School Leadership

I'm taking it next month. I would appreciate any study tips and maybe some of the types of questions they ask.

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2008-11-05 00:04:05 by Cynthai O

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New to teaching this class/feeling a little overwhelmed. Any help would be great.

Although this is a high school teacher, I think the ideas will be useful:
I am a high school Activities Director with a Leadership class. We meet 4 days a week on a modified block schedule. I try to do lessons twice a week, keeping them to only 20 minutes or so. Here are two lessons that I have had success with and hope you can incorporate into your classroom.
http://www.asbdirector.com/leadership/le adershipcurriculum.html

Here is a useful article:
Middle Level Leadership Handbook. National Leadership Camp Curriculum--Student Guide.
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2010-08-13 13:39:27 by clacher

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Just transferred from the Army to the AIr National Guard and I was wondering if there is a PT test . ALso, how is Airmen Leadership school like? What can I expect? Because I'm supposed to tell my unit by next month if I want to go to ALS or just take the correspondence course.

You will be weighed at the time you sign into the school. You must meet standards to participate, if not you will be sent back to your unit.
There is not TEST, but you must participate in PT several times a week, as a group.

2009-02-25 14:29:01 by Senior Airman Gregory C

Only answer this question if you have been on a NOLS course. Did the school meet your expectations? Were the course levels (based on difficult/challenging) where you expected them?

(Disclaimer: I now work for NOLS, I will try to answer as a grad only)

I went on a Semester in the Rockies course in 2001. It very much met my expectations. I would say that my expectations were learning technical skills involved in extended backcountry travel. By the end of the course I felt confident to lead people on extended trips, proficiency with map and compass, meal planning and cooking (i was a horrible cook most of the course though), technical rope skills, knots, rappel and rope-rescue technique, cave and canyon orienteering, I got wilderness first responder certified, how to travel in avalanche terrain and asses avalanche danger. After the climbing section I felt I could successfully set up top-ropes for friends but not trad-style lead climbs. The rope skills and knots were the first to leave my brain (after about 1.5 years of not practicing)

Also I went on the course to give me some time to figure out personal future goals. I expected it to be challenging and was actually very nervous before my course. The first section was a Winter Camping section and it was very brutal the first few days. I didn't think I would be able to keep up, stay warm, and was very worried until about day 4 when I got into a groove. The rest of the entire semester from climbing to caving to a canyon hiking section was physically difficult but the mental stress was gone. I think that I became accustomed to the weight of the pack, the long days of physical activity, and it just became fun.

Depending on your expectations there are different course types. I would say that if you are super motivated and want a mature learning environment I would lean towards an outdoor educator course.

It was because I enjoyed it so much that I sought it out for employment 6 years later.

2010-05-19 12:17:58 by skittlesss

I'm starting to think about colleges..and I know colleges like good leadership skills. What are some good examples of this in school? Does this mean like student body president? Or can it be something smaller?

Any (ANY) "official position" looks good. Become the treasurer of some random club or something - it's easy, hopefully you learn something about leadership, and you can use it to write about in your essays. Or, you can start your own club.

Or you can be the student body president, lead of a school play, etc - but that's so much work, and you may not like it.

Note that, whatever you get involved in, you have to stay committed to it for a while (or else it looks like you're just trying to look "resume-good")

2009-03-22 17:06:14 by C M