LearnHQ First learning module available now and #2 coming soon!

by | Oct 9, 2015 | FOPL News, Member News, Member Projects and Reports

Exciting Changes to Leadership by Design (via OLBA)

The FOPL/OLA project to build e-learning modules and learning events for library boards in Ontario is moving well.  We are supported by a grant from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport through the Culture Development Fund. (Thanks!).

These have been integrated with and built upon the Ontario Library Boards’ Association’s Leadership by Design program as a free, online learning tool specifically designed to help all Public Library Board Members and their CEOs to understand the roles and responsibilities associated with their positions. Budget oversight, community engagement, strategic planning, and succession planning — these are just some of the responsibilities required of board members to provide effective leadership for their libraries.

Leadership by Design, is offered through LearnHQ, gives library board members an array of short and informative resources about these topics, and more. LearnHQ is the centralized e-learning environment, managed through SOLS, that co-locates all courses of interest to the library community of staff, librarians and board members.  the The course modules are mapped for each year of the four-year term of a public library board.

MODULE 1 is now available online and by the end of the first year:

  • You will be able to conduct and participate effectively in board meetings.
  • You will be able differentiate between roles and responsibilities of a board member and a staff members (including the CEO) and identify how they work together.
  • You will be able to develop a budget from previous year’s budgets.
  • You will demonstrate appropriate behaviour within current legislation, laws, policies and best practices.
  • You will be able to produce an annual report


TO REGISTER

In order to access the Leadership by Design modules, you must register for a free account on the LearnHQ website.

  1. Visit www.learnhq.ca
  2. Click on the “Leadership By Design – Board Training” banner on the main page to get to Module 1. You can also access the module here.
  3. Click on the pink Register button. You must register for each module in the course.
  4. Returning users: You will be prompted to enter your username and password.
  5. New users: If you are new to the site, you may already have a temporary username and password in LearnHQ. Use the “Forgot Password?” link to reset your password, using your email address as your username. If LearnHQ does not recognise your email, you can click the link to create a new account. Please allow one business day for your new account to be created.

GETTING STARTED: VIEWING MODULE 1 WITH YOUR BOARD

Log on to Leadership by Design on LearnHQ: www.learnhq.ca Ensure each of your board members has set up a free account to LearnHQ.

  1. Devote 10 minutes at the beginning of each board meeting to review one of the online lessons.
  2. Challenge your board members to each review a lesson and report back one key point and how it can be applied by your board.
  3. Visit often, as we will be adding up to 5 Leadership by Design learning modules over the next year.

Leadership by Design is a project of the Ontario Library Boards’ Association (OLBA). Leadership by Designlearning modules are provided on LearnHQ and are a project of OLBA and the Federation of Ontario’s Public Libraries, with support from Southern Ontario Library Service and Ontario Library Service – North. This project is made possible with funding provided by the Government of Ontario.

NEED HELP?

Instructions are provided on the LearnHQ portal, but if further assistance is required, please contacteducation@accessola.com.

COMING SOON!

Module 2 of the Leadership by Design Series for Library Boards – The Leadership by Design program provides an array of short and informative resources about topics such as budget oversight, community engagement and strategic planning, mapped to each year of the four year tenure on a public library board. Module 2 will focus on Understanding Your Community: and will review the basics of what it means to be a library board member and what your responsibilities are in the first year of your term.