Textbooks

Komives, Lucas, and McMahon. Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference.

Higher Education Research Institute, A Social Change Model of Leadership Development.

Course Objectives

Students will understand leadership as a process.
Through self-exploration, students will come to understand and learn from their past leadership involvement and experiences.
Students will learn skills necessary for an effective leadership process.
Students will be able to identify and analyze the effectiveness of current GLBT leaders.
Students will learn current issues and reality of the GLBT leadership movement from group discussions and outside presentations.
Students will critically evaluate the historical, current and future status of the GLBT leadership movement.
Students will utilize their personal passion and motivation to chart a course for their involvement in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender [GLBT] leadership movement.

Course Requirements and Evaluation

Attendance and Participation

Due to the experiential and class participation component of this course, attendance and preparation is critical. The focus of this course will be on your experience and class discussions. Each of us is an expert in our personal experience we must be present to share this with our peers and learn from each other. Completion of course readings is a critical component of active participation.

Journal/Assignments

Throughout the semester students will reflect on classroom content and internship experiences through journals. Journals will be turned in during our class session. Journals should be typed and approximately one to two pages. Journals should be reflective of personal experience, knowledge gained and impact of class activity, not a summary of the event.

Critical Questions

The class will be divided into small teams. The small teams will each have a designated topic and day for which they are responsible for leading the class discussion. In preparation for class, each team member will develop 3 to 5 critical questions – thought provoking, insightful questions developed to spark class discussion.

Final Project

The course final project will be a culmination of personal experience and leadership theory. Students will create a professional presentation that covers a current issue or topic in GLBT Leadership. Using leadership theory and course materials, students will present the issue, provide a comprehensive analysis of the situation, and make future recommendations.

All students are expected to know and understand the University policy on academic dishonesty.

If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and need special arrangements for this class, please contact the instructor.

If class meetings and/or class activities fall on an observed religious holiday, please inform the instructors. Accommodations will be made for you to make-up the missed class and/or assignment.

Tentative Course Outline

August 31 Class Introduction and Team Building

September 7 History: Understanding leadership from a historical perspective.

September 14 History: Understanding the GLBT leadership movement through time.

September 21 Theory: Relational Leadership Model

September 28 Relational Leadership Model Continued

October 5 White House Field Trip with Julian Potter

**Meet at the UM Shuttle Station in Lot HH across the street from the Nyumburu Amphitheater.

October 12 Theory: Social Change Model

Theory and Application: Consciousness of Self

GLBT and Ally Identity Development

October 19 Human Rights Campaign Field Trip with Elizabeth Birch

**Meet at the UM Shuttle Station in Lot HH across the street from the Nyumburu Amphitheater

October 26 Theory and Application: Controversy with Civility

Guest Speaker: Hector Vargas with NGLTF

November 2 Theory and Application: Congruence and Commitment

November 9 Theory and Application: Collaboration and Common Purpose

Guest Speaker: Annie Stevens

November 16 Theory and Application: Citizenship

November 23 NO CLASS - Thanksgiving

November 30 Final Projects

December 7 Course Closure and Evaluation