Leadership Development Resources Accessible to Teachers

Leadership development has always played an important role in career and technical education. Now Virginia educators have a wide range of leadership resources for enhancing classroom instruction and student organization activities.

Newly revised this year are two leadership courses available in VERSO:

Introduction to Leadership (9091) is an 18-week course designed for grades 6–10. This course equips students with individual and group leadership skills. Course content includes leadership principles, officer training, parliamentary law, public speaking, effective communication, positive public relations skills, and techniques of organizing and conducting group meetings and activities. Students are encouraged to be active members of a community or school organization.

Leadership Development (9092) is designed for grades 11–12 and may be taught as an 18- or 36-week option. In this course, students develop competencies in identifying individual aptitudes in relation to effective leadership skills, understanding organizational behavior, using effective communication in the workplace, handling human resources and organizational problems, supervising and training employees, resolving conflict, and planning for the future. Continuing education in leadership is emphasized as well as practical leadership experiences in cooperation with school and community leaders.

Along with the usual instructional elements, the online frameworks for these two courses contain links to collaborative lesson plans and print and electronic resources.

Revised to match current Virginia standards of learning, Leadership for the 21st Century continues to be a vital Web site for CTE and academic teachers alike. This Web-based K–12 leadership development curriculum for Virginia public schools is searchable by grade level, by strand, and by activity, and includes CTE course correlations to the leadership expectations. The publication was developed by the Virginia Board of Education.

Additional teaching aids for leadership are available in the CTE Resource Center’s library, which loans materials to Virginia public school educators upon request. Some of the Center’s leadership titles are listed below:

• Civicquest. Learning Leadership: A Curriculum Guide for a New Generation Grades K-12. College Park, MD: Center for Political Leadership and Participation, 1996. SP170.010
• Fiscus, Lyn. Leadership Curriculum Guide. Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals, 1995. SP170.001
• Holkeboer, Robert, and Thomas Hoeksema. A Casebook for Student Leaders. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. SP170.014
• Karnes, Frances A., and Suzanne M. Bean. Leadership for Students: A Practical Guide for Ages 8-18. Waco, TX. Prufrock Press, 1995. SP170.003
• Kinlaw, Dennis. Handbook of Leadership Training Activities. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. SP170.021
• Komives, Susan R., Nance Lucas, and Timothy R. McMahon. Exploring Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. SP170.011
• Krass, Peter, ed. The Book of Leadership Wisdom. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998. SP170.004
• Marketing Education Resource Center. Lead! A Comprehensive Leadership Course Guide. Columbus, OH: MarkED, 2005. ME440.066
• Marketing Education Resource Center. Take the Lead! Management LAP 41. Columbus, OH: MarkED, 2003. ME440.061
• Ruderman, Marian N., and Patricia J. Ohlott. Learning from Life: Turning Life's Lessons into Leadership Experience. Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership, 2000. SP170.022
• Rue, Leslie W. Business Management: Real-World Applications & Connections. Teacher's Annotated Edition. Woodland Hills, CA: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2001. BE215.072
• Tichy, Noel M., and Eli Cohen. The Leadership Engine (Rapid-Read Handbook). Dallas, TX: Pritchett & Associates, Inc., 1998. SP170.008
• Van Linden, Josephine A., and Carl I. Fertman. Youth Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. SP170.012

Up to four library items at a time may be borrowed for a four-week period with the possibility of renewal. To borrow, please contact the Center Library.