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From MONEY, November 1, 2017 ©2017 Time Inc. Used under license. MONEY and Time Inc. are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, First National Bank.. Member FDIC President Joe Sopcich is standing outside the General Education Building (GEB) which is one of the six original buildings on the Johnson County Community College Overland Park campus.
YEARS JCCC CELEBRATES50 BY LOOKING FORWARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT PUTS EMPHASIS ON MAINTAINING MOMENTUM By Steve Hale
uckle in, set the chronometer for 1969 and close the much part of that history ha ing oined the college in as door on a time-traveling DeLorean. Johnson County director of de elopment for the oundation ad ancing to Community College is going back to the future. ecoming e ecuti e ice president for administrati e affairs chief Johnson County’s widely respected and nationally fnancial offcer and then in ecoming president. Bacclaimed community college is about to turn 50. As would be ut r. opcich wants to make sure e eryone gets ack to the expected when an esteemed institution’s golden anniversary future where the anni ersary is concerned. e elie es year approaches, plans are in process to bring attention to now is the ideal time to focus on the next 50 years. f e decades of unprecedented growth in facilities academic This a new eginning said r. opcich. hen we talk a out achie ement and community infuence. this anni ersary pro ect we call it the e t . This needs to Going back in time to properly recognize JCCC’s history is e a spring oard. e re looking at preparing the college for the a solutely fne with r. oe opcich the college s current and ne t years. e e got to push. ffth president. r. opcich is keenly cogni ant of the institution s The nature of r. opcich s position puts him at the forefront legendary rise to prominence. ndeed r. opcich himself is ery in planning for anni ersary o ser ances ut he adamantly
6 • FOCUS NEJC | Fall 2018 The Regnier Center on the JCCC campus.
notes this is not the president’s show. An eclectic committee Students – “Our students here are very, very serious. They’re here has started planning on how best to highlight the college’s past for one reason and that s to achie e either academic or professional achievements throughout the anniversary year. career goals and they go and they move on. You don’t see anyone e want to make it fun said r. opcich. nd there s a lot screwing around. e e got success story after success story a out to cele rate ecause of the history at the college and how we e students who come here and do extremely well.” grown hand in hand with the community.” Faculty – ur faculty and our student ser ices people work r. opcich notes ohnson ounty is not ust any community. really hard to give students every opportunity to succeed. The e said of the plus counties across the nation ohnson college en oys a national reputation and much of that reputation ounty ranks in the top percent in the num er of residents with is due to those people who worked here over all the years. They degrees in higher education. ha e made a huge difference in the success of the college. That s refecti e of how much this community alues education said r. opcich. The incredi le laser like focus Trustees – The college has defnitely eneftted from great on education is why the community is where it is today. It’s so trustee leadership. There’s no compensation involved … these important to continue that momentum.” are dedicated pu lic ser ants. f you look at community colleges hether y design or y fortuitous karma the stage is already across the country that might be in precarious positions, it always set for to e a showcase of the future for . our starts at the top. e ha e always eneftted from uality of signifcant on campus uilding pro ects associated with the leadership.” institution s million facilities master plan will e completed Finances – hat s important is the igilance the trustees ha e in during the anni ersary year. i on cuttings are planned for a o erseeing the mill le y. n fact currently the upcoming udget new rts esign uilding a new areer Technical ducation calls for a reduction in that mill. ut when time is necessary they T uilding an ntegrated esource enter and a new ront also ha e the courage to raise the mill. n they raised the oor at the tudent enter. ach occasion will offer mill y three uarters of one mill. That was important to do. opportunity to bring attention to the college’s 50 years. They’re very prudent how revenue comes in and how revenue is ccording to r. opcich the construction pro ects are high spent.” profle e amples of the leadership ision and colla oration that defne ohnson ounty ommunity ollege. Public perception – “A couple years ago the Overland Park ou always ha e to keep working said r. opcich of . Chamber did a community survey. The college’s approval rate “You start resting on your laurels, you start kicking back and in the county was percent. e were told that was etter than telling yourself you re the est then you stop getting etter. anta laus. o we ll take that and run with it. e ll continue to do those surveys to make sure we can continue what we can.” ere is a sampling of r. opcich s refections on ohnson County Community College as it enters Year 50: KU Edwards Campus – e re doing more and more things with the dwards ampus. all done with the o ecti e of pro iding Early skepticism – hen the trustees purchased the land there Johnson County students with greater opportunities to pursue was quite the critical response by many because who in their right those four year degrees. e spend a lot of time on career tech mind would spend an acre for land so far out there ut those transfer programs are ery important.
Fall 2018 | FOCUS NEJC • 7 Construction of the Fine Arts and Design Studios should be complete by January 2019.
Value – ou re at a point in today s world to go to a four of the county ut e en then you re talking may e a or year institution could potentially break the bank. And it’s not minute dri e to the main campus. e e een rather udicious going any other direction. hy would you not go to the local on cutting ack on leases of off campus facilities . community college and get your frst two years of credits at a much more effcient cost and also get two more years of maturity and then go en oy the uni ersity hy would you not want to take ad antage of that for pennies on the dollar and then started in the fall of 1969 in leased facilities in Merriam, get your four year degree student enrollment was 1,380. Three years later, classes and all operations moved to the permanent 200-acre campus at Labor Market – e enty one percent of the o s coming down College Boulevard and Quivira where 100 full-time faculty the pike will re uire some degree of higher education. cross the members taught 3,600 students. country states are now doing programs for community colleges made more fnancially a aila le for students ased on certain Now, Johnson County Community College is one of the requirements because it’s all about trying to get the labor pool to largest institutions of higher learning in Kansas: a point where we ll e idding for companies to mo e here. t s a huge issue. ow communities respond to that how ohnson An enrollment of more than 44,000 credit and ounty responds to that will make the difference. That s a ig continuing-education students. part of our future. Full-time faculty and staff is approximately 1,000 with Promoting education – Ten thousand families a year are another 1,700 working part time. mo ing to ohnson ounty. ne of the attractions is education. Another is opportunity. A challenge we have as Johnson County A full range of undergraduate credit courses is available, grows and becomes more diverse is how to continue to instill the forming the rst two years of most college curricula. alue of education across that road spectrum. f we fail to do More than 50 one- and two-year career and certi cate that it doesn t ode well for the future. t s a great opportunity programs prepare students to enter the job market in for us to work closely with all communities in ohnson ounty to high-employment elds. promote education and to demonstrate that with every degree you attain, you're positioned to make more money. Those are the The sprawling JCCC campus has 22 buildings, including uilding locks of ohnson ounty and this college. the Carlsen Center housing the Yardley Hall performing arts theater. The newest building is the Hospitality Centralized campus – e re one of the larger centrali ed and Culinary Academy. The Nerman Museum of community college campuses across the country. e e resisted the impulse to e pand into other parts of the county for effciency purposes. e re always getting asked to go into different parts
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Fall 2018 | FOCUS NEJC • 11 REDISCOVERING THE LOVE OF LEARNING HORIZON ACADEMY EQUIPS STUDENTS WITH NECESSARY SKILLS FOR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS
hen a group of dedicated parents in Kansas City to impact and assist even more students with learning disabilities were concerned that their children were being left in our community.” behind in school, they decided to create their own: They opened Horizon Academy in 1999 under the A Fresh Start Wleadership of Sharyl Kennedy with just 12 students. Through the years, Horizon Academy has expanded and currently serves 77 tudents arri e at ori on cademy often feeling de ected and students in frst through 12th grades diagnosed with dyslexia unsuccessful. They remark that learning was challenging they or other learning disabilities, including ADD/HD, auditory didn t feel like they could ask for help their school couldn t help processing disorder, dyscalculia and dysgraphia. Students travel people with dysle ia and they felt o erwhelmed. fter attending from within a 75-mile radius of the school located in Roeland ori on cademy students fnd that their confdence grows. Park, Kansas. ften it is the frst time students who feel successful. efore was a really ad reader and e learned how to read A Community Resource a lot etter now and more fuently and write paragraphs and sentences the proper way,” commented a high school student. ori on cademy has recently e tended its reach eyond ust ince its inception ori on cademy has transitioned more eing a day school. ow offering programs including a tutoring than 400 students into a traditional school setting or work center free early reading screenings professional de elopment en ironment. tudents ha e gone on to attend four year colleges opportunities for educators and free community lectures they make the honor roll and even hold master’s degrees. are able to help even more students with dyslexia and other diagnosed learning disa ilities. ori on cademy ead of A Specialized School chool icki sher shares why she felt it was important to e pand programming. ori on cademy e uips students with learning disa ilities e understand that not e ery student is a le to attend with the tools they need to e successful learners. low student ori on cademy. Through these additional resources we hope to teacher ratio ensures students are recei ing indi iduali ed
12 • FOCUS NEJC | Fall 2018 instruction. As a newly accredited instructional program through parent commented ot only did we get our family time ack in the cademy of rton illingham ractitioners and ducators the e enings ut we saw our children smile again and feel proud their instructors are ualifed to deli er an effecti e education of themsel es. oth kids look forward to school and ne er want to students with dysle ia and other language ased learning to miss.” disa ilities. s one ffth grade student puts it They gi e me lots of tools and different ways to help me in reading writing Changing Lives and spelling.” Teachers also use a multisensory approach in math instruction which is ideal for reaching students with learning ori on cademy has seen transformations occur in students disabilities. Ultimately, students transition back to a traditional with dysle ia and other language ased learning disa ilities. school or work en ironment e uipped with the skills necessary for Thanks to that dedicated group of founders and the staff who academic and social success. have carried on their mission, students are rediscovering their lo e for learning. se enth grade student said it est used to Impacting the Whole Family hate school ut now lo e it. ori on cademy is one of the ery few schools that appreciates e ery single one of the students. arents ha e noticed the difference these strategies make in tudents learn est when their differences are understood and their students li es and in the li es of their families. omework accepted, when appropriate accommodations are made available battles begin to disappear, students get along better with their and, most important, when their strengths as learners are si lings and parents see their children regain confdence. ne defned affrmed and culti ated.
Fall 2018 | FOCUS NEJC • 13 Your Ofice Away From Ofice
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16 • FOCUS NEJC | Fall 2018 Members of the 2018 Leadership NEJC class and alumni attended the luncheon. Leadership NEJC graduation attendees.
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ideas and kept an eye on moderating the energy level to make progress. Horses, like humans, give cues as to their level of acceptance of new ideas. With horses, a head turn, licking and chewing, a “If— Ginni you’re Rometty, going CEO ofto IBM. grow, you’re going to fick of the tale or pawing hoof signal whether the energy is too have to do things that put you at risk.” high or there is progress being made. Making progress on your leader is made when someone with a great idea can idea requires meeting others where they are, exploring multiple energize others around them to help make progress on a interpretations and raising and lowering the energy in the room. collective purpose. Being in the moment, experimenting and reading those signals is an art that takes practice. Being willing to take the risk, is part of AThe thought of energizing others around your great idea sounds easy. After all it is a great idea! But what if your idea is met with good leadership. not so resounding enthusiasm? What risks are you willing to take Unfortunately, taking a risk and dancing on the edge with to make progress? wild horses has some physical implications that hopefully will Recently I found myself in that place. I answered a call to action not be found in the boardroom. I experimented with making to help gentle wild mustang foals that had been rescued from a progress and met with a swift double-barrel kick to the gut. No dire future. Six humans energized around the collective purpose fault with human or horse, just an experiment and signal the of getting foals ready for adoption. What does this gentling baby energy was too high to make progress. We began again with horses have to do with leadership? Horses are prey animals. They her and took another route and made progress. Without taking are highly intuitive and sensitive to energy by nature to survive in that risk, we would not have seen the edge and worked with it. the wild. This makes them authentic leadership teachers as you She communicated her interpretation of the situation loud and know exactly where you stand in the moment. clear. Hearing that (feeling that) I lowered the energy and looked Well, you can imagine they might not have been on board for other ways to gain her trust and communicate my intention. accepting a predator as leader. It goes against every instinct they Eventually progress was made through a different strategy. A gut possess. We had to meet them where they were, gain their trust, check can come in many forms. The learning is pausing to fnd and ultimately have them accept us as their “herd” leader. the place where progress can be made on the collective purpose. We met them where they were by doing mundane chores in the With NEJC Chamber’s Leadership Northeast program, we large pen to accustom the foals to our presence. We moved to are building leadership capacity in our community teaching working one on one in small pens. This raised the energy for the leadership by example and immersion. The class provides a safe foals and us. We had to move with them, testing the boundaries space to experiment and practice leadership competencies. and their willingness to try something new. Much like one does Progress takes leadership. Leadership takes practice. Practicing in a group or around the conference table, we introduced new leadership requires taking risks.
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Lining up to head out on the course.
Photos by Tricia O’Connor-Baska, SNAP Photography Sheril and Je Herman, Always There Health Care of Kansas City. he 17th Annual NEJC Golf Classic was held on Tuesday, June 12, at Falcon Ridge Golf Club. mong the tournament s annual participants are community leaders and business executives taking Tad antage of a day of fun pri es food drinks networking opportunities and friendly competition. Thank you to our tournament sponsors including ostco holesale ene a and erland ark uneral hapel.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2018 TOP WINNERS: Tournament champions: hil achand osh relling harles achand and ent umney y ccount
City champions: ayor on ppletoft ouncilmem er ick chlossmaker ffcer atthew reshears and te e oelker ity of ission
Best hole sponsor: heril and eff erman lways There ealth are of ansas ity
24 • FOCUS NEJC | Fall 2018 Cat Heisler, Pete's Pest Control, and Jesseca Mayhew, American Century Investments, at The Annual Gala tent.
Sue Coureton, Costco Wholesale, getting ready for the lunch rush. Golf Committee Chair Charles Payne, Image360, with Kenne Kutler, Overland Park Funeral Chapel.
City of Mission team with Chamber President Deb Settle.
My Accountant LLC team with Chamber President Deb Settle. Grill Master (and Fire Chief) Tony Lopez, CFD2.
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FLEMING RETIRES AS FAIRWAY POLICE CHIEF