Boone County Area Technology Center
Leadership Development & Dynamics
Syllabus – Spring 2015
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High School Course Information
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HEA450 – Leadership Dynamics
170199
Leadership Dynamics 0.5 credit hours
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4 Grading Period
M-F, 1145-1430
Boone County ATC, Health Science Classroom
Laura M Williams, RN, CLNC, MSN-CNE, MS-CTE
www.boone.kyschools.us/content_page.aspx?cid=334&schoolID=2
859.689.7855
Laura.Williams@boone.kyschools.us
Health Science Classroom/Lab
M-F 1430 – 1530, (0700 – 0730 by appointment ONLY)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to assist students with developing skills needed to be successful leaders
and responsible members of society. The students will develop personal attributes and social
skills necessary for a successful transition into the world of work, and/or further education.
Emphasis will be placed on team work, problem solving, critical thinking, communication (oral
and written), personal development (work ethics), and leadership. It is recommended that the
student be a member of the student organization where they will have opportunities to apply the
knowledge gained from this course.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
1. Define leadership: compare the types of leadership styles, and assess the importance of qualified
leaders to the success of organizations.
2. List personal characteristics/qualities of successful leaders; construct a questionnaire and interview a
person in a leadership role.
3. List leadership opportunities available in the community.
4. Develop personal and group goals.
5. Develop communication skills (verbal and written) to enhance success in school and in transition to
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the world of work.
Prepare and present an informative, illustrative, or persuasive speech; Devise and use, or use HOSAFuture Health Professionals speech rubric to critique oral presentations
Participate in public relations activities by speaking, writing, or making presentations to a group.
Prepare a press release for publication.
Contribute to the organization’s newsletter/scrapbook, etc.
Contact in writing, a guest to attend an organizational meeting.
Demonstrate appropriate business dress and appropriate business/professional etiquette.
Identify official dress code for members of the student organization.
Demonstrate ability to tie a necktie or scarf.
14. Outline techniques used for proper business/professional etiquette: -- meeting people, travel and
table etiquette.
15. Serve as host when the guest you invite attends a meeting.
16. Participate in an installation ceremony or opening and closing ceremonies
17. Analyze organizational structures and their components (including bylaws, officers, committees, and
program of work: Identify mains components and compare local, state and national bylaws.
18. Prepare a program of work, including educational/leadership, civic, social, and financial activities.
19. Evaluate a previous program of work
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process (application/nomination, test, etc.).
Describe how committees are established.
List the standing committees and their responsibilities
Serve as a chairperson or member of a committee
Demonstrate the use of parliamentary skills in presiding over a meeting.
Explain the history and purpose of parliamentary procedure.
Identify the authority used for parliamentary procedure.
State the function of the gavel.
List the steps for handling a motion; identify the classes of motions.
List the rules for debate.
Prepare an agenda; Participate in a mock meeting.
Conduct research on a community organization that uses parliamentary procedure.
Learn about HOSA-Future Health Professionals.
Recite mission, motto, and creed.
Label parts of the emblem and explain the meaning of the colors.
List the organizational levels and dues for each level.
List publications and resource materials available.
Name leadership training conferences available.
Prepare a realistic budget based on program of work and resources available.
Participate in fundraising efforts.
List the categories of competitive events and select an event to compete in at local, regional,
state or national level.
Develop techniques to resolve conflict that arises in the home, school, community, and workplace
(conflict management).
Describe how ethical and social behavior affects our lives.
Demonstrate an awareness of cultural diversity and equity.
Demonstrate shared decision.
Identify self-management techniques.
Identify stress management techniques.
Prepare an Employability Skills Portfolio.
Prepare a cover letter; Resume; Application.
Answer in writing questions you may be asked at an interview.
List questions you might ask at an interview.
Participate in a mock interview (this could be a HOSA-Future Health Professionals Job Application
Competition).
Write a thank you letter to the interviewer.
Discuss reasons for changing employment.
Write a letter of resignation.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK, TOOLS AND/OR SUPPLIES:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Sean Covey)
The Student Leadership Challenge Series (Kouzes & Posner)
Diversified Health Occupations (7th Ed) by Simmers, Louise. Delmar publisher.
GRADING/EVALUATION STANDARD:
Tests - 60%
Workbook, assignments, worksheets, and quizzes -20%
Leadership Journal – 10%
Employability -10% [5 points each day are available (grade posted weekly); a point for each: 1)
on time to class, 2) prepared for class, 3) awake and alert throughout entire class, 4) positive
contribution to class discussion and activities, and 5) professional attitude and behavior
throughout entire class].
MAKE-UP POLICY FOR MISSED WORK: Missed work that is not made up within one
week of return to school will receive a grade of zero.
CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance policy is set by the home high school.
Excessive absenteeism will adversely affect the daily participation grade and therefore the grade
as a whole. Refer to the Boone County ATC Student Handbook.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY:
Withdrawal from the class is based on the policies and procedures of each home high school.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
All students with disabilities are identified through the home high school. Accomodations in the
Individual Education Plan will be followed.
Library and Information Services
Students are encouraged the use the reference materials in the Health Science classroom. The
libraries at each home high school are avalable to the student. Some assignments may require
students to use the public library. The Boone Co ATC students are also welcome to use the
library at Gateway Community and Technical College.
GCTC has a variety of information resources available to students on the Boone, Edgewood,
Highland Heights, and Covington campuses (including the Park Hills Center). Each of the three
campus libraries (located at Boone, Edgewood and Park Hills Center), has a general reference
collection in print. A large quantity of materials is available in electronic format, including
electronic books, scholarly journals, peer-reviewed research and full-text databases, which may
be accessed from any computer with appropriate passwords.
In addition, the libraries at Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More College have
contractual agreements with Gateway that allow GCTC faculty, students and staff to have
complete access to their resources. Gateway is also a member of the Southern Ohio and
Neighboring Libraries consortium, which provides reciprocal borrowing and lending privileges
among academic and public libraries in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area, including
Kenton, Boone and Campbell public libraries.
Program specific resources may be available for use in program-specific areas, classrooms or
laboratories. Check with your instructor and/or the library staff for assistance is accessing these
additional resources. You may contact the library at (859)-442-4162 or access the GCTC Library
and Information Services website at http://www.gateway.kctcs.edu/new/library.htm for
additional information.
Elective Items
CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE/RULES/REGULATIONS OF THE CLASSROOM: The
classroom is a learning environment. Therefore only those activities related to the learning
experience will be accepted in the class. Please come prepared with pen, pencil, paper, books or
any other equipment designated for the class.
Attendance Policy:
Please refer to the Boone County ATC Student Handbook.
Academic Integrity:
Students are required to conduct themselves in conformity with normal expectation of academic
integrity in their completion of assignments and examinations.
Academic dishonesty includes, but is not restricted to, the following:
 Theft or abuse of another's work
 Alteration of any grade or other evaluation of one's own or another student's work in
order to misrepresent its quality
 Unauthorized collaboration in completing work, including completing work for
another and submitting another's work as one's own
 Use of resources prohibited by the faculty member
 Representation of another's work as one's own (plagiarism)
 Unapproved submission of the same work in more than one course
Student Rights and Responsibilities:
Refer to the student handbook for this information.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this syllabus may be adjusted to continue to meet
learning objectives. Substantial changes resulting in an amended syllabus will be
communicated to student and parent(s)/guardian(s) in writing in a timely manner.
The student AND the parent(s)/guardian(s) must indicate IN WRITING that both parties
have read this syllabus for HEA450 and will comply with all of the terms and conditions
which are outlined.