Manager's Lunch & Learn [SE]

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Overview

This sharing, learning session is an oportunity for managers to learn from each other and experts and find new and better ways to deal with the challenges of Directing ABE programs in Massachusetts

Details

This training will be held at BCC in Building L in Conference Room 108 on the first floor. With the ever-increasing workload of ABE administrators, effective leadership and management will depend on a director’s ability to understand, prioritize, and organize his or her work requirements in ways that yield the highest return on time, that prevent needless stress and burn out, and that support high performance. In this 3 hour training, ABE administrators will consider four main topics: 1. Identifying performance expectations and stressor points 2. Reframing work requirements with sensible planning and organizational priorities in mind 3. Time management strategies to maximize effective use of work time and to avoid time wasting activities 4. Self-renewal strategies to support balanced leadership and management Three central questions guide this staff development opportunity: • How do you see and manage your role expectations as an ABE administrator? • What changes can you make so your work time will be more productive, less stressful, and more fun? • How can you balance work demands with self-renewal activities to avoid overwork and burn out

When

October 15, 2008 from 10:00 am to 01:00 pm

Where

• Brisstol Community College
• 777 Elsbree Street
• Fall River, MA 02720

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Registration Deadline

Oct 08, 2008 at 4:00 PM

Topics

Trainings for Directors

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

Janet Dutra
janet.dutra@bristolcc.edu
508-678-2811 ext. 2278

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ7 - Program leadership, management, and accountability

Learning objectives

As a result of this training participants will be able to:

•   Identify personal role expectations and pressure points that contribute to burnout

•   Describe how “reframing” can alter work load perceptions and planning

•   List at least three “doable” time wasters to eliminate and time savers to implement

            •   Identify strategies to implement smart leadership with a plan for self-renewal

 

Presenters

Dr. Linda Braun

Presenters Bio

Linda Faria Braun is the former Director of the Adult Learning Center in Brockton, Massachusetts, where she led the program for more than 30 years. The Brockton ALC is a comprehensive urban education program that offers a full continuum of both adult basic education/GED and English classes for speakers of other languages. In 1999 Linda completed requirements for a doctorate degree in Leadership in Urban Schools from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Her dissertation, “Involvement in Urban Schooling: Parent Beliefs, Practices and Experiences”. She is especially interested in sociocultural and sociocognitive influences on adult learning and in how educational institutions can create organizational cultures that support growth and high performance for both learners and staff. Linda has been involved in adult education at the local and state levels in a variety of leadership roles, including participation on many state committees, advisory boards, and task forces. She is past president and presently serves as vice president of MCAE, the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education, and on the Massachusetts Adult Basic Education Directors’ Council. At the local level, she has served on the Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board Executive and Career Center Committees, and on the Metro South Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. In 2003, she was awarded the Metro South Chamber of Commerce’s ATHENA Award for excellence in leadership, professional achievement and service to the community.

Prerequisites

None

Host RSC

Southeast Massachusetts Region

PDPs

no

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