Welcome to Leadership Development!

Today I celebrate YOU for beginning your leadership journey!  

I am Mrs. Dettman (pronounced Debt-man) and I will be your instructor for Leadership Development.  This course is awesome!  We will explore the many definitions of leadership, learn about your leadership style, and consider how to be a better leader in your life and community. Take a look at the Padlet below to start learning about me:

Now it is time for me to begin learning about you!  Please take a few minutes to complete the Welcome Survey below:

Summer school with NCVPS is a fast-paced program. An entire 18-week course is taught in just 8 weeks. Because you are covering 15 modules and completing final exam activities in 8 weeks, you will complete 2 modules each week. That means you will spend 3-5 hours each day, Monday through Friday, working on Leadership Development.  Just like at a traditional school, there is often work over the weekend, too. You must have daily access to the internet for the duration of summer school. There are no exceptions made for students who attend camps or go on vacations where they do not have access to the internet. You can work on our course at any time from any location during the day or night, 24/7 as long as you pay close attention to the due dates for the assignments, tests, and quizzes. Due dates are posted in the course and can be found online outside of Canvas at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M9yFcOQPDaSEnoEYhk6NUtxITB8WHAXdrXPXwXAyPno/edit?usp=sharing.  Be sure to note which assignments are formative (required but do not impact grades) and summative (required and do impact grades). 
Important Due Dates:

• NCVPS Getting Started Unit  Tuesday, June 19
• Module 1  Wednesday, June 20
• Module 2  Friday, June 22
• Module 3  Wednesday, June 27
• Progress Report  Thursday, June 28
• Module 4  Friday, June 29

Got resources? Check out the following NCVPS Resources at www.ncvps.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. by clicking on the resources visual below:

Now that you understand the pace of summer classes, take a few minutes to explore the course and become familiar with using Canvas.  The screenshot I sent you last week with my welcome email identifies the working parts of our homepage (note that the summer page may have different colors/visuals but the information is still the same). Watch the following welcome tour video to learn how to navigate our course as well as how to be successful:

Today's Assignments:

• Pre-Course To Do's - Remind, NCVPS App, Canvas App 
• Canvas - Update Profile, Sync to Google Drive
• Welcome Announcement - Student Survey 
• NCVPS Getting Started Unit - Module 1, 2, and 3 Quizzes
• NCVPS Getting Started Unit - ePortfolio Card
• NCVPS Getting Started Unit - Academic Integrity Agreement
• Begin Module 1

Pre-Course To Do's - Remind, NCVPS App, Canvas App, Class Website                               Please review the email I sent to you last week to sign-up for Remind and download the appropriate apps. Be sure you read course information found on our class website at https://www.smore.com/18w65-leadership-development.
Canvas - Update Profile, Sync to Google Drive                                                                      Update your CANVAS PROFILE. Click on your name or on the settings button. Enter an email address that you will check daily. Set your notification preferences to include receiving daily announcements from the course. Then sync your Google Drive to your Canvas account by following the directions at https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10621-4212710349.
Welcome Announcement - Student Survey                                                                              Complete the student survey found above in the Inform section of this announcement.
NCVPS Getting Started Unit - Module 1, 2, and 3 Quizzes                                                      Click on the Getting Started Unit quick link on the homepage. Go through Module 1 of the GSU and take the short quiz.  Then do the same for Modules 2 and 3 of the GSU.
NCVPS Getting Started Unit - ePortfolio Card                                                                            Complete the ePortfolio assignment and post it to Canvas according to the directions in the GSU.
NCVPS Getting Started Unit - Academic Integrity Agreement                                                Complete the Academic Integrity Agreement and submit it to Canvas. 
Begin Module 1                                                                                                                              Read about the formative and summative assessments for Week 1 at https://www.smore.com/7h30e.  Note that GSU and Module 2 assignments are also included in the Week 1 newsletter. 
Ready, set, lead!

Headings created by Melissa Dettman using Canva (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 2017