J-B SL Single Issue Student Leadership: SL156 A Competency Based Appro (Paperback)

Looking to foster student leadership competency development? With this volume, you'll gain the latest research, resources, and tools to do just that.

There are many factors to consider when providing educational experiences that foster student leadership competency development. But, the process of designing, facilitating, and assessing these experiences to be both effective and meaningful can be elusive and challenging. In this volume, a variety of scholars offer diverse perspectives and nuanced expertise that address the following questions:

What leadership competencies are the most critical for students to develop?

How can we ensure students are ready to develop leadership competencies?

What instructional strategies and program design elements can we use to effectively enhance leadership competency development?

How do we help students and educators track and measure leadership competency learning and growth?

The Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Student Leadership explores leadership concepts and pedagogical topics of interest to high school and college leadership educators. Issues are grounded in scholarship and feature practical applications and best practices in youth and adult leadership education.