LEADERSHIP

This year-long course is designed to provide students with opportunities to develop their leadership skills and to both lead and participate in a number of school and community-based activities. Students enrolled in Leadership will develop a Leadership portfolio over the course of the school year that will include evidence of enhanced skills in organization, management, goal setting, decision-making, planning, public relations, communication, working with people, and public speaking. The course will be a combination of seminars that develop leadership skills and hands-on activities that provide students opportunities to plan and organize events.

Leadership students will have the opportunity to plan school dances, fundraisers, Spirit Days, assemblies, and play an important role in creating a positive school culture at Parkland.

This course is open to all grade levels. It is a 4-credit course and will run outside the timetable, primarily at lunch hour. Students will be required to meet 1-2 days per week as a class and then work on projects and events outside the regularly scheduled meetings.

This year-long Indigenous Leadership course has been developed to support students in developing a sense of personal identity, empowerment and self-esteem through an awareness of family, community, cultural histories and traditions. Students will be encouraged to take responsibility and to make informed decisions based on their class and community work. The students are viewed as individuals with various talents, responsibilities, needs and knowledge. They will have a variety of learning experiences that will reflect the traditional teaching of “learning by doing”.

The overall intent of the course is to assist in the development and enhancement of holistic qualities (mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual). Through the integration of Indigenous traditional teachings, and the reinforcement of positive and healthy attitudes and values, students develop the skills to achieve their personal, educational, and career goals.

The Indigenous Leadership course content, presentation and approaches integrate the diverse cultural practices of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. They will provide the foundation upon which identity and a sense of place and belonging are created to build a positive culture in the class. The course will provide a foundation for students to establish personal, educational, and career goals. In addition, students will develop skills that will see them as contributing to their family, school, community and living with others in an interdependent world.

This course is open to all grade levels. It is a 4-credit course and will run outside the timetable, primarily at lunch hour. Students will be required to meet 1-2 days per week as a class and then work on projects and events outside the regularly scheduled meetings.