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- Title
Collegiate LifeKnowledge: A student-centered leadership development program.
- Authors
Wood, C. M.
- Abstract
Collegiate LifeKnowledge (CLK), a leadership curriculum developed for members of collegiate agricultural student organizations, is an initiative of the National FFA Organization in partnership with the John Deere Corporation and CSREES. Collegiate LifeKnowledge was initiated and developed by stakeholder groups that included students, educators, student organization representatives, and industry representatives. A taskforce met in January 2005 to identify the direction of the project, followed by a writers' meeting in February. Lessons that focused on four facets of leadership-Personal, Organizational, Career, and Community-were completed in June. The lessons were developed to be taught by college students to college students-no lectures allowed. Each lesson can be taught in 15, 30 or 45 minutes and is divided into four parts. Part 1 gives the student leader all the logistical information related to the lesson. Part 2 has all the background information necessary to become an instant expert for presentation of the lesson. Part 3 is an action plan, and Part 4 has all the required materials, handouts, activity sheets, etc. In September, CLK was released at an inaugural training event. Preliminary results from the 2005 National FFA Convention suggest that students have embraced the curriculum and are actively utilizing it. Industry leaders such as John Deere, Kraft, and Monsanto each have programmatic buy-in to CLK and stand to benefit from well-prepared individuals who will constitute their future labor force. Based on the success of this project, the 16 organizations originally involved in the development of CLK have since formed the Consortium of Collegiate Agricultural Organizations. This consortium offers member organizations the opportunity to share resources, offer a consistent leadership message to students, avoid duplication of efforts, and satisfy individual organization needs. At its first meeting, the consortium developed seven strategic action plans that include advisor training and developing career opportunities for students.
- Subjects
DEERE &; Co.; NATIONAL FFA Organization; AGRICULTURAL students; MONSANTO Co.; STUDENT organizations; LABOR supply; COLLEGE students; AGRICULTURAL organizations
- Publication
Journal of Animal Science, 2006, Vol 84, p406
- ISSN
0021-8812
- Publication type
Article