Welcome to the Leadership Academy for Middle Managers A Service of the

Welcome to the Leadership Academy for Middle Managers A Service of the Children’s Bureau, a Member of the T/TA Network

With your partner Name, agency, location, and tenure with child welfare? This will be a worthwhile experience if . . . Thinking about this five-day experience, I’m most curious about . . . What is the topic of your Change Initiative? Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA 2

Introductions Name, agency, location, and tenure with child welfare? What is the topic of your Change Initiative? 3 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

NCWWI Purpose Build the capacity of the nation’s child welfare workforce and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families through activities that support the development of skilled child welfare leaders. 4 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

Goal of Training To develop leadership skills for sustainable systems change to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families. 5 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

NCWWI Leadership Model 6 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

Fundamental Competencies Continuous Learning Effective Communication Initiative Interpersonal Relations Integrity/Honesty Resilience Personal Leadership Social Responsibility 7 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

The Five Days Day 1: Foundations of Leadership Day 2: Leading Change Day 3: Leading in Context Day 4: Leading for Results & Leading People Day 5: Leading for Sustainable Systems Change Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org 8 A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

Learning Activities Change Initiatives (Individual & Group) Personal Development Plan Leadership Experiences Coaching Learning Circles 9 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

NCWWI Approach: Peer-to-Peer Networks Create a platform for information sharing and dissemination of best practices across groups in child welfare Support transfer of knowledge and skills across supervisor and mid-manager training and social work traineeships, including at least 25 peer networks Use peer networks as a strategy to market products and findings from the NCWWI 10 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

Training Evaluation Individual change initiative analysis Participant reaction Pre-training/post-training competency self-assessment Focus groups 11 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA

Logistics Please check in with [ NAME ] W-9/ACH form Signed photo release Take stamped envelope to send final receipts to us Breakfast/lunch/snacks provided 12 Leadership Academy for Middle Managers * www.ncwwi.org A Service of the Children's Bureau, a Member of the T/TA