SACS presentation on MSU PLA

Developing Institutional LeadersDeveloping Institutional LeadersMorehead State University

Dr. Charles Patrick, Professor and SACS Director

Email [email protected]

Ms. Jill Ratliff, Director of Institutional Effectiveness

E-mail [email protected]

Mr. Alan Baldwin, Retired Assistant to the Provost

Slide 1Developing Institutional Leaders

Presentation FocusPresentation FocusTo provide a solid framework:• for the establishment of a leadership

development program for faculty and staff; • for dynamic, visionary leaders needed in all areas

and levels of higher education institutions as the challenges of the 21st century are met; and,

• for participants to take information relative to leadership development back to their institutions.


OverviewOverview•Morehead State University, Kentucky•The President’s Leadership Academy (PLA)•Participant selection process•Curriculum•Challenges – campus impact•Personal experience and benefits


Morehead State UniversityMorehead State University




• Founded: 1887 as Morehead Normal School• Public Institution: 1922• Enrollment: more than 9,000• Students: hail from 100 Kentucky

counties, 42 states and 37 nations• Average class size: 19







Morehead State has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year as one of the top public universities in the South in the 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report.



Morehead State is one of four U.S. institutions to offer a B.S. degree in Space Science. The primary research instrument is the 21-meter NASA radio telescope, which went online in 2004.

President’s Leadership AcademyPresident’s Leadership Academy• Established: 2006• Purpose: to provide quality professional

development experiences to nominated and selected faculty, staff and administrators exhibiting the potential for effective leadership.

Developing Institutional Leaders Slide 10

President’s Leadership AcademyPresident’s Leadership AcademyObjectives:• Increase participant awareness of the

complexity of issues facing the University and postsecondary education.

• Challenge participants to expand their understanding of the environment in which decisions are made at Morehead State University and other higher education institutions.


PLA Original LeadershipPLA Original LeadershipDr. Wayne D. Andrews, MSU President Al Baldwin, Assistant to the Provost Jeffrey Liles, Assistant Vice President for

Enrollment Services Beth Patrick, Vice President for Planning,

Budgets & Technology Dr. Mike Seelig, Dean of Caudill College of

Humanities


PLA Leadership EvolutionPLA Leadership EvolutionDr. Wayne D. Andrews, MSU President Al Baldwin --- RetiredJeffrey Liles, Assistant Vice President for

Enrollment Services Beth Patrick, Vice President for Planning,

Budgets & Technology Dr. Mike Seelig --- Moved to VP at Kentucky

Council on Postsecondary EducationDr. Eric Jerde, Interim Chair of Physical Sciences


President’s Leadership AcademyPresident’s Leadership Academy


200720082009

President’s Leadership AcademyPresident’s Leadership Academy


2007 2008 2009

PLA Example Staff TitlesPLA Example Staff Titles


• Administration & Fiscal Services Admin. Asst.• Librarian II• First Year Programs and Retention Director• Director of Innovation Center• Director of Educational Services Unit• Director of Budgets• Director of University Marketing• Dean of Students

PLA Example Faculty TitlesPLA Example Faculty Titles


• Assistant Professor of Speech• Assistant Professor of Sociology• Associate Professor of Sociology• Professor of Engineering Technology• Associate Professor of Nursing• Assistant Professor of Education• Professor of Biology• Associate Professor of Geology

PLA Participant Selection ProcessPLA Participant Selection Process


• Participant must be nominated. • Nominee completes

nomination form andsubmits to the Officeof the President.

PLA Nominee Form/ProfilePLA Nominee Form/Profile


• Curriculum vita or resume• Statement describing interest in the PLA and how

involvement might benefit the University and department/unit

• Examples of how nominee has exhibited the potential for effective leadership on campus and/or community

• Identification of an area outside normal assignment for participating in internship activities and processes

• Selection of one challenge currently facing the University that, if met successfully, would have a positive impact on the institution and its constituents

PLA Participant Selection ProcessPLA Participant Selection Process


• Nomination materials due in January.• Selection committees, comprised of

community, government and civic leaders, interview nominees during February.

• Selection committees submit recommendations by March.

• Academy participants notifiedby April.

PLA Participant Time Commitment PLA Participant Time Commitment


• Participants must read 4-5 books on current and relevant topics.

• Two-day seminar session in August.• Half-day curriculum modules each month. • Two-day field visit to another “model”

institution during spring.• Internship (60 hours) experiences during

spring.

PLA CurriculumPLA Curriculum

• Orientation• Online interaction• Reading list• Seminar sessions• Group project• Internships• Field trip



• Orientation

• Onlineinteraction

• Readings• Books and articles• Discussion groups


PLA Curriculum – PLA Curriculum – Reading ListReading List2006-07 Reading List: • Good to Great by Jim Collins• The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman• Reframing Organizations by Lee G. Bolman

and Terrence E. Deal• Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick

M. Lencioni


PLA Curriculum – PLA Curriculum – Reading ListReading List2007-08 Reading List• Putting Students First by L.A. Braskamp, L.C.

Trautvetter, and K. Ward• Good to Great by Jim Collins• The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman• Leadership in Place Jon F. Wergin• My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by

Becoming a Student by Rebekah Nathan• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by P.M. Lencioni


PLA Curriculum – PLA Curriculum – Reading ListReading List2008-09 Reading List• Putting Students First by L.A. Braskamp, L.C.

Trautvetter, and K. Ward• My Freshman Year by Rebekah Nathan• Good to Great by Jim Collins • Leadership in Place by Jon F. Wergin• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by P.M. Lencioni• Prioritizing Academic Programs & Services by

Robert Dickeson


PLA Curriculum – PLA Curriculum – Seminar SessionsSeminar Sessions• Federal, State & Local Government Issues in

Postsecondary Education [8.75 hour session conducted on campus in August]

• Impact of Postsecondary Education Systems, System Heads & Central System Offices [7.5 hour session at CPE and AIKCU system offices and at KCTCS system office in August]

• Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Case Presentation [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in September]Developing Institutional Leaders Slide 27

PLA Curriculum – PLA Curriculum – Seminar SessionsSeminar Sessions• Leadership Models, Styles & Philosophies in

Postsecondary Education, Part I & II [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in October with a 3.5 hour follow-up session in the spring]

• Impact of Technology on Teaching, Learning & Campus Administration [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in November]

• Enrollment Management & Marketing [3.5 hour session conducted on campus in March]Developing Institutional Leaders Slide 28

PLA Curriculum – PLA Curriculum – Group ProjectGroup Project• PLA class divided into two teams. Teams

are provided the “Nickel Glen College” case study and budget information for review.

• One week later, teams make a 30-minute presentation to President’s Cabinet on plan and proposed budget to address the problems set forth in the case.



• PLA class private, monthly, generaldiscussion meetings withPresident Andrews

• One-hour overview ofservices provided byAuxiliary Services, MSUPolice, Development, Physical Plant, Diversity


PLA Curriculum - PLA Curriculum - InternshipsInternships• Purpose• Commitment (45 + 15) • Interns placed throughout the institution.

• President’s office• Provost’s office• Academic departments• Administrative units• Local/state government


PLA Curriculum – PLA Curriculum – Field TripsField Trips• 2007 – James Madison University, VA• 2008 – Appalachian State University, NC• 2009 – TBD


PLA ChallengesPLA Challenges• Everyone that applies is not selected.• Everyone who participates does not

necessarily wish to advance.• There are no guarantees for advanced

opportunities.• Updating the curriculum


PLA participants who have PLA participants who have moved on to leadership rolesmoved on to leadership roles

• Jill Ratliff, Director of Institutional Effectiveness• Charles Patrick, Assistant to Provost and SACS

Director• Clarenda Phillips, Department Chair, Sociology,

Social Work, Criminology• Jami Hornbuckle, AVP of University Marketing• David Barnett, Assistant Dean, College of

Education• Eric Jerde, PLA Leadership


PLA BenefitsPLA Benefits• Personal experience and benefits

• Jill• Charlie


Questions??Questions??Developing Institutional LeadersDeveloping Institutional Leaders

Morehead State UniversityDr. Charles Patrick, Professor and SACS Director

Email [email protected] Ms. Jill Ratliff, Director of Institutional Effectiveness

E-mail [email protected]. Alan Baldwin, Retired Assistant to the Provost

www.moreheadstate.edu/pla/
