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Project Teams Created as a Result of Leadership Institute Retreat

Ann Herrmann, CEO of Herrmann International leads a group debriefing on thinking styles for the members of the Leadership Institute.

The 16 members of A-B Tech's first Leadership Institute cohort met in October at a retreat to create four teams and projects to enhance employee and student success.

The project "Culture Connections" is being developed by Jennifer Browning, English Instructor; Melissa Quinley, Developmental Studies Chair; Debbie Whisenant, Nursing Instructor and Russ Yelton, Entrepreneurial Ventures and Business Incubator Executive Director.

"It involves developing a model for cultural connections between A-B Tech students and students in similar programs internationally. Our desire is that the program would serve as a model for the incorporation of global education. We would work with an initial cohort to develop cultural understanding, establish relationships and learn about educational programs offered in other countries," Whisenant said.

The Shadow Project consists of team members Kim Caraway, Secretary; Jennifer Hill, ESL Coordinator; Aidan Hoyal, Spanish Instructor and Jill McNabb, Associate Registrar. "The Shadow Project is a job-shadowing program that will encompass all campuses. Faculty and staff will have the opportunity to shadow colleagues in different departments, learning from each other and becoming better resources for our community. For example, a nursing instructor might spend the day with an ESL administrator. A Human Resources secretary could experience a day in the life of a Student Success Advocate. A maintenance worker at the Madison campus could ride along with a campus security officer. The Shadow Project will expose us to areas on campus outside our own, help us meet each other, and let us learn how we each contribute to the college's dedication to student success," McNabb said.

The SuccessLine project created the tagline: "Be informed with SuccessLine." Team members are Veronica Dooly, Business Computer Technologies Instructor; Cris Harshman, Educational Technology Coordinator; Melissa Hyatt, Medical Lab Technology Chair and Elizabeth Williams, Software Support Specialist.

"As a college, we sometimes assume our students know information important to be successful at A-B Tech. In reality, not only do many students not know how to use student e-mail or where to apply for financial aid, some do not even know who to ask. The SuccessLine project will empower student success by first discovering and collecting the basic, fundamental information all students should know, then distributing this information in several different formats, including a printed brochure and booklet, an electronic version available at the website, a collection of video clips and a collection of small Frequently Asked Question-style tidbits available for use in other printed materials. The less effort our students spend on learning how to be A-B Tech students, the more effort they can spend on education," said Harshman.

The fourth group of Eugene Pressley, Network Administrator; Cathy Cody, Early Childhood Chair; Jane Headland, Nursing Instructor and Donna Turner, Financial Aid Director, will have their project featured in the next issue of Tech Talk.

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