Presentation at NASPA Leadership Educators Institute 2016 Long Beach, CA Dec 12, 2016

1. Living Leadership: Designing
flexible leadership
development experiences for
community college students
Monday, 12/12/16 - 9:00 a.m.
Location: Nieto
Stephanie Quirk, College of DuPage
Chuck Steele, College of DuPage

2. College of DuPage
 Community College
 Approximately 27,000
students (single campus)
 100% Commuter campus
 9 degrees & 170 certificates
in 52 areas of study
 Roughly 20% of students
already have a BA or higher
 Fulltime Credit Students:
9,811 (2,064 First-time) /
Part-time credit students:
18,867

3. Office of Student Life
 The Office of Student Life at College of DuPage is
dedicated to building community and educating students
to live a life of leadership.
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4. Overview
 Objectives
 Theory
 Philosophy
 History
 Practice
 Strategies

5. Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able
to:
 Consider an alternative format of delivering
leadership development experiences
 Integrate aspects of flexible design into
leadership development programs at home
institutions

6. Pair and Share
 Why did you decide to attend this session?
 What are some of the challenges you face in
delivering leadership development opportunities
to your students?
 Does the leadership development program have
flexible aspects included such as rolling admission
or completion options?

7. Theoretical Underpinnings
 Social Change Model
 Leadership development as process
Self-knowledge, leadership competence,
positive social change
Individual, group, community/society levels
 Positive psychology - StrengthsQuest
 Positive leadership / energy
 Assessed: Leadership Identity Development Model

8. Video

9. Living Leadership Program
Philosophy
 Three Tenets of Leadership
 Active participation in
life & communities
 Appreciation of multiple
perspectives
 Engaging in conscious
decision-making
 Positive Impact

10. Leadership Development History
1998-2004
• Workshop
Series
• Skills
Emphasis
2005-2009
• Workshop
Series
• Experiential
Emphasis
2010-2012
• Formal
Program
• 1 year
• Cohort-
based

11. Current Program Overview
 Co-curricular option
 Rolling admission
 Currently enrolled
 In good standing
 Minimum 2.0 GPA
 Self-paced
 Flexible format
 Phases
 Options to complete requirements

12. Living Leadership Program 2012-2016
Phase 1
 Actively participate in
campus life
 Complete 5 leadership
development
opportunities
 Complete all Phase 1
reflection guides and
submit a portfolio
Phase 2
 Continue active
participation
 3 additional leadership
development
opportunities
 Leadership Development
class
 16 hours of service-
learning
 Submit final portfolio with
reflections

13. Practice: Programming Series
Keys to Leadership Success
Club & Organization
Leadership Development
Leadership for Social Change
Leadership through
Film & Documentary

14. Living Leadership by the Numbers
2010/11 to 2015/16
120 Events
~1,461 Student
Attendees
300 Formal
Sign Ups
90
Portfolios

15. Flexible Design
 Switching to rolling admission
 Offer options to customize the experience
 Develop partnerships
 Faculty advisor support
 Collaborative planning with other areas on campus
 Pulling in campus experts
 Strategies
 Calling the meeting
 Embedding with faculty committees

16. Reflection
 Could any of the strategies presented be adapted
to your campus?
 What would some of your challenges be in
building in flexibility for students?
 Do you have other ideas on how to approach
integrating more flexibility into your current
programs?

17. Questions & Possibly Some Answers
Chuck Steele
Manager of Student Life
steelec@cod.edu
630-942-2642
Stephanie Quirk
Coordinator of Student Life,
Leadership Development
quirks@cod.edu
630-942-2647
@stephsquirks