Workshop Fee - $800 - The fee includes luncheons and one evening event, with dinners on your own. A limited number of partial scholarships may be available depending upon donor support.  Participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements.  Lodging - $119+tax/single/double, including breakfast.

Cover Letter to Administrators

Application Form for Emerging/New Administrators

Application Form for Seasoned Administrators (Presenters)

The Reason:

Because of the economic, political, social, and structural changes occurring in higher education, family and consumer sciences/human sciences is at a critical stage in its evolution.  Strong leaders are needed to maintain the field’s viability, yet there is a serious shortage of individuals qualified to assume administrative positions.   

History: Between 1991 and 2001 the Family and Consumer Sciences Administrative Leadership Council (FCS~ALC) sponsored professional development for emerging and seasoned administrators.  For nearly fifty years, the Council of Administrators of Family & Consumer Sciences has provided comprehensive and systematic professional development for administrators.

Participants:

This workshop will serve two groups: (a) Individuals who have been identified as having leadership potential and those with strong interests in family and consumer sciences/human sciences higher education administration as well new administrators in their first or second year in an administrative position and (b) seasoned administrators.  

Pathways to Leadership is planned to enhance the future viability of family and consumer sciences/human sciences by preparing leaders for positions in higher education administration for the next decade and beyond.  Focusing on emerging (and new) administrators, this workshop will address competencies needed for assessing one’s attributes and develop skills for successfully administering higher education programs. Seasoned administrators will serve as facilitators, presenters, and mentors. The interaction of these two groups will add to the quality of administration.

Values:

The workshop curriculum is based upon the philosophy that leadership is the valued end of professional development and that a learning community framework establishes a culture for life-long learning and change.  Succinctly, professional development is about change.  Leadership with its focus on establishing direction, aligning people, and inspiring participation is built upon excellence in management.  The future of Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences depends upon enlightened leaders who can lead units to serve the interests of students, the standards of excellence of the profession, the interests of the institution, and the higher education mission.

Objectives:

• Strengthen self-awareness
• Develop relationships and teamwork
• Understand alliances and political realities
• Understand elements of a promising future
• Build capacity, deal with change, and manage resources across domains
• Create an ongoing learning community from this cohort of family and consumer sciences/human sciences administrators

Major Topics To Be Addressed:

Speakers and Workshop Leaders:

• College and University Administrators
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Leaders
• Consultants from Selected Fields

Workshop Location:

Doubletree Guest Suites Airport, 2424 Atrium Way, Nashville, Tennessee.  The Doubletree, two miles from Nashville International Airport, is just off Briley Parkway (SH 155), close to I-24, I-40, I-65 and all the colorful excitement of Tennessee's capital, aka Music City. Complimentary shuttle available for airport arrival and departure. Free wireless Internet access.

Workshop Task Force:

Virginia Clark Johnson, Chair, North Dakota State University
Billie Collier, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Karla Hughes, East Carolina University
Geraldean Johnson, Tennessee State University
Dorothy Mitstifer, Executive Director, Kappa Omicron Nu
Janet Pope, Louisiana Tech University
Mary E. Pritchard, Northern Illinois University
Virginia Richards, Georgia Southern University
Jan Shane, Illinois State University
Connor Walters, Illinois State University

For further information contact:

Kappa Omicron Nu
4990 Northwind Dr., Ste. 140
East Lansing, MI  48823-5031
Telephone: 517.351.8335 - Fax: 517.351.8336
dmitstifer@kon.org