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Leadership Development Project (30% total) Personal Leadership History Report (10%) Personal Leadership Portfolio (20%) Introduction The final course deliverable is an extensive real-world project: an individual leadership portfolio. This portfolio will yield a product for you to share with prospective or current employers in order to enhance your employment possibilities and promotion potential. The portfolio is the second of two deliverables comprising the assessment; a Personal Leadership History Report (discussed in the section below) is due first and leads to the Personal Leadership Portfolio. The course project promotes your development and personal commitment to the required knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) required for understanding, assimilating, and demonstrating professional public safety leadership. In preparing your portfolio, you will have the opportunity to review leadership from a historical and an operational perspective and will be able to evaluate your own leadership style and effectiveness. Completion of the course-long personal leadership project solidifies foundation KSAs in order to: evaluate decision making in relation to historic and current issues in public safety through case studies and simulation explain the relationship between successful leadership, organizational development, and technology and the way these factors affect decision making discuss the importance of ethics, globalization, systems thinking, proactive leadership, and leader-follower relationships to successful leadership in public safety identify and discuss the major leadership theories and concepts applicable to public safety explain the importance of leadership in organizational processes and change cite examples of successful leadership styles and techniques in progressive public administration complete case study reviews and an operational simulation based on major public safety issues identify future public safety challenges and potential solutions synthesize your learning experience in your major discipline to apply the knowledge and skills to practical individual and organizational challenges The Leadership Development Project Process The project is a course-length process managed using specified development steps that correlate with specific course materials. Aspects of this process will be addressed in the course conferences each week. The first of the two project deliverables is the personal leadership history report. Personal Leadership Portfolio The final course deliverable, the Personal Leadership Portfolio, is created by incorporating targeted leadership knowledge development, self-assessment assignments, and homeland security or public safety leadership analysis. The portfolio represents a personal understanding and plan of public safety leadership based on the course research, module content, discussions, reports, simulation, and your leadership performance. The process requires weekly demonstration of leadership knowledge development through conference discussion opportunities and leadership self-assessment assignments. The submissions are assessed for accuracy and completeness against project requirements and ensure that the development of leadership knowledge, assessment, and analysis provides a maximum foundation for the sequential portfolio development. The completed personal leadership portfolio correlates with professional homeland security and public safety leadership best practices, resulting in a tangible product that can become a base for future leadership development. > Assessment Sequence The project is made up of sequential steps that constitute the required actions of semester-long portfolio development. The process assessment utilizes a recommended portfolio document structure. 1. Gather—the gathering of course and outside leadership materials and resources. 2. Research—narrowing the focus of academic and anecdotal leadership topics to professional homeland security or public safety leadership topics. 3. Organize—establish an information-handling process in order to coordinate resources, sources, and gathered data. Monitor for policy topic research completeness through use of an information-handling and organization process. 4. Analyze and evaluate—compare, contrast, and judge resource material to develop cogent documentation. 5. Assess—assimilate personal leadership history report results with cogent documentation, demonstrating the nexus between personal leadership history and data with academic and anecdotal resources. This step may also include assessing past leadership opportunities for lessons learned. 6. Apply—based on steps 1-5, determine personal leadership styles and traits and how the determination can be applied in a professional homeland security or public safety setting. This step will also include personal leadership strengths and challenges for future development. 7. Create a personal leadership development plan for your future in public safety. > Personal Leadership Portfolio Document Structure and Content Topics The body of the Personal Leadership Portfolio shall be at least 12 pages, excluding other material such as the cover page, table of contents, abstract, graphics and tables, and references. The paper shall be presented in APA (6th edition) format, all margins should be 1”, 12 point font, and be in either Arial or New Times Roman font style. In the following descending order of preference, information sources must be either peer-reviewed articles, government reports, or other sources approved by your instructor. Internet information sources from other than authoritative sources are discouraged. See the Personal Leadership Portfolio grading rubric for more information. The personal leadership portfolio shall cover all of the following topics: presentation and discussion of academic and anecdotal resource materials deconstruction of current homeland security or public safety leadership identification of acceptable and effective professional homeland security or public safety leadership principles collation of data from personal leadership self-assessment assignments comparison and contrast of self-assessment data, to include applicability, with best practices and identified leadership principles presentation and discussion of future personal leadership development and opportunity The completed personal leadership portfolio correlates with professional homeland security and public safety leadership best practices, resulting in a tangible product that can become a base for future leadership development. Hide Rubrics Rubric Name: Personal Leadership Portfolio Rubric This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method. Criteria Exceptional Good Fair / Adequate Limited Poor / Unacceptable Criterion Score Attention to instructions and assignment 5 points Follows and exceeds expectations noted in instructions 4 points Follows instructions 3 points Follows some but not all instructions. 2 points Gestures toward instructions but demonstrates little comprehension or competency 1 point Disregards instructions / 5 Creative thought / problem-solving / self-assessment 10 points Can earn betwee 9-10 points. Demonstrates a high degree of originality, insight and/or problem-solving skill 8 points Shows some originality, insight and/or problem-solving skill 7 points Shows minimally acceptable originality, insight and/or problem-solving skill 6 points Demonstrates very little creative thought or insight; consists mostly of second-hand ideas 5 points Can earn betwee 0-5 points. Shows no original thought; all second-hand ideas / 10 Adherence to APA 6th ed. style 5 points No APA style errors 4 points No more than three APA style errors 3 points More than four or five APA style errors 2 points More than six APA style errors 1 point No attempt at APA style / 5 Development and support, articulated knowledge of public safety leadership 30 points Can earn from 27-30 points. Thoroughly and insightfully explores, explains and supports each idea. 26 points Can earn from 24-26 points. Develops and supports key points. 23 points Can earn from 21-23 points. Inconsistently develops and supports ideas. 20 points Can earn from 18-20 points. Inadequately or ineffectively explains and defends ideas. 17 points Can earn from 0-17 points. Does not make a meaningful attempt to explain or support ideas. / 30 Source use, including appropriate guidelines, thorough analysis of references used 10 points Can earn from 9-10 points. Demonstrates comprehension of all source material; integrates sources appropriately and effectively 8 points Most source material is appropriate, but some if not fully explained or integrated into the paper 7 points Source material is not consistently appropriate or integrated into the paper 6 points Source material is rarely appropriate and/or rarely integrated into the paper 5 points Can earn from 0-5 points. No use of source material / 10 Clarity, including grammar 10 points Can earn between 9-10 points. Demonstrates comprehension of all source material; integrates sources appropriately and effectively 8 points Most ideas are presented clearly but sometimes too simplistically 7 points Wordy; some points require rereading to understand fully 6 points Unclear and difficult to understand 5 points Can earn from 0-5 points. Largely incomprehensible / 10 Application of leadership principles to your leadership style 20 points Can earn from 18-20 points. Clear, specific linkages between course material and leadership style. 17 points Can earn from 16-17 points. Most points of leadership style are linked to course material. 15 points Can earn from 14-15 points. Partial links to course material. 13 points Can earn from 12-13 points. Vague links to course material. 11 points Can earn from 0-11 points. No linkages provided. / 20 Incorporation of personal leadership history report (part 1) 10 points Can earn from 9-10 points. References from part 1 used in part 1, analysis from part 1 can be easily identified in part 2. 8 points No references from part 1 used, analysis only partly incorporated. 7 points 50% of history report used. 6 points Less than 25% of history report used 5 points Can earn from 0-5 points. No portion of history report used. / 10 Rubric Total Score
| Leadership Development Project (30% total)
● Personal Leadership History Report (10%) ● Personal Leadership Portfolio (20%) Introduction The final course deliverable is an extensive real-world project: an individual leadership portfolio. This portfolio will yield a product for you to share with prospective or current employers in order to enhance your employment possibilities and promotion potential. The portfolio is the second of two deliverables comprising the assessment; a Personal Leadership History Report (discussed in the section below) is due first and leads to the Personal Leadership Portfolio. The course project promotes your development and personal commitment to the required knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) required for understanding, assimilating, and demonstrating professional public safety leadership. In preparing your portfolio, you will have the opportunity to review leadership from a historical and an operational perspective and will be able to evaluate your own leadership style and effectiveness. Completion of the course-long personal leadership project solidifies foundation KSAs in order to: ● evaluate decision making in relation to historic and current issues in public safety through case studies and simulation ● explain the relationship between successful leadership, organizational development, and technology and the way these factors affect decision making ● discuss the importance of ethics, globalization, systems thinking, proactive leadership, and leader-follower relationships to successful leadership in public safety ● identify and discuss the major leadership theories and concepts applicable to public safety ● explain the importance of leadership in organizational processes and change ● cite examples of successful leadership styles and techniques in progressive public administration ● complete case study reviews and an operational simulation based on major public safety issues ● identify future public safety challenges and potential solutions ● synthesize your learning experience in your major discipline to apply the knowledge and skills to practical individual and organizational challenges The Leadership Development Project Process The project is a course-length process managed using specified development steps that correlate with specific course materials. Aspects of this process will be addressed in the course conferences each week. The first of the two project deliverables is the personal leadership history report. Personal Leadership Portfolio The final course deliverable, the Personal Leadership Portfolio, is created by incorporating targeted leadership knowledge development, self-assessment assignments, and homeland security or public safety leadership analysis. The portfolio represents a personal understanding and plan of public safety leadership based on the course research, module content, discussions, reports, simulation, and your leadership performance. The process requires weekly demonstration of leadership knowledge development through conference discussion opportunities and leadership self-assessment assignments. The submissions are assessed for accuracy and completeness against project requirements and ensure that the development of leadership knowledge, assessment, and analysis provides a maximum foundation for the sequential portfolio development. The completed personal leadership portfolio correlates with professional homeland security and public safety leadership best practices, resulting in a tangible product that can become a base for future leadership development. > Assessment Sequence The project is made up of sequential steps that constitute the required actions of semester-long portfolio development. The process assessment utilizes a recommended portfolio document structure. 1. Gather—the gathering of course and outside leadership materials and resources. 2. Research—narrowing the focus of academic and anecdotal leadership topics to professional homeland security or public safety leadership topics. 3. Organize—establish an information-handling process in order to coordinate resources, sources, and gathered data. Monitor for policy topic research completeness through use of an information-handling and organization process. 4. Analyze and evaluate—compare, contrast, and judge resource material to develop cogent documentation. 5. Assess—assimilate personal leadership history report results with cogent documentation, demonstrating the nexus between personal leadership history and data with academic and anecdotal resources. This step may also include assessing past leadership opportunities for lessons learned. 6. Apply—based on steps 1-5, determine personal leadership styles and traits and how the determination can be applied in a professional homeland security or public safety setting. This step will also include personal leadership strengths and challenges for future development. 7. Create a personal leadership development plan for your future in public safety.
> Personal Leadership Portfolio Document Structure and Content Topics The body of the Personal Leadership Portfolio shall be at least 12 pages, excluding other material such as the cover page, table of contents, abstract, graphics and tables, and references. The paper shall be presented in APA (6th edition) format, all margins should be 1”, 12 point font, and be in either Arial or New Times Roman font style. In the following descending order of preference, information sources must be either peer-reviewed articles, government reports, or other sources approved by your instructor. Internet information sources from other than authoritative sources are discouraged. See the Personal Leadership Portfolio grading rubric for more information. The personal leadership portfolio shall cover all of the following topics: ● presentation and discussion of academic and anecdotal resource materials ● deconstruction of current homeland security or public safety leadership ● identification of acceptable and effective professional homeland security or public safety leadership principles ● collation of data from personal leadership self-assessment assignments ● comparison and contrast of self-assessment data, to include applicability, with best practices and identified leadership principles ● presentation and discussion of future personal leadership development and opportunity The completed personal leadership portfolio correlates with professional homeland security and public safety leadership best practices, resulting in a tangible product that can become a base for future leadership development. |
