To Dos - My 500 Words D8

Dissertation:

·         Contact my chair to find out when I can submit my dissertation to the Dean of the College for review

·         Contact editor to double check APA changes she made to my last dissertation draft

·         Pray that the editor will turn around changes quickly

·         Pray that I can get this dissertation defense schedule by the beginning of February

·         Draft my dissertation presentation

·         Have my chair review my presentation

·         Practice my presentation.

·         Pray that I successfully defend my dissertation

·         Obtain singed approvals after dissertation defense

·         Complete final edits after defense

·         Submit edited dissertation to the Graduate College

·         Review edits from the Graduate College

·         Make any final edits and changes based on feedback from Graduate College

·         Submit final bound copy of dissertation to Hampton University

·         Submit electronic dissertation to Proquest

·         Celebrate being done with my Ph.D.

·         Graduate May 11, 2014

After my dissertation is done, focus on my career trajectory to ultimately become a college president

·         Review recommendations from National Community College Hispanic Council

·         Get the list of characteristics of a college president to have a road map and to identify areas to work on

·         Find a part-time teaching job to stay connected to the faculty experience and student needs

·         Join an accreditation group to help a college go through an accreditation review

·         Plan next job, perhaps Dean of Students, Director of Enrollment Services, etc.

·         Build mentor relationship with leads of National Community College Hispanic Council and ask what a next job makes sense to look at

·         Participate in more professional organizations including conference presentations

·         Net work with my National Community College Hispanic Council cohort to support our efforts as we move forward in our careers

·         Join curriculum committee at my job

·         Join a campus present search committee to learn what committees are looking for for college presidents

·         Look for other network opportunities within my job

·         Look at the Harvard higher education leadership program in summer 2014

·         Research college presidents and review their resumes or vitas to see their job history in order to plan my own path

·         Look for publishing opportunities for academic journals, professional organization journals or magazines, and the chronicle of higher education

·         Build relationships with individuals who I can co-author articles

·         Work to get dissertation published in an academic journal

Work life balance:

·         Get back in the gym consistently

·         Spend more time helping my daughter to learn to read

·         Read books for pleasure once dissertation is done, start with the long list of leadership books

·         Take some me time, spa time, coffee break, to refuel for me not as a wife, mother, employee, manager, etc.

·         Be more consistence with date night with the hubby

·         Plan my 40^th birthday week hikes

·         Buy hiking books

·         Stick to my 500 words challenge

·         Stick to my 2014 photo journey blog where I am taking a picture a day for a year

·         Make a health improvement plan including eating and exercising

·         Start working on my book, seriously this time

·         Start working on screenplay

·         Work on character creation

·         Work on setting the scene and using words that create a picture in the readers mind

·         Work on branding

·         Think big picture, push on my long term goals. Take steps every day to do something towards my goals (big or small)