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High School Leadership Skills Development

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Suggested Prerequisites

N/A

Description

In this course, you’ll learn the leadership skills needed to be successful in all areas of your personal, academic, and professional life. You’ll learn the skills to approach problem-solving, decision-making, time management, and goal setting to manage more effectively the challenges of day-to-day life, challenging courses, and responsibilities at work. You’ll also explore the skills to approach public speaking, relationships, organizational management, and team building to better prepare you for whatever professional role you choose in the future. This course prepares students to be leaders in whatever future path they choose for themselves.

Module One – The Nature of Leadership

-Types of leaders

-Civic engagement

-Running for office

-Types of motivation

-The electoral system

-Sound bites and slogans

-Speech strategies

-Identifying bias and propaganda

 

Module Two – Team Foundations

-Roles on a team

-Getting to know your people

-Establishing trust

-Clear communication

-Ethical behavior

-Unethical behavior in leadership

-Effective meetings

-Collaboration

-Listening styles

-Building consensus

 

Module Three – From Plans to Actions

-Common obstacles

-SMART goals

-Establishing metrics

-Evaluating effectiveness

-Fine-tuning a plan

-Assessing success




Module Four – Maintaining Harmony

-Change management

-Phases of change

-Identifying the why

-Effective communication

-Communicating change

-Leading by example

-Types of conflict

-Encouraging cooperation

-Conflict management and resolution

-Active listening



 

Module Five – Taking Care of Everyone

-SWOT analysis

-Traits of a good leader

-Leaders vs managers

-Empathy

-Servant leadership

-Benefits of self care

-Managing commitments

-Making healthy decisions

-Building on ideas

-Making inferences

 

Module Six – Say It Clear

-Formal and informal communication

-Social media policy

-Using formal communication

-News articles and press releases

-Nonverbal communication

-Phone etiquette

-Creating and using visual aids




NCAA-Approved Courses

Our NCAA approved courses are updated often. Please visit the NCAA Eligibility Center and use our school code to see all current eligible courses. The FlexPoint Virtual School NCAA High School code is: 850171