Leadership Academy

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.

Curriculum
Saturday-All day program
Sunday-Morning program
Sunday – Tuesday-Annual Conference program

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 $1200 member fee provides eligibility to participate in two two-day Leadership Academy sessions and the consecutive two Annual Conferences.

Leadership Academy Contacts

Rand S. Spiwak
Exec VP
Daytona Beach C.C.
PO Box 2811
Daytona Beach , FL 32120-2811
(386) 506-3001
spiwark@dbc.edu

Jim Turner, Leadership Academy Lead Faculty
President Emeritus
Clovis Community College
417 Schepps Boulevard
Clovis, NM 88101
505-769-4030
jim.turner@clovis.edu

Cheryl Armstrong
Director of Meetings & Membership
Community College Business Officers
7 Boar’s Head Lane
Charlottesville , VA 22903
434-293-2825 x 241
434-245-8453
cheryl@ccbo.org