STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Develop a personal philosophy of leadership, and awareness of the moral and ethical responsibilities of leadership, and an awareness of their own ability and style of leadership.

 II.     Develop essential leadership skills through study, observation, and community service.

 III.    Measure personal leadership effectiveness, style, and adaptability via evaluation tools.

 IV.     Discuss, compare and contrast, historical and contemporary leadership theories and leaders.

 V.      Apply techniques of envisioning and communicating a purpose or goal in group activities.

 VI.     Identify a wide variety of historical leaders, their visions, and their efforts and success in articulating their visions.

 VII.    Apply both the logical method and creative process to decision making in group projects.

 VIII.   Identify principles and attributes of responsible community service using a journal and group discussion.

 IX.     Gain a historical perspective on volunteerism in America.

 X       Gain an understanding of service program models through the development of their own personal model.

 XI.     Explain why ethics, social responsibility and responsiveness are important to leadership development.

 XII.    Understand service program models through the development of their own personal model.

 XIII.   Explain ethical reasoning and application to community service situations.

 XIV.    Recognize activities that hamper the building of trust in groups in community agencies and understand how trust facilitates productivity and relationships.

 XV.     Generate activities within work groups in community agencies that build trust, enhance relationships, and encourage productivity.

 XVI.    Distinguish between dysfunctional and functional conflict and initiate appropriate conflict stimulation or resolution tools within the group.

 XVII.   Examine the use and abuses of power by contemporary and historical leaders.

 XVIII.  Detect ways through group interaction in which the student can exercise power and influence to accomplish things through others while simultaneously increasing the power and influence of others.

 XIX.    Explain methodologies for recognizing the need for change, the forces creating that need, and ways to overcome resistance to change, especially as it relates to social activism.

 XX      Describe the qualities of a good mission statement.

 XXI.    Design a time management schedule based on a personal audit and previously set long-term goals.

 XXII.   Appraise the maturity level of group members, diagnose the demands of the situation and make appropriate changes in their behavior especially with regard to the task and relationship needs of the group.

 XXIII.  Plan, organize, and conduct a service learning group activity related to a theme approved by the instructor.

 XXIV.   Envision and write a five-year leadership plan of action.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Understanding personal leadership philosophy.

 II.     Conceiving and articulating a vision.

 III.    Exploring logic and creativity in decision making.

 IV.     Developing a philosophy of servant leadership.

 V.      Developing leadership ethics.

 VI.     Building trust.

 VII.    Developing conflict management techniques.

 VIII.   Empowering others.

 IX.     Exploring change agents and methods of change.

 X       Goal setting.

 XI.     Time management.

 XII.    Exploring Situational Leadership theory.

 XIII.   Participation in leadership laboratory.

 XIV.    Developing a personal leadership plan.