Presented to and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana Community and
Technical College System on April 14, 2004.

I am charging the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to ensure:

The implementation of management approaches for community and technical colleges.

Statewide Direction/Control
All presidents and directors will work to fulfill the new board's mission through the board's CEO and staff.

Statewide Sense of Responsibility
Presidents and directors will be committed to the best ways to fulfill their part of the statewide mission of the LCTC System.

Cooperative View of Service
Presidents and directors will work to ensure that local needs are met in the most effective way, regardless of which campus' resources, credits, or programs are involved.

Hiring/Promotion/Reward/Release of Faculty and Staff by Experience and Need for Specialized Services
Staffing Decisions will be made based upon the need for and the value of services offered.

Money Following Mission
State funding will be based upon the performance, values of services rendered, and effectiveness of inter-institutional cooperation.

Student/Employer-Centered Programming
Programs will be offered at times and in modes convenient for students and employers.

Focus on Workforce, Economic Development, and Cultural Enhancement
The Presidents and directors will function as educational leaders, managing resources effectively and cooperatively to meet educational needs.

Campus CEO as the EducationalLeader/Manager with Awareness of Political Interests
The Presidents and directors will function as educational leaders, managing resources effectively and cooperatively to meet educational needs.

The Board will function as a corporate body with the interests of citizens, employees, workforce, economic development, and cultural enhancement as guiding principles.

Even though most members are appointed by Congressional Districts, as board members their purpose is not to protect or control campuses located within those districts. They will function as a corporate board with statewide interests uppermost in their minds.

The establishment of continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of the system and the campus CEO and/or programs offered by the campuses.

The Board will not micro-manage the institutions assigned to it. It will ensure the establishment and continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of its CEOs and programs.

The system CEO will possess the proper vision and leadership abilities.

The legislative language states, the system of post secondary institutions, within its charge, will:
"Maximize the use of facilities, faculties, and other resources already in place to provide for the education and training of students and to increase access to such education and training."

This will require entirely new concepts of institutional planning and cooperation. It also requires a new reward system, which will recognize inter-institutional cooperation.

New levels of educational leadership and effective management on the part of Louisiana 's two-year campus CEOs and their staffs are expected. Appropriate orientation sessions for members of the new Board, its staff, campus CEOs and their staffs will be implemented. I am confident in the post secondary leadership's ability to function in this way, and I look forward to the results of their leadership.

Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
Governor, State of Louisiana