GPP30 LEADERSHIP and PEER SUPPORT

COURSE OUTLINE

Teacher: Mr. Williams

Location: Room 221

Period: Lunch Time (11:45-12:25)

Email:

Phone: (613) 829-5320 Ext. 504

Wiki: http://andrewwilliams.pbworks.com

Course Description

This course prepares students to act in leadership and peer support roles by assisting junior students in class during a placement. Students will develop skills in communication, interpersonal relations, teamwork, and teaching techniques. Students will also examine group dynamics to learn the value of diversity within groups and communities. A strong element of this course deals with personal growth, through reflection on leadership activities.

Objectives for Leadership and Peer Support

·  To help students learn how to influence people or situations in positive ways

·  To help students improve their interpersonal skills

·  To help students improve their individual area(s) of weakness

Course Schedule

You will be required to attend lunch hours as part of the course component. The following is a list of dates when you will be required to be in class at lunch hour. Some of these dates may change and other dates may be added. You must discuss these dates with your Mentor, to schedule yourself to be absent these days.

Course Structure

This course is designed so that some of the material is covered within the practical experience of the classroom and some of the material is covered during classes running at lunch time.

Practical component – this component of the class takes place in your placement. It consists of practical hands on experience working with students on a daily basis.

Theoretical component – this aspect of the course is what takes place at lunch in the peer leadership class. It consists of lessons, discussions and assignments.

Assignments

The coursework consists of bi-weekly assignments that will be submitted to your teacher, and a summative which consists of a portfolio and a personal reflection. Assignments include:

1)  Class based assignments requiring you to apply what you learned in class during your placement (observe students, try using teaching strategies)

2)  Log sheets due every class (every two weeks)

3)  One journal entry a month (roughly)

Assessment & Evaluation

Your mark will be calculated using the following tasks and weightings:

Task / Percent of Final Mark
Observation Assignment / 5%
Log Sheets / 5%
Journal Entries (3 in total) / 20%
Mid-term Placement (10%)
End-term Placement (20%)
Student Interview (10%)
Total / 40%
Summative / 30%
Total / 100%

Lunch Hour Class Schedule

Attend Class on: / Tasks to be completed
Thursday September 6th / - Welcome & Ice breaker
- Course info & outline
Tuesday September 11th / - Confidentiality forms
- Teacher/student expectations
Tuesday September 18th / - Week 1 Observation
- Overview of Roles
Tuesday September 25th / - What is Leadership?
Tuesday October 2nd / - Smart Goals
Tuesday October 9th / - Experience + Reflection & Journal Entries
Tuesday October 23rd / - Learning Styles 101
Tuesday November 6th / - Emotional intelligence
Tuesday November 20th / - The art of influence
Tuesday December 4th / - Project Empathy
Tuesday December 18th / - Group dynamics
Tuesday January 8th / - Progress check-in day
Tuesday January 15th / - Summative Assignment
Tuesday January 22nd / - Celebrate Placements

Engagement with the course

You are expected to know when your assignments are due and what they entail (i.e. to know what components you must complete and hand in).

An overview of each assignment will be given in-class so you know what is expected. If you are not present for the overview or you do not understand the assignment it is the student’s responsibility to find the info needed from the teacher or a friend.

Please note that all assignments are worth something so therefore all assignments are important and should be given the full attention and effort they require to achieve a mark of a level four.

Work Ethic

I expect that you will try your best, that you will do all your work and that you will do it well. I hold high expectations for my students.

Attendance

You are expected to attend every class during the specified times at lunch hour, as well as every class you have in your peer leadership placement.

Note**When you attend class at lunch you do not attend your placement that day

Late or Missed Assignments

You must speak to your teacher in advance of due dates if you cannot hand the assignment in on the designated date due. You must have a valid reason (i.e. medical note, or parental note) otherwise you will be docked late marks (5 percent for the first day and 2 percent everyday thereafter).

If you are late, your second opportunity to hand in the assignment is the first day you are back in class. If you do not hand in your work then, your opportunity is given everyday forward from that date. Whether the assignment can be handed in after the second opportunity is given, is at the discretion of the teacher.

I ______have read and understand the expectations of me as a student in Leadership and Peer Support.

Student Signature: ______Date: ______

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