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State Park Leadership School
A Two-Year Certificate Program for State Park Managers

Wilson Lodge at Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, West Virginia
January 18-21, 2009

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Why You Should Attend

You have a great opportunity to strengthen your career and improve your value to your organization through a new two-year certificate program for state park managers. The State Park Leadership School is a highly experiential program that exposes you to the core competencies that are crucial for your effectiveness as a professional state park manager.

How to Earn Your Certificate

Each year of the school consists of both distance education and on-site components. In August of each year, you will receive DVDs that provide comprehensive instruction on individual topics. Each DVD will include study guides, sample test questions, and recommended supplemental resources for learning.

In January 2008 and 2009, you will participate in an exciting on-site experiential learning forum at Oglebay Resort and Conference Center. At the end of each year, you will take a written exam that will test your knowledge of the topics discussed. You must receive an average score of 70% to pass the School and earn your certificate.

Distance Education Curriculum

August 2008 - January 2009

• Establishing identity and traditions
• Conservation/preservation
• Planning
• Stewardship/Ecosystem management
• Trails
• Budget/fiscal
• Project management practices
• Time management/delegation
• Employee relations
• Philosophy

School Curriculum

Second Year

January 18-21, 2009 (Self-paced Distance Education begins August 2008)

• Trends and future challenges
• Ethics
• Resource planning models
• Inventory process systems
• GIS as a management tool
• Environmental impact statements
• Land protection strategies
• Monitoring visitor needs and marketing surveys
• Programming/visitor services practices/special user practices
• Media relations
• User groups/user conflicts
• Government relationships
• Revenue and business planning
• Entrepreneurial trends
• Marketing
• Maintenance planning/budget
• Preventive maintenance of equipment
• Recruitment/retention
• Multi-cultural management
• Team building

Attend and You Will

• Cover the core competencies that are crucial for your effectiveness as a professional state park manager
• Gain a thorough awareness of the traditions, trends, and future challenges associated with state park management
• Learn from experienced practitioners
• Network with other park professionals from all over the country for the ongoing exchange of knowledge, ideas, information, and experiences.

Attend and You Will Receive

• Over 18 hours of on-site instruction, case studies, experiential exercises
• Over 6 hours of distance education topical review
• 10 distance education topics on DVDs
• Name badge
• Participant notebook
• Study questions
• Sample test questions
• Extra resources and references

Tuition

Tuition is $599 per person, annually. This fee covers instruction, text, study materials, a certificate of completion and social and banquet activities.

For more information and to receive scholarship applications, contact:

Dale Mackey
OPD Program Coordinator
NC State University
Box 7401
Raleigh, NC 27695-7401
Phone: 919.513.0886, or
Email: dale_mackey@ncsu.edu

Registration Statement

For maximum effectiveness, initial registration will be limited to one participant per state. Additional participants per state will be placed on a wait list and accepted in registration order based on availability after September 15, 2007. As this school is expected to fill to capacity, registrants are encouraged to send in their applications early. A check, purchase order, or credit card number along with the registration form constitutes a registration. For cancellations after December 1, 2007, 50% of the total fee will be retained. No refunds will be given for cancellations after January 1, 2008. Substitutions can be made at any time and should be submitted in writing.

You will receive your confirmation via e-mail. Depending on your Internet service provider and/or your personal e-mail settings, e-mails from NC State University in regard to this registration process may be considered unsolicited and not be delivered to your in-box. If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation from NC State University, please check your spam folder if you have one, or you may contact us at 919.515.2261 with any questions about your registration status.

If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact us at 919.515.2261 or ContinuingEducation@ncsu.edu to discuss accommodations at least two weeks prior to the school.

You can register online, by calling our office or by faxing or mailing in your registration form with payment.

To register or for more information This on-line registration process is for credit card registrations only. If you wish to be invoiced and pay with a Purchase Order (PO), please fax your registration form and the purchase order to 919.515.7614. If you do not have a registration form, call 919.515.2261 and request a form; however, NCSU employees may use this on-line registration to pay via IDT.
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