TCUP Leadership Development Institute (LDI)
Cohort II – Session One
Monday–Friday, August 4-8, 2008
DETAILED AGENDA
Sofitel
Minneapolis Hotel á 5601 West 78th Street
Bloomington,
Minnesota á
952/835-1900
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM) NETWORK
TCUP Leadership Development Institute (LDI) Cohort
II – Session One
Monday–Friday,
August 4-8, 2008
AGENDA
InstituteÕs
Overall Goal
To broaden the
participation in STEM leadership roles of Alaska Native, Native American, and
Native Hawaiian faculty and staff at multi-year TCUP grantee institutions.
Sunday, August 3
PM
6:00-8:00 Registration
and Distribution of Computers Dijon
Monday,
August 4
AM
8:30 Continental
Breakfast Garden
Court
Registration Fontainebleau
9:00 Opening
Prayer
Fontainebleau
Larry
Aitken, Professor of American Indian History and
Philosophy,
Itasca Community College, and former
President,
Leech Lake Tribal College
Welcome,
Review of Institute Packet, and Overview of the Institute
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
Role
and Importance of Culture in the Mission of Tribal Colleges
and
Universities
Larry
Aitken, Itasca Community College
10:00 Introduction
of Cohort II Members
Althea
Burns, Associate and Conference Coordinator, QEM Network
11:15 Break Garden Court
11:30 History
of Tribal Colleges and Universities
Gerald
ÒCartyÓ Monette, QEM Senior Advisor, and former
President,
Turtle Mountain Community College
PM
12:30 Lunch Garden
Court
1:30 Data
on Native American Participation in STEM at the Post-Secondary Level
J.
Arthur Jones, Senior Associate, QEM Network
2:00 Profiles
of Current Native Americans in STEM
Althea
Burns, QEM Network
2:30 National
Reports and Related Policies to Broaden Participation in STEM
Costello
Brown, Former Dean of Graduate Studies and
Research and
(Retired) Professor of Chemistry
California State
University-Los Angeles, and
QEM Consultant
Althea
Burns, QEM Network
3:15 Break Garden
Court
3:30 FOCUS
AREA BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Discussion
of Initial STEM Project Ideas and Skills Development Plans
Focus
Area Facilitator
á
Science Costello
Brown
á
Mathematics J.
Arthur Jones
á
Technology Shirley
McBay
á
Language and Culture Althea
Burns
á
Outreach Carty
Monette
[
See Focus Area Breakout Groups assignment sheet in meeting packet ]
5:30 Adjournment
6:00 Dinner
Bordeaux
Tuesday,
August 5
AM
8:30 Continental
Breakfast
Garden Court
9:00 Group
Discussion: A
Closer Look at STEM Programs Fontainebleau
at
Participating Institutions
Facilitator:
Carty Monette, QEM Network
á Overview
of STEM Programs
á Current
Leadership of STEM Programs: A Closer Look
á Current
Positions in STEM Held by Native Americans
á Pathways
to STEM Leadership on ParticipantsÕ
Campuses
10:15 Program
and Leadership Development
Session
Leader: Loretta DeLong, Superintendent, Taos Municipal Schools (NM)
á
Role of Culture
á
Forms/Styles of Leadership
á
Team Building
á
Conflict Management
á
Time Management
11:15 Break
Garden Court
11:30 Program
and Leadership Development (continued)
Session
Leader: Loretta DeLong
PM
12:30 Lunch Garden Court
1:30 Initial
Drafting of Individual Leadership Development Plan (ILDP)
2:30 Group
Discussion of Initial ILDPs
Facilitator:
Shirley McBay, QEM Network
3:15 Break Garden Court
3:30 Getting
Ready to Prepare a Proposal: Review of QEM Handout
Althea
Burns, QEM Network
4:15 -
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis
- Strengths and
Weaknesses of Funded and Unfunded Proposals
Costello
Brown, QEM Consultant
5:15 Adjournment
6:00 Dinner
Bordeaux
Wednesday,
August 6
AM
8:30 Continental
Breakfast Garden Court
9:00 How
to Conduct a Literature Search
Fontainebleau
J.
Arthur Jones, QEM Network
9:30 Building
Capacity – Proposal Preparation
Session
Leaders: Carty
Monette, QEM Network
Costello
Brown, QEM Consultant
Shirley
McBay, QEM Network
á Needs
Assessment and Data Collection – Monette
á
Goals
and Objectives – McBay
á Strategies
for Achieving Objectives – McBay
á
Project
Milestones, Benchmarks, and Performance Indicators – Brown
10:45 Break Garden Court
11:00 FOCUS
AREA Breakout Sessions:
DEVELOPING PROPOSAL COMPONENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
IDEAS,
BASED
ON 9:30 AM DISCUSSION ON PROPOSAL PREPARATION
PM
12:30 Lunch Garden Court
1:30 Building
Capacity – Proposal Preparation Session, continued
á
Project Timelines – Monette
á
Project Management – McBay
-
Key Personnel and Advisory Committees
á
Project
Evaluation (Formative and Summative) – Brown
2:45 Break Garden Court
3:00 FOCUS
AREA Breakout Sessions:
DEVELOPING PROPOSAL COMPONENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
IDEAS,
BASED
ON 1:30 PM DISCUSSION ON PROPOSAL PREPARATION
4:30 Potential
Sources of External Support for Proposals
J.
Arthur Jones, QEM Network
5:30 Adjournment
Dinner
(On Your Own)
Thursday, August 7
AM
8:30 Continental
Breakfast Chambord
9:00 Budget
Preparation – Shirley McBay, QEM Network Fontainebleau
10:00 FOCUS
AREA Breakout Sessions:
DRAFTING
PRELIMINARY BUDGETS FOR PROPOSED PROJECTS
11:15 Break Garden Court
11:30 Project
Communication and Dissemination
Discussion
Leader: Carty
Monette, QEM Network
á
Key stakeholders:
-
Identifying them
-
Getting their buy-in
-
Keeping them informed
á
Forms of Communication
á
Dissemination Strategies
PM
12:30 Lunch Garden Court
1:30 STEM
Program Management following Receipt of an Award
Session
Leader: Shirley McBay, QEM Network
á
Planning and Implementation
á
Staffing and External Oversight
á
Fiscal management
á
Program evaluation and Dissemination
á
Reporting requirements
2:45 Break Garden Court
3:00 Potential
Impact of LDI Participation on Careers
Facilitator:
Costello Brown, QEM Consultant
Michael
Ceballos, Research Assistant Professor
Division
of Biological Sciences and Principal Organizer of the
Native
American Research Laboratory, The University of Montana and
Member,
QEM/LDI Institute Cohort I
5:00 Refinement
of ILDPs
5:30 Adjournment
6:00 Dinner
(On Your Own)
Friday,
August 8
AM
8:30 Continental
Breakfast Chambord
9:00 Remaining
Questions and/or Concerns about
Fontainebleau
Proposal
Preparation
Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network
9:45 Presentations
of Revised ILDPs
Facilitator: Costello Brown, QEM Consultant
11:15 Break Garden Court
11:30 Characteristics
of a Leader: Perspective of a College President
Facilitator: Althea Burns, QEM Network
Verna
Fowler, President, College of Menominee Nation
Gerald
ÒCartyÓ Monette, former President, Turtle Mountain
Community
College
PM
12:30 Lunch Garden Court
Remarks
Michael
Fredenberg, TCUP Program Director
National
Science Foundation
1:30 Talking
Circle
Facilitator: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network
2:15 Preview
of Session II of Institute and Review of Terms of Agreement
Shirley
McBay, QEM Network
2:45 Closing
Prayer
3:00 Adjournment