Survey results - Provision of professional development
Only twenty-seven percent of respondents identified the provision of opportunities for professional development in distributed leadership. Forty percent of the responses identified the direct involvement of the Institutional Learning and Teaching Unit, and only eight percent of respondents identified the availability of formal training in distributed leadership. Forty percent of responses stated that facilitation for collective activities was available, and twenty percent of responses stated that mentoring for participants was available.
On the other hand, several quotes illustrate examples of professional development opportunities:
- Leaders of action-learning projects have been provided with a half-day workshop on leading change (specifically on how to engage others in a change initiative) and another half of a 2-hour workshop plus support in reflecting and documenting on the leadership challenges in their projects.
- Each project team also has a senior academic involved to provide mentorship as well as a critical friend, a member of SaMnet's steering committee who checks in every month or two to provide advice.
