Abstract
Key elements of an effective professional learning community will be discussed, including readings, peer mentoring, meeting structure, composition, and timing of topics. Presenters will discuss the challenges of their first years as chairs, particularly finding their individual leadership styles and a balance between professional and personal lives.
Keywords: New chairs development, Professional learning community, Mentoring, Professional development for chairs, Cross-disciplinary learning community, Women in the workplace, Women’s leadership, Work and life balance
How to Cite:
Stallings, L., Burke, M., Goldfine, R. A., Kirby, D. L., Nandan, M., Pearcey, S., Porter, K. & Woszczynski, A., (2015) “A Learning Community for New Chairs”, Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings 1(2015).
Publisher Notes
Participants will learn common concerns faced by many chairs when they first assume a leadership role.
Participants will learn about the benefits of a professional learning community for new chairs.
Participants will learn the elements that make a professional learning community successful, including readings, timing of topics, and the structure of meetings.
Participants will learn the impact of the PLC on the participants’ decisions, actions, and leadership style.
Participants will learn the the benefits of an all-female professional learning community for new and newer chairs.
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