NCGS Strategic Leadership Institute for Experienced Women Educators
Dates: November 19 - 21, 2008
Place: 409 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Program Fee: NCGS Members: $2,800; nonmembers: $3,100
Application deadline: September 10, 2008
NCGS is proud to offer an innovative professional development opportunity in conjunction with the Simmons School of Management. This inventive and immersive program will help you further strengthen your leadership practices, to think and act strategically, and position your school for success in an increasingly competitive marketplace. The women's-only learning environment will provide you with a unique opportunity to learn from, and engage with, other senior school leaders.
Who Should Attend
- Heads of Schools
- Associate Heads
- Senior Administrators (e.g. Director of Development, Dean of Faculty, Dean of Students, Director of Admission, Business Manager)
- Leadership Teams
You Will Gain
- Leading-edge knowledge on leadership practices in today's organizations
- Awareness of individual leadership strengths and developmental needs
- Tools and practical strategies to present with power, authenticity, and confidence
- A strategic framework to align your school's mission, strategies and long term goals with a focus on business results and emerging opportunities
- Negotiating skills that emphasize 'mutual gains' outcomes
- A network of other high-achieving professional women with whom to explore best practices, cultivate ideas, and share experiences
Expert Faculty
Our faculty are experts in teaching women, frontrunners in cutting-edge research on leadership, while also achieving real-world success as national and international business leaders. Click on the faculty name for more information on the NCGS SLI team:
Dr. Stacy Blake-Beard
Associate Professor
Research Faculty, Center for Gender and Organizations
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dr. Cynthia Ingols
Associate Professor
Ed.D., Harvard University
Saj-nicole Joni
Affiliated Faculty
Ph.D., University of San Diego
Dr. Sylvia Maxfield
Associate Professor
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Gender in Organizations
Ph.D., Harvard University
Holly Weeks
Affiliated Faculty
Fiona Wilson
Instructor
D.B.A. Candidate, Boston University
M.B.A., Simmons College
Program fee includes:
- Classroom instruction
- Materials
- Reception/dinner Wednesday
- Continental breakfasts
- Lunches
Admissions Process
Applications are due no later than September 10. The committee will review each application, and then send acceptance notifications by October 1. Please do not book non-refundable travel until you are notified that your application has been accepted. Click here to download the application.
Cancellation Policy
The cancellation policy for program registration is as follows:
- 6 or more weeks prior to the program: 100% refund of
- 5 weeks prior to the program: 50% refund
- 4 weeks or less prior to the program: no refund
Accommodations
Discounted hotel accommodations are available at the Eliot Hotel, http://www.eliothotel.com/ or 617-267-1607. Simmons has reserved a block of rooms, but it will be up to participants to make reservations directly with the hotel. When calling the Eliot Hotel, please mention you are attending the NCGS/Simmons program. Participants will be responsible for their individual hotel payment.
If you have any questions about the program, please call NCGS at (978) 287-4485, or e-mail ncgs@ncgs.org.
About the School of Management
The mission of the Simmons School of Management is to educate women for power and leadership. More than 4,500 women have been trained for positions of leadership through the school's MBA and Executive Education programs in the last 25 years. Simmons’ approach enables organizations and managers to better understand gender issues and to implement practices that maximize the contributions of both men and women as they contribute to gender equality and organizational effectiveness.
Simmons School of Management has proven experience delivering custom executive education to a wide range of industries including finance, consulting services, media, government, natural resources, manufacturing and science. Current custom clients include Time Warner, Verizon, Deloitte, Dana Farber, and the Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research (a consortium of not-for-profit research organizations). For more about the SOM, visit http://www.simmons.edu/som
About the NCGS
The National Coalition of Girls' Schools represents more than 130 single-sex schools for girls in the United States, with affiliates in Canada, Great Britian, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Currently, more than 50,000 girls attend NCGS member schools in the United States alone.
Working with its member schools, NCGS maintains a public website promoting girl-conscious education, creates publications designed to enhance girls' educational opportunities, sponsors conferences on topics relating to girls and their learning, conducts research and collects data to measure the value of all-girl schools, collaborates with like-minded girls' and women's organizations, and popmotes and supports diversity.
Visit the NCGS website at www.ncgs.org for additional resources, including NCGS publications, facts about girls' schools, recommended reading and web links, as well as tips for girls, parents and teachers.
"For more than a decade, NCGS has defined the conversations in the field of girls' education. With this partnership, NCGS and Simmons School of Management will extend the dialogue to women's leadership in our schools. There is no better way to model the leadership we envision for our students while ensuring that our schools have access to institutional and individual best practices."
Margaret Broad, Head,St. Margaret's School