Sustaining an institutional first year experience strategy: a distributed leadership approach

McKenzie, J; Egea, KH

Sustaining an institutional first year experience strategy: a distributed leadership approach

McKenzie, J

Egea, KH

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Publisher:: Jason Thomas Events Pty Ltd
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: STARS Handbook and Proceedings, 2015, pp. 1 - 10
Issue Date:: 2015-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	McKenzie, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-4366	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Egea, KH	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Nelson, K	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Field, R	en_US
dc.date	2015-07-01	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-04-17	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-07-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	STARS Handbook and Proceedings, 2015, pp. 1 - 10	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/44079
dc.description.abstract	Sustainable first year experience (FYE) strategies require systematic approaches that engage academic and professional staff across the institution in improving the student experience. This paper describes a distributed leadership approach to implementing a FYE strategy aimed at improving student success and retention. The approach involves coordination at central and faculty levels, along with university-wide and faculty learning communities for academic and professional staff, first year grants and resource development. The paper outlines the range of activities and analyses them in terms of criteria for distributed leadership, including involvement of people, supportive processes, professional development and availability of resources, combined with the values of trust, a culture of respect, recognising a variety of change inputs and collaborative relationships (Jones et al., 2012). Evidence from coordinator reflections based on these criteria and values is used to illustrate the aspects of the strategy that are working well, and those that need attention.	en_US
dc.publisher	Jason Thomas Events Pty Ltd	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	STARS Handbook and Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Students,Transitions, Achievement, Retention & Success (STARS)	en_US
dc.title	Sustaining an institutional first year experience strategy: a distributed leadership approach	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.location.activity	Melbourne	en_US
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Abstract:

Sustainable first year experience (FYE) strategies require systematic approaches that engage academic and professional staff across the institution in improving the student experience. This paper describes a distributed leadership approach to implementing a FYE strategy aimed at improving student success and retention. The approach involves coordination at central and faculty levels, along with university-wide and faculty learning communities for academic and professional staff, first year grants and resource development. The paper outlines the range of activities and analyses them in terms of criteria for distributed leadership, including involvement of people, supportive processes, professional development and availability of resources, combined with the values of trust, a culture of respect, recognising a variety of change inputs and collaborative relationships (Jones et al., 2012). Evidence from coordinator reflections based on these criteria and values is used to illustrate the aspects of the strategy that are working well, and those that need attention.

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