Ready to take the next step in your IE career to lead an international office? Or have you recently been assigned to oversee your institution’s internationalization enterprise and need to get up to speed fast? This program addresses the essential leadership capabilities any international education professional, across the globe, needs to take the next step in their career. It focuses on foundational leadership skills including what is necessary for an internationalization strategy, core business acumen and compliance management skills. You will sharpen your skills on how to build impactful global partnerships as well as guide global learning. Hear from subject matter experts with practical experience and advice to enhance your leadership skill set.
Learning Outcomes
As a result of completing the NAFSA Leadership Essentials for Comprehensive Internationalization certificate program, a learner will be able to:
- Identify and define the main components of an internationalization strategy.
- Understand financial stewardship and how to sustain an international office.
- Articulate components of an effective global learning and engagement strategy.
- Promote innovation in internationalization through global partnerships.
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Course Information
This digital course is designed to provide you with asynchronous, self-paced learning where you will complete approximately four hours of interactive content. It is on-demand and available immediately after purchase. This course is divided into four (4) modules and is designed for those having three or fewer years of experience in international education leadership.
- Duration of Access: 60 days from the date of registration.
- Time Commitment: 45-60 minutes per module.
- Level: Introductory.
- Course Type: On-Demand, self-guided.
Course Components and Topics
Module 1: Senior Leaders and Strategy
- Roles and responsibilities of SIOs and equivalents
- Components of an internationalization strategy
- Steps to building a strategy and questions to ask
- How to champion internationalization of education
Module 2: Leading an Effective International Office
- Fundamentals of business acumen
- Identifying new revenue streams
- Compliance management for an SIO
- People development
Module 3: Curriculum Internationalization and Global Learning
- Understanding global learning and campus Internationalization
- Defining and designing global learning
- Components of an internationalized curriculum
- Training faculty
Module 4: Developing Sustainable Global Partnerships
- Types of global partnerships
- What makes a successfully partnership
- Assessing and evaluation an opportunity
- Innovative global partnerships
Build Your Competencies
NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies 2.0 outline the abilities, skills, and foundational knowledge necessary for successful international educators. Learn more about NAFSA Competencies 2.0.
This learning content targets the competency categories of Business Acumen, Communication, Compliance Management, Data Collection and Analysis, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership, Relationship Cultivation, and Risk Assessment and Crisis Management