Madeline Dupre McNeely, M.Ed.

This course focuses on developing twenty-first century leadership skills, values, and habits. A collaborative, inclusive, and equitable approach is essential for sustained, meaningful leadership and community engagement in both local and global contexts. Leaders provide the best possible outcomes when they collaborate at the person, role, and system levels. Students learn how to leverage the wisdom and resources of multiple perspectives and constituencies and to inspire others to act on and align with organizationally espoused and practiced values. Students expand their ability to address and negotiate leadership challenges that arise when stakeholders come together to plan, make decisions, and take action in nonprofit, organizational, and community settings. Students also reflect on their current leadership habits and have a chance to practice new leadership habits through applying course content to self-designed approved organizational or community projects. The course creates an experiential learning community that calls for students to stretch themselves in the emotional, intellectual, and civic domains of their lives.