Transcript Suggestions for Successful College Administration Jack

Suggestions for Successful College
Administration
Presented by Jack Alan Scott
Jack Alan Scott
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Ph.D. American History, CGU
M.div., Yale University
B.A., Abilene Christian University
14th Chancellor Ca. Community Colleges
State Senator 2000-2008
Chair Education Committee
Chair Senate Budget & Fiscal Subcommittee Ed.
State Allocation Board for Education
Legislator of the year:
• California Federation of Teachers
• Assoc. of Ca Comm. College Administrators
• California State University
President Pasadena City College (1987-95)
President of Cypress College (1978-1987)
Dean of Instruction Orange Coast College
Teacher & Administrator Pepperdine U.
Administrators Needed
RETIREMENTS AND TURNOVERS
Administrators Needed
 LEADERSHIP AFFECTS THE DIRECTION OF AN INSTITUTION BY:
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SELECTING PERSONNEL
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IMPLEMENTING POLICY
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INITIATING NEW DIRECTIONS
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SOLVING PROBLEMS
The Environment
 “There are many sins that a board of trustees will forgive,
but failing to balance the budget is not one of them.” –Bill
Banowsky
 UNDERSTANDING THE STATE ENVIRONMENT
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THE BUDGET SITUATION
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The Environment
 UNDERSTANDING A PARTICULAR COLLEGE’S
ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
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EVERY COLLEGE HAS ITS HISTORY AND CULTURE
CHANGE CAN OCCUR, BUT ONLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE
COLLEGE’S CULTURE
Effective Communication
 “What we have here is a failure to communicate.”
Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke
Effective Communication
 VALUE OF GOOD LISTENING
 “A wise old owl lived in an oak,
the more he saw, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Why can’t we be like that wise old bird?”
 PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
 TIPS ON EFFECTIVE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Optimism
 “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, but an
optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”
Winston Churchill
 CREATE A VISION
 “Where
there is no vision, the people perish.”
Proverbs 29:18
 “You’ve
got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the
negative, latch on to the affirmative and don’t mess with
Mr. In-between.
Johnny Mercer
Admit Mistakes (if and when you make them)
 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE MARCH OF FOLLY
By Barbara Tuchman
 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES
 “You got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em.”
Kenny Rogers
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“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging!”
Will Rogers
Choosing Personnel
 “And the first opinion which one
forms of a prince, and of his understanding,
is by observing the men he has around him,
because he has known how to recognize
the capable and to keep the faithful.”
The Prince –Machiavelli
 HOW TO RECRUIT
 GOOD PROCEDURES IN PERSONNEL SELECTION
 AVOIDING FAVORITISM
Exercising Discipline
 “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
Harry Truman
 THE NECESSITY OF DISCIPLINE
 THE BENEFITS OF DISCIPLINE
 THE PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW IN DISCIPLINE
 PITFALLS TO AVOID
The Blind Leading the Blind
Pieter Bruegel
The Art of Anticipation
 THE ART OF ANTICIPATION
 “Don’t let a small blaze become a raging fire.”
 SPOTTING POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
 TECHNIQUES THAT AID ANTICIPATION
 AVOID DEFENSIVENESS
It’s About The Students
The End