Capstone: Apl Prac & Princ Ldg

5.4 Assignment. You Teach it – Keys to Effective Leadership

Getting Started

During your academic program, you’ve been in the formal role of “student.” However, it is likely that in other roles, you function as a leader, mentor, or even teacher. Certainly, after 15 core courses in leadership that are part of this program, you should be able to share your learning with others that help them lead better. In other words, you should be able to assist others in building their leadership toolkit.

This assignment gives you the opportunity to shift to the “other side of the camera” and show us how you can help others learn to lead better.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

· Create leadership training and development materials.

Background Information

Training and development materials can be created in numerous ways. Among the possibilities are PPTs, videos, guidebooks, outlines, workshops, assessments, or numerous other options. Perhaps the most important consideration is the desired  learning outcomes. What are participants supposed to be able to know and do as a result?

Once a learning outcome(s) is determined, the variety of potential methods or materials ( learning activities) that could be used provides an opportunity to compare and contrast strengths and weaknesses in approaches. For example, is something best learned by discussion or interaction with others? Practice (e.g., internship or lab)? Writing? Creating? Usually, there is no absolute answer to the “best method,” but we should consider the  learner characteristics (needs, preferences, and even available resources) as we consider what needs to be learned and how it could be learned.

We also need to consider how the  learning is assessed.  In other words, how will you know that a learner has achieved the outcome? Will it be a quiz or test? Will it be an observation? Will it be via a rubric connected to the submitted artifact (e.g., paper) or assignment? A good assessment provides us with valuable feedback about the individual learner and possible revisions that could further improve the training or development. Good learning design creates a virtuous circle of continual improvement.

Something to think about - Most organizations are comprised of adults.  Thus, understanding the characteristics of adult learners is very important for training and development activities in organizations.  You studied some of those characteristics in your degree program. Be sure to keep them in mind as you build your deliverable for this assignment.

Instructions

1. Review all the materials assigned in Workshop Five. Consider some of your assignments in past courses (including devotional reflections). Conduct any new research that might be needed to complete this assignment.  

2. Review the Getting Started and Background Information sections.

3. Create a leadership training and development deliverable with the theme:  Keys to Effective Leadership. What you create is entirely your decision (see some options mentioned in the Getting Started and Background Information sections). The topics, points, materials, etc., are also completely of your choice. The primary requirement – it must address the theme – keys to effective leadership.

4. Some general guidelines about your deliverable:

a. If you create a “paper,” it should be @3 pages in length.

b. If you create a “PPT,” it should be @12 slides.

c. If you create a “video,” it should be @10 minutes.

d. If you create “other activities,” their “size” should reflect the approximately “10 minutes” time element of “doing” the training/development.

e. If you have questions about an idea that you have for the assignment, reach out to your faculty sooner rather than later.

5. At the beginning of your “deliverable,” provide a brief description of the context (e.g., for use with your organizational team) as well as a summary of relevant learner characteristics. This portion should be no more than ½ page or one slide (or equivalent).

6. Also, include a list of two or three learning outcomes for your deliverable. You might review the various learning outcomes associated with this course for some samples of how to “write” outcomes.

7. Provide a deliverable for your learning activity (e.g., PPT, video, etc.).

8. Provide a brief means of assessment (no more than 1 page or 1 slide). For example, you might create a survey for learners. You might create a rubric (see rubrics used in this course for some examples). The primary consideration is how will you be able to determine whether or not your learners achieved the learning outcomes?