Health Sciences Senior Leadership Academy
The Health Sciences Senior Leadership Academy (HSSLA) has been designed to support the professional and personal development of UT Health Science Center’s senior faculty and staff leaders. Designed to have a synergistic relationship with other internal and external individual and group leadership development offerings, a primary focus of HSSLA is to increase institutional leadership capacity among senior leaders at UT Health Science Center while generating a common and shared frame of reference for core skills required for leading in a complex and sophisticated state-wide academic health sciences environment.
Program Details
The Health Sciences Senior Leadership Academy (HSSLA) is a 5-month program that is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills, and experiences of current senior leaders who represent the academic and administrative units of the UT Health Science Center.
No more than 20 individuals representing the breadth of UT Health Science Center’s academic and administrative units will be selected to participate as a cohort in the first installment of the HSSLA.
During this program, participants will learn about UT Health Science Center’s operations and leadership, refine and enhance their leadership skills, and engage with key leaders representing diverse perspectives across core institutional areas.
The goals of the Health Sciences Senior Leadership Academy are to:
- Enhance personal and professional growth together
- Cultivate leadership among inclusive cohorts
- Enhance appreciation of leadership competencies
- Develop more effective communications
- Increase awareness of and competencies for managing organizational risks
- Develop further skills in personnel / human resources and conflict management
- Increase institutional capacity for Strategic Planning
- Increase institutional cohesion, human capital, and succession planning
- Increase leadership engagement and involvement with key community leaders and advocates for UT Health Science Center
Program Snapshot
- Program Length: 5 months
- Session Schedule: Biweekly on Mondays, 3:30 – 7:00 pm
- Participants: Senior faculty and staff leaders (maximum 20)
- Application Deadline: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Notification of Selection: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Program Start Date: January 13, 2025
Session Information
Sessions will be held on Mondays from 3:30 – 7:00 pm, with 6:00 – 7:00 pm being reserved for networking, conversation and dinner.
Application Details
Senior faculty and staff leaders from any health sciences college or central administrative unit are eligible to apply.
A completed application, a current resume or CV, and a letter of support from the applicant’s supervisor are required.
The 2025 program application and nomination period opens on Friday, November 1, 2024 and closes on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
Information Needed for Application
- Name of Applicant
- Personnel Number
- Name of College or Administrative Unit
- Name of Direct Supervisor
- Name of Dean of College or Vice Chancellor of Administrative Unit
- Number of Years at UT Health Science Center
- Describe your motivation for participating in HSSLA and how it aligns with your leadership development goals. Include specific leadership challenges you hope to address during the program
- Brief description of current senior leadership position as well as most recent prior leadership experiences (including dates)
- Statement of commitment to an academic career
- Supervisor support for participation
Letter of Support from Supervisor
The supervisor should email the letter of support by November 27, 2024 to afsa@uthsc.edu. This letter should:
- Briefly describe the applicant’s strengths
- State what you expect the applicant to gain by participation in the HSSLA
- State your expectations regarding the applicant’s career focus
- Indicate that, if accepted into the HSSLA, the applicant will be supported to attend all sessions and engage in other formal activities associated with the program
- Describe your commitment to supporting the applicant in their leadership journey
Selection Criteria
Participants will be selected by the campus Executive Leadership team with applications judged on the following aspects:
- Full-time faculty or staff leaders who have been in a leadership position for 7 to 10 years.
- Clear commitment to continuing in an academic career.
- Strong personal statement indicating how participation in the HSSLA will enhance leadership skills and support career advancement in the health sciences.
- Commitment to attending all sessions in the program.
- Strength of the letter of support.