Students will keep a journal , in a spiral-bound notebook, detailing the days, hours, and tasks they engaged in each week of their chosen field experiences. Each student should spend at least three hours per week, for at least thirty hours for the semester in field work. These journals will be collected and reviewed by the instructors at least three times during the course. Students are asked to take their involvement seriously, to be present in the agency at the times they agreed upon, and to notify the agency and one of the instructors in the even t they are unable to do their work due to sickness or other emergency. Missing more than three weeks of field work may lead to no credit for the course.
Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from their work sites.
The instructors will communicate with site directors and do on-site visits in order to evaluate each student's progress in their field placements. Describe the organization they lead, its mission, obstacles it encountered as it grew and developed, and what qualities of leadership the leader showed throughout. Summarize the characteristics of the effective leader as the author presents them. This paper should be five pages double space typed. Due at the end of the course is a reflective essay, on separate sheets of paper, not to exceed five pages double space typed, on the meanings of community, service and leadership in the context of the agency or agencies where the student worked.