Monthly workshops are offered throughout the academic year to get you prepared for your leadership role. The workshops are provided as part of our academic leaders competency model.
Our trainings serve all faculty across the university, including our academic leaders, tenured/tenure-track faculty, instructional faculty, research associates, and post-doctoral researcher, and include tried and true methods for improving productivity, enhancing communication skills, and co-creating an productive happy work environment.
The orientation is offered yearly prior to the start of the fall semester. It provides the kinds of information and skills you need to be successful as an academic leader. You will come away with a better understanding of what it means to shift from your prior role (e.g., as a faculty member, or associate chair, or at another institution) to your new administrative/leadership role. We encourage all academic leaders to participate in this crucial session at some time in their role as leader.
The goal of the retreat, a yearly gathering of senior academic leaders, is to build an ongoing sustainable knowledge base on what it means to be an academic leader, to enhance skills of leadership, create a common knowledge base, learn tactics and strategies, and foster relationships.
Materials from previous ALI events are available for viewing and download.
Academic Leaders from the University of Colorado Boulder developed in collaboration with Faculty Relations and Human Resources key competencies and associated behaviors that our leaders aspire to meet within their units. This unique set of competencies is what motivates our Academic Leaders Institute. Learn more about ALI by watching this video.
Jan 19 (Tue) at 2:00-3:00pm - Innovate Hour: Dealing with Porcupines
Need to calm a combative conversation? Consider BIFF, the High Conflict Institute’s highly effective method of responding to difficult people, personal attacks, hostile email and meltdowns. Ombuds will introduce the BIFF approach and provide an opportunity to practice during this Innovate Hour! Speaker: Liz Hill, Ombuds
Feb 9 (Tue) at 4-5:15 pm - Getting You Prepared Workshop: Faculty Evaluation - Practical Advice
It is time for Faculty Performance Ratings. This is also a great time to start planning for your coaching of Faculty. Learn some practical advice about merit evaluations, what to do in challenging situations, and ask your questions, as we hear from a panel of current chairs. Speakers: Arturo Aldama, Chair, Ethnic Studies; Nils Halverson, Chair, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences; Laura Kornish, Chair, Marketing
Thursday, Feb 25 (Thu) at 1-2 pm - Innovate Hour: Maintaining your Scholarship and Creative Activities as an Academic Leader
It’s possible! Hear from colleagues who have successfully navigated the challenge of maintaining research and creative work productivity while serving as one of CU Boulder’s few Female academic leaders. Speakers: Irene Blair, Chair, Psychology and Neuroscience; Deane Bowers, former Chair, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Yonca Ertimur, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Leeds
Mar 16 (Tue) at 2-3:30 pm - Getting You Prepared Workshop: Comprehensive Review, Promotion and Tenure (CRPT)
This session features insights into navigating the processes of comprehensive review, reappointment, promotion, and tenure (CRPT) in your role as an academic leader. Speaker: Michele Moses, Vice Provost and Associated Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs
The Academic Leaders Institute (ALI) offers “competency-based” training to support the successful preparation of faculty for leadership roles. Building upon the insights and experience of effective campus leaders, the program identifies – and helps cultivate – the knowledge, skills, and personal qualities recognized as critical to effective departmental and campus leadership. This program serves Department Chairs and Associate Chairs, Program and Institute Directors and associate Directors, Deans and Associate Deans, as well as other interested faculty. A menu of options to promote the growth and development of faculty leaders is available, ranging from those which help to create a pipeline to leadership, orientation for newly appointed campus leaders, and ongoing opportunities for developing current leaders. For further information, contact the Associate Director, Shelly Miller.