LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE: DEVELOPING SKILLS THAT
ENHANCE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY
Semester 2, 2016
Unit Outline
Kristin Warr Pedersen
Sally Fuglsang
Anna Tayler
CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B
WHAT IS THE UNIT ABOUT?
Unit description*
Leadership and Service: Developing Skills That Enhance Your Employability will provide you
with opportunities to identify and develop your leadership skills through engagement with
guided resources, group and individual activities, web and face-to-face workshops and a
self-selected volunteering or service activity. This unit will explore key leadership
development concepts and how these link to employability including: leadership of self;
valuing diversity, goal setting, vision building, team building, reflective practice and
creativity. Through participation in outward facing service activities and individual and
group reflective activities you will explore your own leadership goals and expressions of
leadership and have the opportunity to compare and contrast these with your peers.
Activities and assessment will support you to plan for ways to incorporate leadership and
service experiences throughout your degree. The unit requires a minimum of 10 hours of
community service or volunteering. The skills developed in this unit will provide the
foundation for you to be able to recognise and showcase your leadership experiences which
will enhance your employability. This unit is the first stage for students wishing to
participate in the Vice Chancellor’s Leadership Program.
Intended Learning Outcomes*
On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Engage with a range of leadership development concepts to identify and articulate
your personal leadership goals;
2. Provide evidence of ways in which your volunteer experience contributes to your
graduate employability;
3. Reflect on your perceptions of leadership and how these relate to other’s
perceptions; and
4. Identify goals and pathways to guide your leadership and service engagement
throughout your degree.
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HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?*
Assessment schedule*
Assessment task
Date due
Percentage
By 5:00pm weighting
on
the
Friday of:
Links to Intended
Learning Outcomes
Assessment Task 1: Submission of
Weeks
Leadership
Development
Plan
2,3,4,9,11
Activities
5% (Pass/Fail)
1,2,3,4
Assessment Task 2: Reflective Piece
Week 5
15%
1,3,4
Assessment Task 3: Reflective Piece
Week 7
15%
1,3
Assessment Task
Development Plan
Week 13
35%
1, 2, 4
Week 14
30% (Pass/Fail) 2
Assessment
Task
Experience portfolio
4:
Leadership
5:
Service
Activities
Specific attendance/performance requirements*
Compulsory attendance is required for the following three seminars:
WEEK
DATE
ACTIVITIES
BEGINNING
TOPIC/ MODULE/ FOCUS
AREA
2
18 July
Leadership of Self
Seminar
Goal Statement
1
6
15 August
Valuing Diversity and
Communication
Seminar
Confirm Service
Activity
10
19
September
Creative Thinking and
Leadership
Seminar
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ASSESSMENT DUE
COB FRIDAY
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