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Community Leadership and Service Learning - URSI 230

Urban and Regional Studies Institute

Tuesday 6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.

Room AH 323

Instructor: Dr. J.E. Cherrington (Dr. J) f:mydocs/courses/ComLead/syllabus/F00

Office: Morris Hall - 106B Phone/Voice Mail: 507-389-5031

Office Hours: Are posted on my office door and on web page at

(www.intech.mnsu.edu/cherrington)

Class Electronic Bulletin Board: For announcements and updates see:

(www.intech.mnsu.edu/cherrington/discussion/CommunityLeadership

I am also available other times by appointment and I encourage you to stop to visit with me during the semester.

Texts: • Government is Us, Cheryl Simmell King and Camilla Stivers

• The Community of the Future, the Drucker Foundation

Course Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a comprehensive overview of community leadership and service learning within the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Included will be management principles and practices, public administration, ethical and civic responsibilities in a democratic society. Most important, and what makes this course unique, is the involvement of community leaders and the student within the community. There will be a wide variety of guest (community leader) lectures. Additionally, this course requires a high level of student involvement--volunteering, attending meetings, interviewing, working with both student and community teams, etc.

Learning Outcomes:

• You will understand and define leadership within the nonprofit sector and compare and contrast this sector with the public and private sectors.

• You will understand from an ethical and civic perspective, the significance and development of mission, leadership, resources, marketing, decision-making and people development within the nonprofit sector.

• You will understand and define leadership within the government sector (leadership, tasks, responsibilities and practices) and compare and contrast this sector with the nonprofit and private sectors.

• You will understand from an ethical and civic perspective, the development of citizenship, representative government, collaboration, citizen participation and citizen self-government.

• You will have first-hand knowledge of and experience in one or more community non-profit organizations through service learning and student volunteer teams.

• Through service learning you will have the opportunity to understand and apply your skills of community leadership.