Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

National Science Foundation (NSF)Õs Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

 Leadership Development Institute (LDI) – Cohort II, Session Two

Embassy Suites Albuquerque

1000 Woodward Place, NE ¥ Albuquerque, New Mexico ¥ Tel. 505/245-7100

February 6-7, 2009

 

AGENDA


Note: Participants are expected to take advantage each morning of the complimentary full breakfast
         available to all guests at the Embassy Suites Albuquerque. 

 

Friday, February 6

 

 AM

  8:00     Registration                                                                                                                              La Ventana

 

  8:30     Welcome and Opening Prayer                                                                                                    La Ventana

   Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

   James Rowland, Educator, Writer, and Consultant

               Jody Chase, Program Director, TCUP

                              Division of Human Resource Development

                              Directorate for Education and Human Resources, NSF

 

  9:00     Update by LDI Members on Activities                                                                                  

  Moderator – Gerald ÒCartyÓ Monette, Senior Advisor, QEM Network

Former President, Turtle Mountain College, and

Former TCUP Program Director, NSF

 

  9:45     Potential Opportunities and Challenges in Dealing with Tribal Leaders                   

               James Rowland, QEM Consultant

 

10:15    Break

 

10:30    How to Conduct a SWOT Analysis of the STEM-focused Campus Project Activities Proposed

by LDI Members [SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis of

the Projects described in draft Proposals prepared in the interim between Sessions I and II]

               Patrick Weasel Head, Graduate School Sloan Grant Cultural Liaison Former Director

                              School of Education LETTERS Advisor, The University of Montana-Missoula

 

11:15    Concurrent Sessions on SWOT Analysis of STEM-focused Campus Project Activities

by Focus Area Breakout Groups                                                               Locations to be Announced

 

                              Focus Area                                                                      Facilitator

                              Science                                                                           Costello Brown

                              Mathematics                                                                    J. Arthur Jones

                              Technology                                                                     Shirley McBay

                              Language and Culture                                                      Althea Burns

      Outreach                                                                        Carty Monette

NOON/PM

12:00    Working Lunch                                                                                                                               Atrium

Table Discussions: Reflections on Potential Challenges and Opportunities

                                                  in Dealing with Tribal Leaders

               Table Discussion Leaders:

                          Perry Charley, DinŽ College

                          Alyce Spotted Bear, Fort Berthold Community College

                          Kimberly Williams, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Interior-Aleutian Campus

                          J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

  Holly Youngbear-Tibbits, Dean of External Relations

         College of Menominee Nation

  Patrick Weasel Head, The University of Montana-Missoula

  Carty Monette, QEM Network

 

   1:30    The Role of Tribal College Leaders in Addressing Disparities in Health Affecting

Native Populations                                                                                                       La Ventana

   James Rowland, QEM Consultant

 

    2:00   Proposal Development: Review of Basic Components

 

    Rationale, Goals, Objectives, and Strategies  - Costello Brown

    Project Timelines – Althea Burns

                Project Management – Carty Monette

    Budget and Budget Justification – Shirley McBay  

    Dissemination, Evaluation, and Sustainability Plans – Holly Youngbear-Tibbits

 

    3:45   Break

 

    4:00   Examining Leadership Models

               Holly Youngbear-Tibbits, College of Menominee Nation

 

 

    5:30   Break

 

    6:00   Working Dinner                                                                                                                         Occitillo II

               Informal Discussion, by Focus Area, of LPI responses

                              Table Discussion Leaders: Costello Brown, Althea Burns,  J. Arthur Jones,

                                                                                 Shirley McBay, and Carty Monette

 

Overnight Assignment: Participants Revise their Proposals and Update their Individual

Leadership Development Plans (ILDPs) from Session I, based

on their LPI Assessment and SWOT Analysis

              


 

Saturday, February 7

 

AM

  8:30   Leading Change: The Necessity for Change, The Change Process,

Resistance to Change, Assessing Readiness for Change                                                    La Ventana

               Loretta DeLong, Superintendent, Taos Municipal Schools (NM)

 

10:00    Break

 

10:15    Leading Change (continued): Short-term Tangible Wins, Acknowledging and

Building on Success, Collaborative Planning, and Sustainability

               Loretta DeLong, Taos Municipal Schools

 

               Self-Assessment of Leadership Competencies

               Loretta DeLong, Taos Municipal Schools

PM

12:30    Working Lunch – Table Discussions: What LDI Members are doing/can do to

Further Address Disparities in Education Affecting Native Populations               Atrium

               Table Discussion Leaders: Merle Brave, Oglala Lakota College

      Erin Thomas, College of Menominee Nation

                                                      Jared Ribble, Navajo Technical College

                                                      Kaleialoha Noguchi, University of Hawaii at Hilo

      Shonna Dominguez, Little Big Horn College

 

  2:00     Discussion by Participants of Steps they will take to ensure that their Proposals

are Highly Competitive                                                                                            La Ventana

               Carty Monette, QEM Network, Moderator

 

  3:15     Developing Individual Portfolios in the Interim between Sessions II and III

               Patrick Weasel Head, The University of Montana-Missoula

 

  4:00     Talking Circle

 

  4:30     Closing Prayer and Adjournment