BT L.E.A.D.E.R.

S Program Leadership Certificate Workshop

Workshop Description: The BT L.E.A.D.E.R.S. program is designed to provide leadership skills to aspiring Berkshire Towers resident student leaders. Through interactive sessions and group work, participants will develop skills and abilities that will help them for leadership positions within Residential Programs & Services (RPS). The facilitator(s) will help the participants understand what leadership is and develop skills to be a student leader. Additionally, participants will be charged with creating and implementing a community change project that is to be completed during the 5 weeks of the series. Workshop Mentor: Heather Quire M.S. Ed. - Residence Director of Berkshire Towers RA Mentors: (3 RA Mentors to help with the session & group work including Community Change Project) Workshop Objectives: Challenge your perceptions of leadership and discuss what it means to be a leader. Help you understand the responsibilities of being a resident student leader. Help you to actively challenge yourself to be a good leader. Learn the value of and prepare you to take on a leadership role within RPS and at MCLA. Exercise leadership skills to complete a community change project for the campus community.

Attendance and Participation: Participants are expected to attend and actively participate in all 5 sessions. Each session will be an hour and a half. The success of the workshop is based on meaningful dialogue and interactions with your fellow students and the facilitator. It is expected that participants come prepared with a notebook and pen for each session. Session participants are expected to complete all out-of-class tasks associated with the community change project or ongoing assignments.

Workshop Meeting Dates & Session Facilitators: Workshop Dates Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Topics: Session #1 Welcome; Overview; What is Leadership Group Intros & Community Change Introduction Session #2 Group Identity and Leading Collaboratively (teamwork) /What is Social Change Model & Community Change Activity Session #3 Making Connections & Networking; Public Speaking Session #4 Ethical Leadership; Conflict Resolution Session #5 Time Management & Balance; Workshop Conclusion / Community Change Project Presentations After each session each participant will submit an online journal entry of 500 words reflecting on what they learned in the session and how they can apply it in the future. October (Week of Oct. 15) October (Week of Oct. 22) October (Week of Oct. 29) November (Week of Nov. 5) November (Week of Nov. 12) Session Facilitator(s)

Community Change Project: A community change project is defined as an event, campaign, or performance that will involve an issue that the community must respond to. Examples of a social change project would range from a recycling based awareness campaign to a performance that highlights the struggle GLBT youth face on campus. During the first week of the Workshop the participants will be split into teams paired with an RA Mentor. These teams will be charged with developing the social change project on campus with the assistance of the workshop mentor. This project will require some out of class work. The final session of the Workshop the teams will present their project to the rest of the group and talk about their experiences during the planning and implementation of the project (10 min. presentation).