A glimpse at Glenn's events Let me start this week’s article with a thank you to all of Lakeland’s tour guides. I regularly bring MLAs, cabinet ministers, ministry officials and others for tours of Lakeland to show everyone what we do and how we do it. Last week’s tour was for three Alberta Advanced Education ministry officials including Deputy Minister Annette Trimbee, Assistant Deputy Minister Connie Harrison and Director of Policy Theresa Vladicka. Everyone was impressed with the atmosphere and the attitude of Lakeland’s staff and students. Our tour guides, Denis Cunninghame, Josie Van Lent, Roxene Lockhart, Lawrence Hess, Randy Fines and Jeff Dustow, did their usual wonderful job in showing off the great things we are doing. My thanks to all of you and to all the staff and students that left such a favourable impression on our guests. Last week I attended the joint Board Chairs and Presidents meetings of Alberta’s colleges and technical institutes. ADM Connie Harrison was there and she shared with the group the government’s financial picture. Of particular interest is that the grant money we receive from the Alberta government is not going down. On the other hand, it is not going up either. Current projections are for status quo grants for the next two years and likely beyond. Tuition levels are set to increase .35 per cent for the year 20112012 and .75 per cent for 2012-2013. So, while this is not great news, we are not looking at revenue reductions and we have some clear direction for the fast approaching budget planning meetings. Upcoming events on my calendar include: • Strategic plan action committee quarterly meeting • Meeting with the consulting team reviewing Saskatchewan’s regional colleges • Regular senior planning and executive team meetings • Fall tourism luncheon • November Board of Governors meeting • Employee Recognition and Green & Gold Awards • Annual Board retreat Hope to see everyone at awards night.
Glenn Charlesworth President, Lakeland College
Webinars offer more PD opportunities for staff
Come for cake, we're 97!
The staff professional development committee has purchased webinars for staff on several topics. Sessions are presented by National Seminars Training, a division of Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center. Webinar details are in Public Folders/Staff Professional Development and in the internal training calendar. Topics and dates are below. Sessions run noon to 1:15 pm. Call ext. 8624 for room location. Nov. 18 A Manager’s Guide to Communicating Unpopular Decisions & Changes Nov. 22 How to Give Effective Performance Feedback to Employees Nov. 23 Next Generation of Customer Service: Up-to-Date Tips for Keeping Your Customers Satisfied Nov. 29 The Working Woman’s Guide to Creating Balance & Letting Go of Stress Dec. 1 Time Management Tips Dec. 6 Microsoft Outlook Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Dec. 14 Photoshop Shortcuts and Tips for Beginners If you’d like to attend, please email training@lakelandcollege.ca. Innovation project facilitator Janice Aughey also offers in-house training for staff and faculty for SmartBoards and other classroom technology. To learn more, email her at janice. aughey@lakelandcollege.ca or call her at ext. 8491.
Lakeland College turns 97 years old Wednesday, Nov. 17 and you're invited to join us for cake to celebrate! Birthday cake will be served at the Vermilion campus and the Lloydminster campus in the main hallway from 10 am to 2 pm. The festivities will also help set the mood as we prepare for the college's upcoming centennial which occurs in 2013.
Job shadow opportunity open to Lakeland staff Want to be someone else for a day? How about walking in someone else’s shoes? Here’s your chance. Lakeland College is working to develop job shadowing opportunities at Lakeland College to give individuals the chance to spend half a day working with another colleague in another college department. If you’re interested, please email Darla Stepanick (darla.stepanick@lakelandcollege. ca) or call ext. 8419 and tell her your name, your current position and department, along with the desired position and department you'd like to job shadow.
A Lakeland minute Available in Outlook’s Public Folders are minutes from the Strategic Planning Action Committee meeting held October 4. Also available is a template for sharing information about upcoming events and unit functions from the September meeting of the administration assistants. The template is available in Outlook Public folders. Click on Lakeland Documents/ Administrative Assistants. The group’s next meeting is January 19, 2011.