Officer Academy Programming
We are excited to offer a weekend full of invaluable programming for collegiate chapter officers. For Officer Academy 2020, we partnered with RISE Partnerships to deliver training and education relevant to Executive Committee officers.
Prework for Participants
To prepare for goal-setting and planning work during the event, we ask that all participants gather information about your chapter’s most recent performance in the following areas. Simply take notes in whatever way is convenient for you and bring them with you to Officer Academy.
- Campus & Community Connections
- Campus involvement
- Community involvement through service and philanthropy
- College Panhellenic involvement
- Sisterhood & Belonging
- Genuine and positive relationships among Sisters
- Healthy decision making
- Safety and wellbeing
- Expectations, caring confrontation, and accountability
- Sense of community
- Lifelong Learning
- High academic achievement
- Fostering leadership development
- Operational Excellence
- Successful execution of tasks by established deadlines
- Following National Organization structures, policies, and procedures
- A healthy relationship with your Chapter Support Team
- Asking for help when needed
- Striving to always learn, grow, and Define Excellence
- Alpha Sigma Tau Affinity & Pride
- Proud to be Alpha Sigma Tau and positively representing the experience
- Sharing the Alpha Sigma Tau Sisterhood with all women who meet our values
- Encouraging Sisters to be involved in deep and meaningful ways as collegians and beyond graduation
Topics for the weekend include:
- Setting Direction – establishing a vision and objectives for what you want to achieve as an officer
- Leading Your Team: Engaging Members – understanding how to involve and motivate members in meaningful ways, and how to delegate effectively
- Leading Your Team: Aligning Members – identifying strategies for how to address barriers and common excuses from members, and learning how to adapt chapter operations to get the most from your members
- Project Management – identifying energy suckers and energy generators and learning how to break down big ideas into small, progressive tasks; includes techniques for determining project timelines and mapping your annual calendar
- Alpha Sigma Tau Leadership – learning about all the Alpha Sigma Tau tools, programs, and resources that support your success and productivity as a chapter leader