WEEK 4

LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Week 4 Overview: Leading for Equity and Civic Empowerment

🔘 MONDAY: Foundations of Leadership Identity

· 8:30-9:00: Morning Check-In and Peer Sharing

· 10:00-11:00: Self-Assessment: My Leadership Lens

· 11:00-12:00: Discussion: Leading with Empathy in CommunityContexts

· 12:00-1:00: Lunch Break

· 1:00-2:00: Case Study Review: Leadership in Action

· 2:00-3:00: Reflective Journal: What Kind of Leader Am I?

· Leadership development is key to empowering first-generation students to take ownership of their academic and personal
success (Northouse, 2022).

🔘 TUESDAY: Collaboration and Leading Diverse Teams

· 8:30-9:00: Morning Check-In and Peer Sharing

· 9:00-10:00: Workshop: Inclusive Leadership & Cultural Humility

· 11:00-12:00: Reflective Writing: Navigating Power, Voice, and Identity

· 12:00-1:00: Lunch Break

· 1:00-2:00: Dialogue Circle: Strengths in Diversity

· 2:00-3:00: Faculty-Led Leadership Reflection Session

· This follows research by Guthrie and Chunoo(2018) on developing inclusive leadership skills for underrepresented students.

🔘 WEDNESDAY: Leadership for Social Justice
· 8:30-9:00: Morning Check-In and Peer Sharing

· 9:00-10:00: Workshop: Servant Leadership in Action

· 12:00-1:00: Lunch Break

· 2:00-3:00: Journal Prompt: Leadership as Advocacy

· Servant leadership encourages first-generation students to focus on community-based leadership models (Northouse, 2022).

🔘 THURSDAY: Vision-Driven Leadership and Capstone Foundations

· 8:30-9:00: Morning Check-In and Peer Sharing

· 9:00-10:00: Workshop: Volunteerism, Civic Duty, and Accountability

· 10:00-11:00: Capstone Foundations: Choosing a Project with Purpose

· 11:00-12:00: Group Reflection: Leadership Growth

· 12:00-1:00: Lunch Break

· 1:00-2:00: Personal Mission Statement: Leadership and My Why

· 2:00-3:00: Guided Planning: Aligning Capstone Projects with Community Needs

· Developing a capstone project emphasizes applying leadership skills in a tangible community-centered way (Simon etal., 2021).

🔘 FRIDAY: Community Engagement in Action
· Service-Learning Day (8:30-3:30): Full day dedicated to advancing service-learning projects.

· Service-learning enhances leadership development through real-world application in line with John Dewey’s experiential learning
model (Talebi, 2015; Northouse, 2022).