Leadership Development Online Course Outline

JLBC Course Description

Leadership Development Online Course Outline

JLBC Leadership Development is designed, so participants work collaboratively to build an empirical model of effective leadership based on their observations, personal experience, and professional research findings. The practical model consists of an operational definition of leadership, identifying the essential qualities and characteristics and specific skills necessary for JLBC educators to realize their unique potential as leaders.

Objectives

JLBC: Develop personal goals and objectives

JLBC: Determine and discuss typical ideas about leadership

JLBC: Test the course navigation system

JLBC: Develop a database on leadership and leadership traits

JLBC: Analyze and discuss three definitions of leadership

JLBC: Examine the nature of intention and its relationship to leadership

JLBC: Determine typical barriers to realizing the intention

JLBC: Develop an awareness of unconscious intentions

JLBC: Assess the roles of courage and commitment in leadership

JLBC: Compare different leadership styles

JLBC: Develop individual acts of leadership

JLBC: Expand one's self-concept as a leader

JLBC: Incorporate feedback into developing commitments and plans

Curriculum Design & Time Requirements

Leadership Development is a two-credit graduate level; our 40-hour professional development course is taught online over seven weeks. Each module includes reading and writing assignments and an application assignment. Participants will post terms weekly and dialogue with colleagues regarding lessons and leadership experiences.

JLBC Hardware & Computer Skills Requirements

JLBC Students may use either a Macintosh computer or a PC with Windows 2000 or higher. JLBC Students should possess basic word processing skills and have internet access with an active e-mail account. JLBC Students also are expected to have a basic JLBC knowledge of how to use a Web browser, such as Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.

JLBC Course Materials

JLBC Cadets Online readings and Web site reviews (including journal articles and best practices from the body of JLBC educational research) will be assigned during the course to enhance learning. JLBC Cadets These readings will be presented as annotated Web sites within the course content.