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Contra Costa Community College District (CCCD) Chancellor Helen Benjamin had
one goal for her district’s first-ever Leadership Institute: “I didn’t want it to be talking
heads. It had to have components that speak to today,” she says.
The 4CD Leadership Institute, held at CCCD during the first half of this year,
emphasized the American Association of Community College’s Future Leaders
Institute core competencies and took hands-on learning in a new direction, aiming
to upgrade the skill sets and attitudes of career professionals for success in modern
leadership roles.
Beginning with the opening session, during which attendees identified a campus
or districtwide problem and worked in small groups to come up with solutions, the
entire institute focused on individuals making changes. After each group determined
potential solutions, students presented their findings to the chancellor’s cabinet.
“Leadership programs need to do this kind of stuff,” says Benjamin. “We have to talk
about real things and have real-world experiences.”
Attendees were asked in advance to determine the next position in their career
and write a cover letter and resume for that job. “We sent the 27 resumes to Thelma
Scott-Skillman, president of Folsom Lake College, and she critiqued them all,” says
Benjamin. After her presentation on cover letters and resumes, she gave them their
edited submissions.
Next, Benjamin set up job interviews for all the participants for the job they identified. Three-person teams across the district made up questions, and the interviews
were videotaped for further review. Candidates completed a critique of their interview,
and the interview committee critiqued them as well. Scott-Skillman led a follow-up
session on the interview process.
Session topics included out-of-the-box thinking, collective bargaining, shared
governance, and appreciative-inquiry leadership; a former priest even led a session
on ethical dimensions of leadership.
As a final component, Benjamin asked attendees to fill out forms to complete
semester-long job shadowing for the position they identified as the next step in their
career.
“We tried to create what was missing at other leadership programs,” she says. “To
be meaningful, these programs must have a piece that’s personal for each participant.”
