CCCS Launches New Leadership Academy for Employees

The Colorado Community College System is proud to welcome its first Leadership Academy cohort. The academy is an eleven-month professional development program for interested employees, including faculty, classified staff, and administrators from all CCCS colleges, the system office, and CCCOnline. The Academy was designed with an emphasis on developing the leader from within.

“Cultivating campus and system-level leaders is one of the most important elements of fulfilling our mission to students and communities across Colorado,” said Joe Garcia, chancellor of the Colorado Community College System. “The CCCS Leadership Academy Program provides an opportunity to engage in deep self-reflection and a critical understanding of leadership competencies and professional talents that are important for our aspiring college and system leaders. I am grateful to those that applied and send my sincerest congratulations to our first-year cohort.”

The Academy includes a class retreat and consists of half and full-day sessions of learning modules, discussions, and practical applications of leadership and personal development principles with an emphasis on self-awareness.  In addition, participants will work with a mentor to achieve an individualized leadership development plan.

Special thank you to the planning committee.
Thank you to CCCS’s Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs for their time and talent on this project. Planning committee members include: Dr. Josh Baker, Pikes Peak Community College; Linda Comeaux, Red Rocks Community College; Todd Ecklund, Pueblo Community College; Ruthanne K. Orihuela, Community College of Denver; and Keith Peterson, Colorado Northwestern Community College. Special thank you to the planning chair, Dr. Sarah Heath, Colorado Community College System.

CCCS Leadership Academy cohort includes: