Coursework

LDRS 2014 – Principles of Peer Leadership

The Principles of Peer Leadership was the first course we took sophomore year in the Residential Leadership Community. As one of the RLC interns, it was interesting assuming this leadership position but also being able to take the course with Peer Leaders of the community. This course was when we were first introduced to the Social Change Model with the goal to implement it within the community as leaders.

During this course we discussed both our roll in the community and how our role, individually and as a class, related to the community, university, and society as a whole. This included regular self-evaluations and weekly meetings with the other interns. The classes and assignment from the previous year were preparing us to pull from experiences and beliefs for this, and other courses.

We discussed individual, group, and community values and how they all compliment each other. The two artifacts include my First Self Evaluation for the course and the Where Do You Self-Assessment. These things taught us to be accountable for our actions and also be open  to accepting criticism from ourselves and others.  These things that we learn were not only meant to be implemented into areas of the RLC but in other organizations we were involved with. It’s was important to understand that some groups of people and organizations might have contrasting opinions. The Social Change Model helps us better navigate this through understanding collaboration, controversy, and finding a common purpose.