The Aston Preston Hall Leadership Development Programme aims at enhancing leadership skills among residential students who chair or sit on various student-led committees. This initiative focuses on a range of competencies which help to better equip student-leaders to more efficiently carry out their roles and responsibilities in hall and on the wider University Campus.
Some of the areas of focus include: strategic planning, proposal writing, report writing, budget building, team work, building trust, conducting meetings, time management, motivating others, dealing with failure, etc.
AIM
To equip students with the pertinent skills and competencies to become leaders
OBJECTIVES
Students should be able:
- To outline the differences between a good and bad leader
- To develop a group strategic plan for the year
- To write a proposal for their portfolio responsibilities
- To write a monthly report on the activities undertaken
- To work in groups to deliver specified projects each semester
- To conduct small committee meetings
- To motivate their peers to participate in programmes planned by hall administration or students
TARGET GROUPS
- Student-led Hall Committee Members
- Orientation Committee Members
- Preston Entertainment & Cultural Ensemble (PEACE) Committee Members
METHODOLOGY
- Workshops
- Seminars
- Project Planning & Execution
SCHEDULE
May 20 – 22, 2013
Hall Committee Retreat Part 1:
Basic Leadership Development & Strategic Planning
August 2013
Orientation Committee Meetings & Workshops (5): goal and objective setting, team work, time management, care & empathy, troubleshooting, decision making process
September 2013 (5)
Evaluation and further planning, understanding official hall documents, leading by example, proposal writing, report writing,
PEACE Leadership Retreat
October & November 2013 (10)
Task committees with Resident Advisors to plan initiatives and projects for months under consideration
January 2014
Student Leaders' Retreat (Hall Committee) Part 2: January 13-14, 2014
Student Leaders' Retreat (PEACE) Part 2: January 15, 2014
N.B. the schedule for Semester 2 will be available in January, after the Student Leaders Retreat Part 2
Interested students should contact us today for more details.