DRAFT AGENDA
Thursday, April 28
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9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
9:40 p.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Introductions, Opening Exercises and Objectives for Institute
Dr. Narcisa Polonio, Vice President for Education Research, and Board
Leadership Services, ACCT
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Key Indicators of an Effective Board
 Higher Education and Community College Trends & Key Questions
 Evolving Organizational Structures to Meet the Demand of
Institutional Change
 Assess Your Board’s Health
 Identify Strengths and Weaknesses
 The Board’s Changing Role – Reducing Anxiety and Sending the
Right Message
 Understanding Leadership and Group/Team Dynamics
 Fostering Goodwill and Commitment
 Effective Ways to Deepen Trustee Engagement in Shaping the
Mission and Objective(s) of the College
 Handling Conflict and the “Self Interested Trustee”
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Safeguarding Your Institution – Becoming a Disaster
Resilient College
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch & Guided Group Discussion
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
What Trustees Need to Know About Outcomes, Quality and Student
Success
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Strategies for Improving an Individual College’s Ranking on
Statewide Achievement
Funding Models Which Pit College Against College
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
The Complexity of Diversity on Campus
3:45 p.m.
Enjoy Miami
Friday, April 29th
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Reflection and Prioritizing the Agenda
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
When Innovation Works
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Addressing the Economic Needs of the Community: Presidential
Perspectives, Ranging from 20+ years to the New President
 How Have You Addressed Declining Enrollment?
 What, if Any, has been the Impact of Changes in Revenue
Sources?
 What is Pay for Performance and What Evidence is there that It
Works?
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch & Guided Group Discussion
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Strategies for the New Normal
 What are Effective Strategies for Dealing with the Media/Press?
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
What Trustees Need to Know: From Running Effective Meetings to
Fostering Collaboration across the College
 What Questions Should a Trustee Ask Staff Members Between
the Date that s/he Receives the Meeting Agenda and the Board
Meeting?
 What Type of Questions Should a Trustee Save to Ask Aloud
During the Meeting?
 What is the Staff’s Role in Determining Items to Include on the
Agenda for the Board Meeting? Trustees’ Role?
 For Community Colleges Governed by State Boards, What are
Best Practices for Functioning as a System while Maintaining
Autonomy and Appreciation for Community and Regional
Diversity?
 How to Develop Good Relationships with Faculty/Staff,
Administration and Board of Trustees in the Entire College
Community.
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bringing it all Together, T-Shirt Exchange & Group Photo
Saturday, April 30th
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Presidential Evaluation as a Leadership Tool
 Presidential Assessment
 Succession Planning
 Recruitment and Hiring Best Practices to Yield Effective and
Strategic Leaders
 High Impact Leadership Development to Address the Need for
Future Leaders
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. –11:30 a.m.
From Good to Great: The Journey to Becoming an Exemplary
Board
 Elements of a Leadership Plan
 Successful Strategies
 Code of Commitment and Ethics
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Effective Strategies and Tools for Addressing Financial Constraints
 Understanding your Fiduciary Responsibilities to Ensure the College
has Sound Finances
 How to Focus on Quality, Gaining Efficiencies and Being More
Cost-Effective
 Effective Communication Reinforces Trust
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch & Guided Group Discussion
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Beginning &Continuing the Journey
 How to Inspire your Trustee Colleagues
 Defining a Purposeful Path for the Governing Board
ACCT Governance Leadership Institute Series
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