and site supervisor buy-in

LiveText for sharing information and collaboration

LiveText public documents for accountability

Changing attitudes about change

Making training and re-training fun!

Zucker Family School of Education

Dean

Counselor Education Division

Educational Leadership Division

Literacy Education Division

Teacher Education Division

Administrative Assistant(s)

Field Experiences Director

LiveTextCoordinator

Student Services Director

Associate Dean Assistant Dean

Buy-In in Three Easy Steps!

1. Communication

2. Motivation

3. Inspiration

Communication

1. Know your audience

2. Emphasize the positive

3. Assign specific very doable roles and duties

4. Change whatever is not working

5. Email, post, chat, phone, gossip if you must

DOCUMENTEverything

Motivation

1. Be the involved, reliable, available, conscientious person you want on your assessment team

2. Share your successes and the successes of others! (Collaborate!)

3. Organize for success

4. Use the data you collect!

ANALYZEEverything

Inspiration

1. Expect to succeed

2. Encourage your assessment team1. Praise

2. Recognize / Reward

3. Please and Thank You!

3. Be human

LiveText = Share, Collaborate

1. Share information in LiveText(Users must sign in to LiveText to view information)

2. Examples:1. Assessment Responsibilities Document

2. Project Document

3. Accreditation Documentation Collaboration

NOTE: The more you use LiveText, the more you like it.

LiveText = Public Documentation

1. Store public documentation in LiveText(Link to website)

2. Examples:1. Public Accountability Documents2. 2015 CAEP Documentation3. Follow-up Surveys4. Printable Forms5. Internship Resources

NOTE: The more you use LiveText, the more you like it.

Change

Change your schedule

Change your clothes

Change your ways

Change

Change disrupts, corrupts, interrupts,

Melts, rusts, decays and dissolves,

but I like change best

when it jingles.Alice B. Hambright

March 1, 2004

Changing Attitudes About Change

1. Answer the question: “What’s in it for me?”

2. Always remember: Enthusiasm is contagious!

3. Be a Leader Who:1. Highlights the Positive

2. Admit Your Flaws

3. Is Fair

4. Is Consistent and Trustworthy–Does NOT Make Exceptions

4. Remind everyone of how it used to be

Change is an Adventure! Adventures are GOOD!

Make Training (and re-training) FUN!

1. Know Your Audience!

2. Ask Questions

3. Share Good Examples of Completed Work

4. Use Humor (Sing it if you must!)

5. Offer Group and Individual Training Sessions

6. Be Amazed (You already are amazing!)

NOTE: The more you use LiveText, the more you like it.

QUESTIONS?Thank You

Contact Information

Alice B Hambright

LiveText Coordinator/Technology Specialist

Zucker Family School of Education

The Citadel

Charleston, South Carolina

alice.hambright@citadel.edu

(843) 953-7072

LiveText Visitor Pass: BD19E128