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Institute for Professional Development

The Saint Leo UniversityInstitute for Professional

Development

What you need for where you’re goingFounded 1889

welcome.The Saint Leo University

Institute for ProfessionalDevelopment


INDEXMission 1

WhoisSaintLeoUniversity? 1

WhySaintLeo? 2

Resources 2

LeadershipCenter 3

LeadershipDevelopmentforTeachers(LDT) 4

RelationshipsWithSchoolDistricts 4

CriminalJusticeCenter 5

Generational,Culture&DiversityCenter 6

CenterforTestingandCertification 7

ConsultingandCustomCourseDevelopmentServices 7

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By offering non-credit courses, certification and licensure programs, testing and

assessment, The Saint Leo University Institute for Professional Development

provides blended learning opportunities for individuals and organizations seeking

to build their knowledge and skills, increase their productivity and effectiveness and

ensure the capabilities and capacity needed for success in the ever changing and

challenging workplace of the 21st century.

Mission

The Saint Leo University Institute for Professional

Development is dedicated to assisting our clients –

individuals, groups, and organizations - in meeting

their business, professional and career goals by

providing high impact learning opportunities,

recognized subject matter experts, cutting-edge

technology and certifications of value to create end-

to-end professional development solutions.

Leadership Center

• The Leader’s POV™

• The Executive Leader’s POV™

• The Nonprofit Leader’s POV™

• The Emerging Leader’s POV™

• Leadership Development for Teachers

Criminal Justice Center

• Asset Forfeiture

• Executive Certificate in Public Safety

Leadership

Generational, Culture & Diversity Center

• Generational Awareness

• Conversational Language Skills

for the Workplace

• Cultural Awareness and Diversity

Training

Certification and Testing Center

• Professional Certificates

• Non-credit Certification Programs

Who is Saint Leo University?

Saint Leo University has provided world class academic degree programs to

its students since its founding in 1889. Today the university offers 41 academic

programs including some of the most sought after majors you’ll find anywhere.

Our academic mission is straightforward: we are here to help you become a better

you. And we’re confident students will love the person they become here. Saint Leo

University is a proven leader in adult education, and our adult students know we

have what they need for where they are going.

In addition to the traditional University Campus located just 30 miles north of

Tampa and 90 minutes west of Orlando, Saint Leo University offers programs in 41

centers and offices strategically positioned in 7 states: California, Florida, Georgia,

Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. Saint Leo University is one of the

nation’s largest providers of higher education to the military and one of the largest

providers of online education in the country.


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Why Saint Leo?

Founded in 1889, Saint

Leo University is a Catholic,

co-educational, liberal arts

university that welcomes and

serves people of all faiths and

backgrounds. For more than

36 years, the University has

offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs in today’s

most sought after fields.

As working adults, we know what we need to do our jobs. We

know where we have passion about what we do, and want to

learn more about that - to become recognized as an organizational

asset when it comes to a particular subject, process, skill or talent.

We also know that we are competing for jobs, for promotions, for

pay raises, and for recognition. Some have degrees, others don’t,

some have many years of field experience, others don’t. It’s hard

to stand out in the crowd - to rise above at the right time, for the

right opportunity.

Adding recognized professional certifications of value to your

resume is one way to do just that. When undertaking non-credit

learning, you really want to trust your provider - will they provide

you with the kind of quality learning experience that is going to

make a difference? Will they provide that learning in a way that

makes sense to you - your current work schedule, your family

obligations, and the rest of your life? Saint Leo has long been one of

the premier providers of Online, Distance Learning, and Weekend

& Evening Programs for degree-seeking students.

Not a degree seeking student, but want to continue to advance

in your chosen field? We think we have something of value to

assist you in meeting your goal. Take a look at some of our current

offerings and know that we are constantly adding more to meet the

needs of our world - your world of work.

Resources

Our team of experts bring many years of experience in the areas of:

• Fortune 500 Organizational Services Consulting

• Instructional Design

• Web-Based Learning Development

• Graphic Arts and Multimedia

• Project Management

• Subject Matter Experts, With Significant Field Experience

• Technology

• Assessment and Evaluation

• Coaching and Mentoring

Saint Leo University leverages cutting-edge technology to assist

your efforts to reduce costs of training while maintaining the

highest standards of learning.

Founded in 1889


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The Centers at the Saint Leo University Institute for Professional Development

Leadership Center

Leader’s POV™ Programs

The Leader’s POV™ programs provide a highly engaging learning

experience that helps participants define, refine and clearly

articulate an individualized, strong leadership point of view

(POV). Through assignments and activities designed to increase

awareness, lead to exploration, improve the leader’s ability to direct

and ensure action, the Leader’s POV™ programs equip leaders

with information and skills they need to effectively and fully lead

their organizations in a way that is consistent with that leader’s

point of view.

Leader’s POV™

A blended learning program that includes pre-session assignments

and assessments, 24 classroom hours and three post-clasroom

virtual activities. Participants will be seasoned leaders with

significant responsibilities for people, budgets and results who

are seeking an opportunity to re-vitalize and re-charge their own

leadership.

Emerging Leader’s POV™

A blended learning program that includes pre-session assignments

and assessments, 24 classroom hours and three post-clasroom

virtual activities. Participants will be individual contributors,

managers or persons newly promoted to a leadership responsibility,

and who are seeking to discover and develop their leadership

abilities and define the leader they intend to be.

The Institute also offers industry specific versions of each program

model (i.e. Nonprofit Executive Leader’s POV™; Faith Based

Leader’s POV™; or Emerging Leader’s POV™ for Healthcare.) and

will customize the program for clients seeking a closed enrollment

program.

The Executive Leader’s POV™

An invitation only, one-day guided discussion during which chief

executives will share how their individual point of view impacts

their response to trends and issues facing today’s organizations.

© CODA Partners

LEADERSHIPMODEL

AWARENESS• Self

• Others

• Culture

• Conditions

• Challenges

EXPLORATION• Conceptual Clarity

• Best Practices

• Proven Approaches

• Promising Solutions

• Innovations

DIRECTION• Vision

• Communicating Desire State

• Methods

• Strategy

ACTION• Execution

• Delegation

• Accountability

• Tracking

• Evaluations

• Adjustments

ACTION EXPLORATION

AWARENESS

DIRECTION

POV

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Leadership Development for Teachers (LDT)

Is a 45 -hour blended classroom and web-based

professional development course consisting of 18

classroom hours, 20 hours of web-based activity

(2 hours per week for 10 weeks) and 7 hours of

job-embedded application of course concepts.

The LDT course is designed to meet the needs of teachers who

have a desire to engage in developing their leadership knowledge

and skills in order to improve student outcomes. Three broad

components of the course include Personal Assessment, School

Context, and Influencing Strategies. The course is designed to

be highly interactive and to provide teachers with opportunities

to focus within and beyond their own individual classrooms.

Participation in an on-going team situation enables teachers to

give and receive feedback and develop collegial relationships.

• Teachers engage in a series of self-assessment activities.

• Teachers explore and apply the concepts of teacher leadership to gain understanding of school improvement and change.

• Teachers develop plans for classroom or school change, carry out Influencing Action Plans and prepare to affect change in their professional settings.

• Teachers envision what is and what could be in their classrooms and schools while gaining knowledge of the complexity of change.

• Teachers develop influencing strategies as they practice and receive feedback on impact and influencing skills.

• Teachers select and present viewpoints on current issues related to school change.

• Teachers gain the skills to handle conflict pro-actively and to reach agreements with colleagues on current school issues.

• Teachers develop a Leadership Log as a reflective activity to examine their past, present, and future leadership.

• Teachers practice new leadership roles as recorders, reporters, and facilitators of small group meetings.

Relationships With School Districts

Saint Leo University enjoys collaborative relationships with over

25 school districts, and numerous private schools, including

formal partnerships for leadership development and informal

collaborations to address the needs of local school districts,

university teacher preparation programs, and K-12 student

learning. University faculty members regularly serve on school

district committees, panels, and school boards. Likewise, local

school district leaders regularly serve as Saint Leo University adjunct

faculty members, teaching both graduate and undergraduate

courses and serving in advisory capacities for continuous program

improvement. Graduates from the Education Department of Saint

Leo University are recognized in their districts as teacher leaders

and outstanding administrators.

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Criminal Justice Center

The Department of Criminal Justice has been offering its traditional

academic and professional courses to meet the individual needs

of our students for over 40 years using a wide range of student

friendly delivery formats.

Criminal Justice is an occupation that continues to offer growth

among the private sector, federal, state and local agencies. Today,

we find the more successful criminal justice employee is one who

embraces lifelong learning opportunities.

Our difference is our faculty who are experienced practitioners

who have extensive backgrounds in Criminal Justice and remain

committed to providing the most innovative and applied approach

to educating students at all levels. Our creative specializations in

the field remain popular and in high demand among all levels

within Criminal Justice.

We seek out contemporary emerging trends designed to meet

the needs and demands found in a complex global world. Our

certification programs offer students the opportunity to complete a

series of unique program topics from management-leadership, to

developing investigative skills in flexible formats designed to save

costs and time.

Saint Leo University embraces the opportunity to offer its rich

traditional history of practitioner faculty with real world experience

to the forefront of offering these professional development courses.

Our focus is innovation. In keeping with global emerging trends and

career opportunities in criminal justice, the faculty have identified

a series of courses that provide students with the ability to obtain

certification in a wide range of exciting and cutting edge topics.

As an added benefit for students who enroll in our Professional

Development courses, we offer the input and recommendations

of experts in all the course disciplines as well as the legal analysis

from Circuit Court Judges, Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys to

aid in the investigation and prosecution of violations of law.

We are pleased to offer the following certifications:

• Administrative and Regulatory Law

• Anti-Money Laundering Investigator

• Asset Forfeiture Investigator (flagship program)

• Bioterrorist Investigator

• Clandestine Operations

• Commodity Diversion Investigator

• Confidential Source Recruitment Investigator

• Corporate Assets Protection Investigator

• Criminal Intelligence Analyst

• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Investigator

• Cybercrimes Investigator

• Executive Certificate in Public Safety Leadership

• Expert Witness Certification

• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

• Fraud Investigator (concentrations in financial crimes)

• Global Transnational Crimes Investigator

• Health Care Fraud Investigator

• Intellectual Property Crimes Investigator

• Internal Affairs Investigator

• International Smuggling Investigator

• Interstate Theft and Stolen Property

• Law Enforcement Manager

• Law Enforcement Planner

• Maritime Security Investigator

• Pharmaceutical Drug Diversion Investigator

• Pseudoscience Crimes Investigator

• Terrorism Investigator

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We are pleased to offer the following courses:

Introductory Course (Pre-requisite)

• Looking Across the Generations

Core Courses

• Communicating in a Multi-Generational Workplace

• Navigating the Multi-Generational Workplace

• Leading Through the Generational Lens

Generation Specific

• Millennials in the Workplace: How Different Generations Perceive

Me and My Generation

• Millennials Communicating with Management:

How I Integrate into Corporate Life

• Enduring Successful Millennials

• Xers Rising

• Caught in the Middle: Generation X as the Manager

• Retaining Boomers and Their Knowledge

Additional Courses

• On-Boarding and Training with a Generational Perspective

• Cross Generational Co-Mentoring

Cultural Awareness

The Institute for Professional Development provides online and

interactive classroom training opportunities designed to raise

awareness of and knowledge regarding other cultures. Outcomes

include how to apply the knowledge in a diverse workplace.

While new programs are added to our offerings, we also work

consultatively to design and deliver programs that meet the unique

needs of your organization.

Language Programs

The language programs offer conversational language skills

needed in the workplace to include supervisory communications,

safety, and customer service. These short term courses engage

participants in real-world conversations and focus on “survival

language” for today’s workplace.

Generational, Culture & Diversity Center

Navigating in a Multi-Generational Workplace

In today’s environment, organizations have to do more with less.

Productivity affects the bottom line. With four generations in

our workplaces employees, teams and leaders find themselves

challenged as they discover or re-think how work will be done,

information communicated, and employee engagement secured.

Organizations that embrace the unique skills and talents of

each generation are well balanced and poised to succeed. For

organizations looking to explore the issues and find solutions,

the Institute offers individual courses and a certificate program

focused on Generational Awareness.

This series of 12 courses launches with Looking Across the

Generations, which recognizes generational influences and the

resulting workplace behavior of each generation. Additional

core courses concentrate on effective generational leadership,

communication preferences that resonate with each generation

and navigation through generational clash points. These courses

address each generation’s unique expectations, desires and

challenges as they relate to On-Boarding, motivation, engagement,

securing peak performance, career advancement and retention.

Generation specific courses include two that focus on helping

Millennials understand the perceptions of others, integrate

themselves into the workplace, and proper communication with

management to align with culture, mission, vision and values.

Gen X as the Manager addresses the specific challenges they

face as they supervise the work of older (Boomers) and younger

employees (Millennials) from the middle. Similarly, Retaining

Boomers and Their Knowledge in an environment of changing

needs and expectations is critical as they redefine retirement.

Cross-generational Co- Mentoring assists organizations to harness

the power of creative diversity essential for today’s competitive

corporate landscape.

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Center for Testing and Certification

The Center for Testing and Certification has entered into agreements

with several professional, technical, and health related certifying

and licensure bodies to serve as a testing and assessment location

for their programs.

Persons wishing to develop and demonstrate they have

competency around a specific body of knowledge may enroll in

one of our many non-credit certificate programs. Certificates are

currently available for criminal justice, leadership, administrative

assistants, project management, generational awareness, cultural

awareness, diversity awareness, and mentoring.

In addition to providing Saint Leo Institute for Professional

Development Certification non-credit programs, we also partner

with outside organizations to deliver preparation coursework for a

variety of certification exams. Our goal is to create relationships

that provide you with “start to finish” certification prep courseware

and testing for those professional certifications of value in your

chosen career field. Please check our website for more details as

we anticipate new opportunities will be added frequently.

Consulting and Custom Course Development Services

The Institute also provides consulting and custom course

development services. We have successfully partnered with

organizations to create unique learning and professional

development solutions to fit their needs. Whether your group needs

one course, or an end-to-end training solution, we can assist.

Leveraging an expansive state-of-the-art virtual training network,

with synchronous and asynchronous teaching technology, we

are able to meet the demands of adult learners and corporate

employees in real time, every time. The Institute also provides

comprehensive blended learning programs for individuals and

organizations seeking to build their knowledge and skills, increase

their productivity and effectiveness, and ensure the capabilities for

succession planning and ROI are met.

We provide custom course development, design, and delivery to

corporate clients, colleges and universities. Advanced degreed,

seasoned instructional designers and technical developers work

with clients to create end-to-end learning programs which include

pre and post training activities, onsite live or virtual course sessions,

assessment opportunities, branded portals, sound metrics and

comprehensive reporting.

With economic downswing, the landscape of corporate America is

looking for ways to do things cheaper, smarter and with the same

or fewer people. But to be successful in that philosophy means

that you must invest in the employees who are retained. Nobel

Laureate Gary Becker, professor of economics and sociology at the

University of Chicago noted that “Any company has to recognize

that not only is the human capital of their employees a major asset,

it is also a depreciating asset that needs continuing investment.”

For more information, please contact the Department of Professional Development

[email protected](352) 588-7567

Since the University’s founding in 1889, Saint Leo

aspires to provide one-on-one attention, flexible learning

opportunities, and a solid foundation for personal

fulfillment and career advancement. Saint Leo University

offers a practical effective model for life and leadership

in a challenging world. Our learning environment

emphasizes these core values:

• Excellence

• Community

• Respect

• Personal Development

• Responsible Stewardship

• Integrity

P.O. Box 6665

Saint Leo, FL 33574

www.saintleo.edu/institute

(352) 588-7373


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