The Charge
Members of the CLI will learn the Chancellor’s approach to leadership, including radical transparency and radical simplicity as the college moves forward with the work on our Theory of Change.
The Chancellor’s Leadership Institute is a year-long program for ACC leaders. The objectives are:
- Create space for relationship building between cohort members and seeding a professional community of mutual support across their divisions of the college.
- Strengthen relationships between participants and the Chancellor.
- Build participant understanding of ACC as a complex organization in transition and awareness of the contemporary community college landscape.
- Provide content and training that improves participants’ ability to build healthy and collaborative teams.
- Establish a common language for participants to communicate about ACC’s values, North Star, and TOC work within their own verticals and across areas.
- Empower participants to identify and address bureaucratic inefficiencies impacting their teams and our college.
The CLI Cohorts
Austin Community College follows an inclusive, collaborative, and transparent approach to developing strategies and plans that support the Theory of Change and help both our students and colleagues succeed.
CLI Lead
The CLI lead, Missi Patterson, will be responsible for supporting the Chancellor in developing and managing the CLI through curriculum design, facilitation, and participant support. For questions about the CLI, please contact Missi Patterson – [email protected]
Cohorts:
The CLI Experience
You can follow along and learn with the CLI. Click on any cohort above to find learning objectives and other information about their work together. If you’d like to actually dive into some of what CLI is doing, you can join the Theory of Change Network for monthly sessions with Russell and some CLI content. You can also view the CLI calendar by adding this link to your Google calendar.
Chancellor’s Leadership Institute Book List
Follow along with the CLI and keep up with the cohorts’ book lists. View Book Lists.
CLI In Action
OIRA Research on Cohort 25
In spring of 2026, we surveyed direct reports of CLI Cohort 25 to see how their perceptions of their leaders were changed after CLI. Take a peek to see the results.
Chancellor’s Leadership Institute Employee Survey – Spring 2026
Theory of Change Support
Some members of CLI Cohorts 25 and 26 are serving as Business Sponsors for Programs stemming from the Theory of Change work. You can see the names of the sponsors and information about their progress here.
EPMO Project Portfolio Dashboard
IE Report Card Work
Did you know that the IE Report Card Effort came from a collaboration between CLI Cohort 25 and the ACC Cabinet? Learn more about this effort to ensure we are all rowing together in service of our students.
Project Site – Institutional Effectiveness (IE) Report Card
Cohort Service
- CLI 25 Project – Food for Thought Conversation Guide
- CLI 26 Project – Growing Great Leaders: Relational Leadership Series
- CLI 27 Project – *Coming Soon*
- CLI members serve as volunteers at many collegewide events, including as wayfinders and breakout facilitators for General Assembly.