Greetings Learning Assistance Colleagues, 

This online space will serve as a discussion and resource space for conversations related to Leadership in College Learning Centers.  We are launching this as part of the NCLCA 2018 Institute as a platform for ongoing leadership development for those who attend the Institute in June.  We plan to invite all of our fellow NCLCA members to join us after the close of the Institute.

Leading up to the Institute, your mentors spent time exploring the literature on leadership. While we are together in Cincinnati, we will be working to help apply that theory in practical ways to those who lead college learning centers.  

One of the key themes that arose in our review of the more current literature is an emphasis on knowing yourself as a leader.  The majority of leadership literature emphasizes the importance of this reflective step. Some of the theoretical frameworks we will be using for this work will include Emotional Intelligence, the Let Me Learn Process®, Servant Leadership and a framework for leadership communication. 

In order to gain the most from the Institute, below you will find several resources to explore before you arrive.   

Emotional Intelligence for Leaders

Click HERE for a great video will help us to explore the basics of Emotional Intelligence. 

Let Me Learn Process®

At the core of leadership is the ability to work well with other people, hence many resources about leadership apply personality-based models.  Instead, we recommend this science-based metacognitive system that offers a different perspective. The Let Me Learn Process® helps you learn to lead and supervise with greater success by truly understanding yourself, your employees and colleagues, and the people who lead you. 

The beginning of this process involves a brief assessment called the Learning Connections Inventory (LCI).  It is embedded in an APP called the Personal Learning Coach.  Institute attendees will receive a password for this APP in an email; others can purchase access for a nominal fee.  Click HERE to access the Personal Learning Coach.

Happy learning from your mentors,

Patricia Maher, Institute Chair

David Reedy, Mentor and NCLCA Treasurer

Michael Frizell, Mentor and NCLCA President

Kathleen Volk, Mentor and WCLCA President