Leadership Academy

CCBO Leadership Academy provides an excellent opportunity for training, meeting, and working with your peers. For those who aspire to lead in the community college environment, request your supervisor let you participate in this academy. The experience is exceptional, the project meaningful, and the graduation rewarding. I recommend this program to all whose goal is to become a community college business officer. 
-Stanley Bolton, Director of Auxiliary Services, Midlands Technical College, Class of 2009

The Leadership Academy was extremely helpful in my transition from Corporate to Higher Education especially in the Public sector. The speakers provided great insight on what it takes to be a leader in this environment; however I particularly enjoyed networking with peers as we collaborated all year on the 2nd year small group project.
-Diane E. Snyder, CPA, M.S., Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, ALAMO COLLEGES, Class of 2009

View the 2010 preliminary Leadership Academy Program Schedule, revised 8-12-10.

Registration for the 2010 Leadership Academy is open. Register Online OR via Paper Form.

The Purpose
The Academy provides an opportunity for current and aspiring community college Business Officers to educate themselves on the various intricacies of Chief Business Officer leadership. The Academy’s goal is to provide participants with the knowledge of the theories and practice of leadership within a community college as an institution of higher education. The Academy is designed to train the next generation of Chief Business Officers and to provide current leaders with updated information on national issues facing community colleges.

The Participants
Participants come from various departments and positions within community colleges. The Academy is open to all potential and current leaders. Applicants should have a background in some area of community college administration; however, consideration will be given to those who do not have any administrative experience. Academy participants to do not need to be CCBO members to participate. International applications are welcome.

The Program
The program is designed to span one year, beginning and ending with the CCBO Annual International Conferences. Nearly 35 hours of programming, split between two conferences, is created for participants to become immersed in discussions and activities related to leadership skills, current community college issues, and relevant topics.  Please note there is a mid-year project that all participants are required to complete.

Curriculum
Saturday, November 13: All day program, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 14, 2010:  morning program 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sunday through Tuesday: Annual Conference program sessions

The Academy curriculum will address the following:

• Accounting
• Architecture & Design
• Auxiliary Services
• Budget
• Endowment Management
• Facilities
• Human Resources
• Investments
• Moving from Technician to Manager to Leader
• Moving out of Industry into the Academy
• Negotiation
• Organizational Design & Development
• Physical Plant
• Risk Management & Business Continuity Planning
• Space Utilization

Mentoring
Along with expert instructional leadership, each student is assigned a yearlong mentor. The mentors, drawn from past and present CCBO leadership, offer experiences which serve to better prepare Academy students for future issues which they may face within the community college and also offer students a contact person with whom they can feel comfortable asking for and receiving advice.

Format
The format for the Academy requires that all students arrive two days prior to the CCBO Annual Conference. These two days are designed for students to have full immersion in the curriculum of the Academy. All students are expected to attend the CCBO Annual Conference following the Academy sessions. This same timeline will occur for the subsequent year.

Registration
The $1,250 member fee ($1,650 non-member fee) provides eligibility to participate in two years of two-day Leadership Academy sessions and the two Annual International Conferences that correspond.  You must register by September 30, 2010 to take advantage of those early bird registration rates.  After September 30 the rates increase to $1,350 member fee ($1,750 non-member fee).  View schedule revised 8-12-10.

More information about this year's conference is posted on the Annual Conference web page.  Registration for the 2010 Leadership Academy is open. Register Online Today! Or via Paper Form.

Leadership Academy Contacts

Darrell Roberts
Leadership Academy Lead Faculty
308-631-6537
darrellkat@bbc.net

Heather Brown, CEM
Managing Director
Community College Business Officers
7 Boar’s Head Lane
Charlottesville , VA 22903
434-293-2825 x 228
434-245-8453
heather@ccbo.org