Profiles of Innovation in Higher Education: TCS Education System President & CEO Michael Horowitz, Ph.D., and His Leadership Team to Keynote Society of Consulting Psychology's Annual Mid-Winter Conference, Feb. 6

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Feb 02, 2010, 05:03 ET

CHICAGO, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- How do you build a culture of innovation? Why is it especially important in today's higher education landscape? What are the leadership challenges and lessons learned in calling on a community to embrace a persistent and rapid pace of change? These questions and others will be explored in a keynote presentation delivered by Michael Horowitz, Ph.D., and his fellow TCS Education System leaders at the American Psychological Association Society of Consulting Psychology (Division 13) Annual Conference.

WHEN: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 1:30–3 p.m. (MT)

WHERE: APA Society of Consulting Psychology Annual Conference

Hilton Scottsdale Resort and Villas

6333 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ

WHO:

Michael Horowitz, Ph.D., president and CEO, TCS Education System and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Dr. Horowitz will reflect on the case for innovation in higher education and draw from his own experience to contend that even in successful times, an organization must never stop evolving. His real-world example will be insight into his decade-long work to prepare The Chicago School of Professional Psychology to adapt to changing times and the new course he is chartering for the future. Click here to read his bio.

Tamara Rozhon, Ed.D., chief operating officer, TCS Education System

Dr. Rozhon will present on the emergence of TCS Education System (TCS ES) and how its nonprofit/for-profit and mission-focused approach suggests a new trend in higher education management. Her leadership lessons will feature a discussion of the system's work with Pacific Oaks College, a school that just one year ago faced the prospect of a "teach out" if comprehensive change from within could not be realized. Click here to read her bio.

Pat Breen, Ph.D., chief academic officer, TCS Education System

Dr. Breen will present two examples of community building and innovation at TCS Education System. The first looks within, the story of how the organization came together to create The Chicago School Model of Education. The second example looks outward -- how psychology professors with a dream of transforming elementary education on Chicago's West Side united with the administration to establish Garfield Park Preparatory Academy. Click here to read her bio.

Tim Shannon, Ph.D., president, TCS Foundation; vice president of institutional advancement, TCS Education System

The Chicago School's legacy of service dates to its founding in 1979. For years, the organization's desire to do more in the community was limited by its means to raise money. Dr. Shannon will present on a new approach to this practice that has already yielded results: TCS Foundation. His real-world examples of psychology in action will be the school's Rwanda Initiative and its Yellow Ribbon Project, which supports returning veterans and their families. Click here to read his bio.

BACKGROUND:

Founded in 2009, TCS Education System is a nonprofit enterprise built on the premise that business success and social impact need not be mutually exclusive. Operating as an efficient business with a mission clearly rooted in advancing the greater good, the system includes a network of specialized institutions that offer an effective approach to higher education and to preparing socially responsible, culturally competent professionals in the applied fields; Garfield Park Preparatory Academy, a K-3 school that delivers a progressive, evidence-based curriculum on Chicago's West Side; and TCS Foundation, which attracts charitable contributions to support our schools and their social change endeavors. For more information, visit www.tcsedsystem.org.

The theme for this year's Society of Consulting Psychology Annual Conference is "Excellence in Leadership: Overcoming Adversity and Creating Value in the New Global Economy." Discussions will focus on how consultants can help leaders and businesses create real value, in the midst of the global economic collapse. To learn more, visit http://div13.org/conference/2010/index.html.