Emerging Leaders
High School
Elective
Course Description:
The Emerging Leaders program combines experiential and project-based learning to empower students to make a difference on their campus, community, and world. Through small and large group discussions, team building activities and community engagement, students will actively pursue topics such as collaborative leadership, leadership styles, ethics and decision making while exploring the power of risk taking, communication, and facilitation.
Semester 1
Introduction
Topic 1: Who am I?
Topic 2: Social Change Theory
Topic 3: Components of Leadership
Individual
Topic 1: Leadership Basics
Topic 2: Personal Leadership Development
Topic 3: Failure
Topic 4: Preparing to Make a Difference
Communication
Topic 1: Listening and Hearing
Topic 2: Know Your Audience
Topic 3: Digital Citizenship
Semester 2
Note: if the following section is blank the course is 1 semester long
Group
Topic 1: Accountability to Others
Topic 2: TEAM
Ethics
Topic 1: Defining Ethics
Topic 2: Morality
Leadership Capstone
Leadership Project
Leadership Experience