PLC Syllabus

PRESIDENT'S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Introduction to Leadership

EDUC 2000, CRN 68393

Fall Semester 2018

Instructor: Joshua Taylor, Center for Ethical Leadership, 232 Student Union

Syllabus 2018

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Appointments can

be made through the Center's administrative assistant, Ruth Loffi, 405-744-9885 ruthie.loffi@okstate.edu.

Phone: (405) 744-5485 or (405) 744-5490 or (405) 744-2144

E-mail:

Graduate Assistant: Stephanie Maguire steph.maguire@okstate.edu

Undergraduate Assistant: Chapman Howard chapman.howard@okstate.edu

COURSE OBJECTIVES
To develop maintain, adjust, and evaluate a continuous personal concept and definition of leadership.

To gain an understanding of various leadership styles.
To demonstrate a working knowledge of leadership and ethical theories.
To develop skills in:
effective communication
ethical decision making and appropriate leadership behaviors
setting goals assessing and reaffirming values
planning and implementing change
utilizing power ethically
problem solving
group processes and dynamics
analysis and evaluation of skills development
motivation and influence
self assessment
celebrating and utilizing diversity
team building and maintenance
To initiate a global and multicultural awareness in the context of leadership development.
To acquire an understanding of the components of organizational structure, e.g. authority, power, communication networks.
To provide opportunities to observe, analyze, and participate in leadership experiences.
To establish mentor relationships with student leaders.
To acquire appropriate information on the participants of this course in order to understand the impact that leadership and effectiveness training will have on their personal development.

READINGS
Selected articles distributed in class or identified online.

POLICIES

ATTENDANCE
Meaningful attendance means being attentive, listening rather than carrying on personal conversations in class, joining in and/or instigating discussions with instructors and class members. The policy on class attendance is that all members are required to attend all sessions. More than two unexcused absences for the year will result in one letter grade deducted. Unexcused absences are absences that are unverified by documentation such as a doctor’s or another official’s note. Please contact your facilitator, since it is this person’s responsibility to monitor your attendance, if you will not be able to attend class. It is your responsibility to make-up any work that is missed.

CONCLAVE
Each PLC student is required to participate in the Conclave to be held during the spring semester and write up a 1-2 page typewritten reflection paper about their participation in the Conclave. This participation is classified as an assignment. Failure to participate could result in an incomplete for the course.

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
If any member of this class feels that he/she has a disability and needs special accommodations of any nature whatsoever, the instructors of this course will work with you and the Office of Disabled Student Services, 326 Student Union, to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in this class. Please (1) advise the instructors of such disability and the desired accommodations at some point before, during, or immediately after the first three scheduled class periods and (2) contact the Office of Disabled Student Services so that they can provide the required written verification from that office to the instructors.

ACADEMIC HONESTY
We expect you to behave with the highest of integrity. "Academic Dishonesty is any behavior in which an intentionally fraudulent attempt is made to gain undeserved intellectual credit or advantage for oneself or for another.http://academicintegrity.okstate.edu/ If you are found guilty of cheating in P.L.C. you may be assigned a reduced grade for the assignment, exam, or course; assigned a grade of "F" for the course, and /or recommended to the Office of Student Conduct that additional disciplinary action be taken, (e.g., conduct probation, termination of scholarship benefits, suspension, or expulsion from the University). These expectations apply to all assignments, quizzes, tests, projects, and papers.

COURSE FORMAT
The 1 1/2 –hour class period will consist of lectures, guest speakers, and/or multimedia presentations. Small groups led by facilitators will meet every week at a designated place TBA. The small group meetings will be structured discussions and activities.

GRADING AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two individual service learning projects of 20 hours each semester will be required for the academic year. Individual appointments must be set up with the Volunteer Center, 211 Student Union, 744-5145, in order to arrange for your individual project. The individual service learning projects will comprise 15% of the total grade.

Tests, assignments, quizzes, and instruments will comprise 70% of the total grade.

Reflection papers are assignments and required the following week after each guest speaker’s presentation. The paper will briefly describe the major points made by the speaker as well as your individual critique, response, and reflections of this experience. A one to two page typewritten paper will fulfill these assignments.

Research Paper or Creative Component (15% of total grade) assignment can be handed in at any time during the academic year. The instructor prior to Fall Break must approve this assignment. The paper or creative component report must be typewritten no more than 10 pages and compliant with the APA publication guidelines http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

POINT VALUES
(70%) Tests, assignments, quizzes, and instruments
(15%) Two Individual Service projects
(15%) Paper or Creative Component with report

The Student’s Rights Website: http://studentconduct.okstate.edu/code