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Class sessions are devoted to intense study, discussion and application of the following curriculum components:
Session: Opening Retreat
Goal: To introduce the concepts of servant leadership and visioning.
Objectives:
- To introduce the philosophy and practice of servant leadership.
- To teach participants the application of the visioning process within community groups through:
- Timeline
- Strengths and challenges
- Multiple lenses - the big picture
- Mission
- Visualization
- Accountability
- To define the concept of a learning community and its impact on group process
- To present the history of leaders in Greater Lafayette
- To begin the team building process
Outcome: To form a sense of community within the class and to develop an understanding of servant leadership, the visioning process and the learning community.
Session: How We Work Together
Goal: To introduce, discuss, and experience learning styles and their application to group processes and communication and communicating across generations.
Objectives:
- To discuss the concept of learning styles
- To apply learning styles to group work and relationships
- To discuss the differences between generations and applications to communicating and working together
Outcome: To gain an understanding of one's own personal learning style and to gain an understanding of the impact of individual learning styles on groups.
Session: Building Inclusive Communities
Goal: Understand how to be inclusive in the community and the workplace.
Objectives:
- To discuss and understand cultural competency
- To understand and value diversity in groups
- To learn processes that encourage the achievement of inclusiveness
Outcome: To respect individual differences and to identify avenues for inclusiveness within the community.
Session: Issues in Human Services and Education Today
Goal: To become familiar with community education and human service organizations and increase understanding of their importance to the community.
Objectives:
- To gain an awareness of current issues facing community human services and education
- To present an experiential awareness of services available to community consumers of human services and education
- To gain an awareness of the leadership and volunteer efforts needed to meet community needs
Outcome: To motivate participants to seek opportunities within human services and/or education in which to apply their leadership skills.
Session: Problem Solving Through Collaboration
Goal: To gain an understanding of collaboration.
Objectives:
- To define the differences between collaboration and other group processes
- To describe and experience the roles, responsibilities and stages of the collaborative process in the community arena
- To discuss and practice the collaboration process
Outcome: To increase awareness of the techniques necessary to enhance community collaboration.
Session: Ethics and Personal Mission
Goal: To gain an understanding of ethical leadership and to initiate development of a personal mission to guide community service and leadership.
Objectives:
- To assist the participants in defining ethics
- To engage in self-introspection and understanding our individual view of the world
- To engage in activities to apply ethics in the day-to-day
- To begin the preparation of a personal mission statement
Outcome: To increase awareness of and application of ethics and personal mission to leadership.
Session: Government and the Economy Today
Goal: To explore the roles of government and introduce awareness of economic development processes in the community.
Objectives:
- To provide an opportunity to meet and talk with the current elected city and county officials and state legislators
- To descrice the role of economic development in the community
- To describe the role of government
- To gain insight into current challenges of community growth and development
- To provide information on becoming involved in public service
Outcome: To raise awareness of opportunities to become involved in community development through government and private sector organizations.
Session: Coaching for Success
Goals and Objectives:
- To increase understanding of the foundational background of coaching
- To enhance understanding of the value of coaching
- To provide insight into the primary components of coaching
- To increase competency and confidence of participants' ability to coach in the work place at either a basic or advanced level
- To provide coaching skill practice
Session: Nonprofit Board Leadership and Fundraising
Goal: To introduce and heighten awareness of responsibilities of non-profit board membership and fundraising.
Objectives:
- To identify and define attributes of an effective board of directors and the process of board governance including legal and procedural roles
- To provide awareness of the challenges faced by board members and the necessary skills to meet those challenges
- To emphasize the fundraising role of boards of directors and methods of fundraising
Outcome: To prepare individuals for the responsibilities of non-profit board membership.
Session: Launching Your Community Service and Leadership
Goal: To share insights into group processes learned through participation in group projects.
Objectives:
- To discuss the outcome of the team project and the group experience
- To identify leadership skills as applied to future community involvement
- To describe and practice how to facilitate from the chair
- To provide information for connecting to community service opportunities
Outcome: To provide the class an opportunity to reflect and debrief. |
