Leadership

Leadership/Service- Course Outline

Shewfelt/ Thorpe-Fedchun

2019/2020

Welcome to Leadership and we hope you are ready to have a fun year in which you will develop your personal, group and organizational leadership skills. 

This year, we will be working on numerous aspects of leadership and how it can be useful in developing a positive school culture.  You will be assigned to a very important role within your school, which will provide you with the necessary tools in becoming strong leaders.  These tools will help to develop a positive sense of school community and will aid you in becoming responsible, upstanding citizens.

There will be many school wide projects that you will be involved in as well as classroom activities to help you become an independent leader.  The leadership program will be running some school wide events, and each member will play his/her part in making each event a success.

Participation is mandatory for this course.  Self-awareness of ones’ actions is a must.  As mentioned above, you have a special role in this school, and setting a good example is essential in developing your leadership qualities.  Additionally, attitude and effort will count as major components for this course.

Expectations:

All students will:

·         Put forth their best effort, every day

·         Come prepared to class by bringing appropriate materials to class each day

·         Follow the Student Code of Conduct and all other classroom rules

·         Complete all tasks and assignments given throughout the course

·         Volunteer  their time outside of this course for a minimum of 5 hours

NOTE: As a leadership student, you are not only required to follow the school rules, but you are required to be an example to other students, teachers and community members.

Projects/Activities:

Throughout the year, we will be doing many projects and activities focused on leadership, goal-setting and service. These projects and activities will be based on helping you become a better leader and helping you set achievable goals. You will be given enough time in class to complete your assignments.

Evaluation:

You will be evaluated on the following criteria throughout the course:

·         Develops and refines leadership skills

·         Applies leadership practices in authentic contexts

·         Explores and refines strategies for engaging others in the school community

Students will be evaluated on the above criteria using the following scale:

4	Excellent/ Mastery – exemplary, goes above and beyond to utilize skills, virtually error free work, independent, comprehensive
3	Good - Very good clear ideas and work, thoughtful, evident critical thinking specific and relevant details
2	Basic - Meeting basic requirements of assignments, satisfactory skill is being demonstrated, some inconsistencies, often general but appropriate details are given
1	Not Meeting - struggling with demonstrating skill, little independence, not yet achieving

Looking forward to a fantastic semester

Kelly Shewfelt                   keshewfelt@cbe.ab.ca

Jennifer Fedchun             jlthorpefed@cbe.ab.ca