Leadership Coaching – LIFC 304

CG • Section 8WK • 11/08/2019 to 04/16/2020 • Modified 09/05/2023

Course Description

An examination and analysis of coaching strategies that serves professional leadership concerns. Special attention will be given to leadership strategies for navigating project management, cultural awareness, inter-generational issues, and balancing work and home life.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Rationale

Our pressing concern at the inception of class is that God cares about how we lead and care for others. This course seeks to meet that challenge by equipping students to biblically guide individuals how to wisely handle the leadership with which they’ve been entrusted.

Course Assignment

Textbook readings and lecture presentations/notes

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview. 

Discussions (3)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student will write three discussions and replies. The student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each Discussion. Each thread must be 250 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be 100 words. (MLO: A, B, D)

Essay Assignments (4)

The student will write a 4 essays in current APA formatting that specifically relate to Module: Week content. The paper must include at least 3 citations from the course readings and/or research from the last 5 years. In all essays, there is a minimum word count of 400 words. (MLO: A, B, C, D, E)

Read and Interact Textbook Assignments (20)

The student will complete 20 SmartBook assignments within Connect. Each assignment is created for a personalized learning experience, prompting the student with questions as he/she studies course material. This is an environment that develops self-awareness through meaningful, immediate feedback that improves student success. (MLO: B, C, D, E)

Quizzes (8)

The student will complete various quizzes throughout the term. Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned modules: weeks. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 30 multiple-choice questions, and have a 60 minute time limit. (MLO: C, D, E)