Course: / Leadership Development / Course Number: / 9092
Textbook: / Leadership: Personal Development and Career Success
Required Fee/Supplies: / $10.00 / Student Organization: / FFA
Prerequisite: / None
Dual Enrollment Credit: / None
Industry Certification: / None
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students develop competencies in identifying individual aptitudes in relation to effective leadership skills, understanding organizational behavior, using effective communication in the workplace, handling human resources and organizational problems, supervising and training employees, resolving conflict, and planning for the future. Continuing education in leadership is emphasized as well as practical leadership experiences in cooperation with school and community leaders.
II. COURSE CONTENT
Task Area / DaysIdentifying the Characteristics, Roles, and Responsibilities of a Leader / 5
Developing Leadership Skills / 25
Practicing Problem Solving / 10
Managing Meetings, Time, and Resources / 15
Communicating in the Workplace / 25
Exploring Opportunities for Leadership / 10
Total / 90
III. EVALUATION/GRADE PROCEDURES
1. Written tests
2. Teacher observation
3. Practical exercises
4. Presentations
5. Homework assignments
Leadership Development (9092) - Competency List
Student Name ______School Year ______
School ______
Leadership Development
TASKS/COMPETENCIES / Date / RatingIdentifying the Characteristics, Roles, and Responsibilities of a Leader
• CCN9092-36.001 Identify current leaders and their distinguishing characteristics.
• CCN9092-36.002 Analyze the benefits and risks in assuming a leadership role.
• CCN9092-36.003 Determine your aptitude as a leader.
• CCN9092-36.004 Consider fellow classmates or team members as leaders.
• CCN9092-36.005 Describe the rationale for leadership in terms of environment, the need for change, and a leader’s vision of the future.
• CCN9092-36.006 Establish leadership goals.
Developing Leadership Skills
• CCN9092-36.007 Describe universal leadership skills.
• CCN9092-36.008 Distinguish a leader from a manager.
• CCN9092-36.009 Compare the effectiveness of several leadership styles in given situations.
• CCN9092-36.010 Analyze your own leadership style.
• CCN9092-36.011 Describe techniques for motivating others.
• CCN9092-36.012 Specify elements of professionalism.
• CCN9092-36.013 Write a personal vision statement.
• CCN9092-36.014 Identify some advantages of having project teams in the workplace.
• CCN9092-36.015 Organize and lead a team through the process of completing a project with specific goals.
• CCN9092-36.016 Identify behaviors that lead to promotion in the modern workplace.
• CCN9092-36.017 Give examples of equity issues in the workplace.
Practicing Problem Solving
• CCN9092-36.018 Apply one or more problem-solving processes to a given situation(s).
• CCN9092-36.019 Select techniques for managing stress and maintaining balance in life roles.
Managing Meetings, Time, and Resources
• CCN9092-36.020 Conduct a meeting, using parliamentary procedure.
• CCN9092-36.021 Set priorities for given situations.
• CCN9092-36.022 Use networking to identify available resources in several case problems.
• CCN9092-36.023 Give examples of comprehensive, operational, and strategic plans.
• CCN9092-36.024 Analyze the impact of technology on workplace communication.
• CCN9092-36.025 Examine your own short- and long- term goals, including resources necessary to reach these goals.
• CCN9092-36.026 Identify benefits of membership in student and professional organizations.
Communicating in the Workplace
• CCN9092-36.027 Examine the steps involved in communication.
• CCN9092-36.028 Demonstrate oral presentation skills.
• CCN9092-36.029 Demonstrate nonverbal communication techniques.
• CCN9092-36.030 Demonstrate elements of American and international etiquette.
• CCN9092-36.031 Facilitate consensus among members of a panel, serving as moderator.
• CCN9092-36.032 Introduce people in a variety of settings.
• CCN9092-36.033 Demonstrate written communication skills.
Exploring Opportunities for Leadership
• CCN9092-36.034 Identify a leadership opportunity in your school or community.
• CCN9092-36.035 Develop a plan to exercise leadership skills in a leadership opportunity.
• CCN9092-36.036 Analyze current trends and issues that may affect one’s leadership development.
• CCN9092-36.037 Compare viewpoints of current authors on leadership.
• CCN9092-36.038 Re-examine your own aptitude as a leader, using the experience gained in this course as a framework, explaining reasons for any changes in plans or strategies.
...RATING SCALE...
1 - Can teach others
2 - Can perform without supervision
3 - Can perform with limited supervision
4 - Can perform with supervision
5 - Cannot perform
Teacher’s signature ______
Leadership Development (9092) - Related Standards of Learning
English
11.1 / The student will make informative and persuasive presentations.a. Gather and organize evidence to support a position.
b. Present evidence clearly and convincingly.
c. Support and defend ideas in public forums.
d. Use grammatically correct language, including vocabulary appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.
11.2 / The student will analyze and evaluate informative and persuasive presentations.
a. Critique the accuracy, relevance, and organization of evidence.
b. Critique the clarity and effectiveness of delivery.
11.4 / The student will read and analyze a variety of informational materials.
a. Use information from texts to clarify or refine understanding of academic concepts.
b. Read and follow directions to complete an application for college admission, for a scholarship, or for employment.
c. Apply concepts and use vocabulary in informational and technical materials to complete a task.
d. Generalize ideas from selections to make predictions about other texts.
e. Analyze information from a text to draw conclusions.
11.7 / The student will write in a variety of forms, with an emphasis on persuasion.
a. Generate, gather, plan, and organize ideas for writing.
b. Develop a focus for writing
c. Evaluate and cite applicable information.
d. Organize ideas in a logical manner.
e. Elaborate ideas clearly and accurately.
f. Adapt content, vocabulary, voice, and tone to audience, purpose, and situation.
g. Revise writing for accuracy and depth of information.
h. Proofread final copy and prepare document for intended audience or purpose.
11.8 / The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and paragraphing.
a. Use a style manual, such as that of the Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA), for producing research projects.
b. Use verbals and verbal phrases to achieve sentence conciseness and variety.
c. Adjust sentence and paragraph structures for a variety of purposes and audiences.
11.9 / The student will write, revise, and edit personal, professional, and informational correspondence to a standard acceptable in the workplace and higher education.
a. Apply a variety of planning strategies to generate and organize ideas.
b. Organize information to support purpose and form of writing.
c. Present information in a logical manner.
d. Revise writing for clarity.
e. Use technology to access information, organize ideas, and develop writing.
12.1 / The student will make a 5 to 10 minute formal oral presentation.
a. Choose the purpose of the presentation: to defend a position, to entertain an audience, or to explain information.
b. Use a well-structured narrative or logical argument.
c. Use details, illustrations, statistics, comparisons, and analogies to support purposes.
d. Use visual aids or technology to support presentation.
e. Use grammatically correct language, including vocabulary appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.
12.2 / The student will evaluate formal presentations.
a. Critique relationships among purpose, audience, and content of presentations.
b. Critique effectiveness of presentations.
12.4 / The student will read and analyze a variety of informational materials, including electronic resources.
a. Identify formats common to new publications and information resources.
b. Recognize and apply specialized informational vocabulary.
c. Evaluate a product based on analysis of the accompanying warranty and instruction manual.
d. Evaluate the quality of informational and technical materials.
12.7 / The student will develop expository and informational writings.
a. Generate, gather, and organize ideas for writing.
b. Consider audience and purpose when planning for writing.
c. Write analytically about literary, informational, and visual materials.
d. Elaborate ideas clearly and accurately.
e. Revise writing for depth of information and technique of presentation.
f. Apply grammatical conventions to edit writing for correct use of language, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
g. Proofread final copy and prepare document for publication or submission.
History and Social Science
VUS.14 / The student will demonstrate knowledge of economic, social, cultural, and political developments in the contemporary United States bya. analyzing the effects of increased participation of women in the labor force;
b. analyzing how changing patterns of immigration affect the diversity of the United States population, the reasons new immigrants choose to come to this country, and their contributions to contemporary America;
c. explaining the media influence on contemporary American culture and how scientific and technological advances affect the workplace, health care, and education.
GOVT.11 / The student will demonstrate knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights by
a. examining the Bill of Rights, with emphasis on First Amendment freedoms;
b. analyzing due process of law expressed in the 5th and 14th Amendments;
c. explaining selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights;
d. exploring the balance between individual liberties and the public interest;
e. explaining every citizen's right to be treated equally under the law.
GOVT.18 / The student will understand that thoughtful and effective participation in civic life is characterized by
a. obeying the law and paying taxes;
b. serving as a juror;
c. participating in the political process;
d. performing public service;
e. keeping informed about current issues;
f. respecting differing opinions in a diverse society.
Leadership Development (9092) - SOL Correlation by Task
CCN9092-18.004 CCN9092-36.004 / Consider fellow classmates or team members as leaders. / History and Social Science: GOVT.18CCN9092-18.011 CCN9092-36.011 / Describe techniques for motivating others. / English: 11.2
CCN9092-18.013 CCN9092-36.013 / Write a personal vision statement. / English: 11.7, 11.9, 12.7
CCN9092-18.017 CCN9092-36.017 / Give examples of equity issues in the workplace. / History and Social Science: GOVT.11
CCN9092-18.027 CCN9092-36.027 / Examine the steps involved in communication. / English: 11.1, 11.2
CCN9092-18.028 CCN9092-36.028 / Demonstrate oral presentation skills. / English: 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2
CCN9092-18.029 CCN9092-36.029 / Demonstrate nonverbal communication techniques. / English: 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2
CCN9092-18.033 CCN9092-36.033 / Demonstrate written communication skills. / English: 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 12.7
CCN9092-18.034 CCN9092-36.034 / Identify a leadership opportunity in your school or community. / History and Social Science: GOVT.18
CCN9092-18.036 CCN9092-36.036 / Analyze current trends and issues that may affect one’s leadership development. / History and Social Science: VUS.14
CCN9092-18.037 CCN9092-36.037 / Compare viewpoints of current authors on leadership. / English: 11.4, 12.4
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