Mid-Year Information and Registration Form

Mid-Year Educational Conference
June 23, 2010

“LEADERSHIP IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A
HIGH PERFORMANCE COURT”

Sheraton Dover Hotel
1570 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901
(302) 678-8500 - www.sheraton.com/dover 

 Make your reservations by May 23 to receive the rate of
$95.  Be sure to mention MAACM.

Please join us for this exciting one-day program for all court managers and supervisors designed to increase understanding and ability to use the key skills of leading and managing in day-to-day court functions.  Mid-Year Registration Form (mail in only) 

Leadership In The Framework Of A High Performance Court
Registration: 8:15 a.m. - Program: 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

LEADERSHIP, the theme for the MAACM Mid-Year Conference, is timely and critical to maintaining the rule of law in our courts today. This NACM Core Competency will be taught using the Framework of a High Performance Court as an overarching construct.  This program will fulfill the Michigan State University (MSU) curriculum requirements for those seeking certification.  Participants will be challenged to think differently about how business is conducted in the courts. The Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) within the Leadership Core Competency include:

•  being credible in action;
•  creating focus through vision and purpose;
•  managing interdependencies and working beyond the
   boundaries;
• creating a high performance work environment; and
• doing skillful and continual diagnosis.

Speakers include: Dr. Brian Ostrom from the National Center for State Courts; Robert Duckworth, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Pete Lally, Court Consultant, former Maryland Court Administrator and a MAACM past president; and Ellen Procida of the New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage.

The Framework of a High Performance Court suggests a series of flexible steps courts can take to integrate performance improvement into its ongoing operations. The steps include:

• focusing on key administrative principles that clarify high performance;
• understanding how a court’s managerial culture can promote common goals and collegial cooperation; and
• developing the capacity to measure performance and learning and using the results for procedural refinements and communication with a variety of stakeholders.

Participants will leave with ideas for assessing their court's administrative principles, culture, performance measurement, and performance management. Each key KSA group will have STRUCTURED EXERCISES and LEARNING EXPERIENCES that can be applied to help assess the participant’s workplace. This program is designed to challenge those attending, whether team members, front-line supervisors or high level court managers, through exercises and ultimately applying the day’s work to their own setting.

** PROGRAM IS ELIGIBLE FOR MSU CREDIT **

MSU Pre Conference Information Sheet

MSU Attendance Form: Leadership

MSU Student Course Payment Form: Leadership

MSU Course Evaluation Form