Junior Leadership Project

The Junior Leadership Project is an experiential requirement of the ELP 301 course which aims to put students into a real leadership position within the WCC community. Examples include students being a prefect, being supervisors in their Work-Study position, being an Outdoor Leader, teaching CCD at Holy Rosary. The project is required to take at least six hours to complete and is followed by a reflection paper about the experience and what was gained by it. Students are evaluated by a chosen mentor before and after their experience to assist them in measuring their leadership abilities as well as growth in leadership skills attained through the project.

Example Projects

Outdoors

• Outdoor trips for faculty/staff families (e.g. canoe trip, rock climbing, rappelling, etc.)
• Run kayak roll sessions at the pool
• Lead Latin immersion day trips (hiking, rock climbing, caving, etc.)
• Run an Adventure Race in Sinks Canyon
• Trail building in Sinks Canyon

Culture

• Teaching dance classes for Sunday Night Dancing
• Teach Irish Dance (or ballet, etc.) to faculty and staff kids
• Run an Open Mic Night
• Run a monthly classic movie night practicum at a professor’s house

Teaching/Professional

• Run the mock interview dinner event for seniors
• Do “Lights’ On” grade-school teaching
• Teach catechism at St. Stephens’ Mission
• Teach catechism at Holy Rosary
• Lead Youth Group at Holy Rosary
• K-3 teaching at Gannet Peak

Project Forms

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