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Academic Leadership: Opportunities Many opportunities exist at Algonquin College to hone your leadership skills. Whether it involves leading a workshop, representing the college on external committees, coordinating a department, or conducting applied research and publishing the results, Algonquin offers much in the way of professionally challenging activities. Here are examples of some leadership activities taking place on campus: Coordinating a Department Being an academic coordinator can be both rewarding and challenging. To find out more about this leadership role at Algonquin, here is a very interesting article from Rebecca Volk, Coordinator, Police Foundations. Thanks are also extended to Mario Ramsay, Martin Restoule, Marvin Mohring and the folks from the English group- Dianna McAleer, Lee McCoy and Cheryl Cote, all of whom contributed ideas for this article. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mentoring New Faculty Want to consider being a mentor for new faculty at Algonquin? Here are several articles that will get you thinking about this leadership opportunity. • Profile of an Ideal Mentor at Algonquin College If you think you would like to help new faculty by being a mentor or if you are looking for more information about our mentoring program, feel free to contact Christine Foster at the Centre for Organizational Learning . Looking Beyond Algonquin…. The Central Texas College's Mentor Handbook for many good ideas about mentoring new faculty. There is even a checklist here to help you evaluate your readiness to become a mentor to faculty. Many thanks to Wayne Wilson in the School of Business for providing this link. http://facultymentor.blogspot.com/2004_07_01_archive.html -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Applied Research and Academic Publishing Visit Algonquin's Applied Research web site to see how to get involved in applied research and publishing at Algonquin College. http://www.algonquincollege.com/appliedresearch/ Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale (AQPC) is created by a group of educators eager to stimulate pedagogical progress in colleges and upgrade the teaching profession in higher education. The AQPC is an association open to everyone who works in the public college sector. Many of the on-line resources are in english. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sitting on Internal Committees at Algonquin College Periodically there are opportunities for Algonquin Faculty to represent your departments on internal college committees. Some of the Committees that you may want to consider include
and many others. You may want to check out Committee Information under College areas on MyAlgonquin. We hope to hear about the challenges and rewards of this kind of work from some of you soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Representing Algonquin on External Bodies Periodically there are opportunities for Algonquin Faculty to represent the college on external committees. We hope to hear about the challenges and rewards of this kind of work from some of you soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharing your Experience and Expertise with Colleagues There are many opportunities to share your experience and expertise with teaching colleagues here at Algonquin. You may want to think about
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