Program Model
Pre-Program Planning, Recruitment, Selection and Design
Core Activities
- Collaborate with stakeholder team to finalize design of customized curriculum and program structure.
- Provide evidence-based practices and curricular recommendations for civic engagement and social justice leadership experience and final project.
Full Group Civic Leadership and Action Research Seminars
Core Activities
- Students learn steps for engaging in a civic leadership action-research project. Sample topics include: design thinking, stakeholder mapping, collecting and analyzing qualitative data, creative brainstorming, prototyping and iterating.
- Students participate in interactive leadership training focused on skills such as: active listening, giving and receiving feedback, project management, conflict resolution, and growth mindset.
- In teams, students prepare final project highlighting their authentic voice and findings from action research for presentation to an external audience.
Structure
- 8 full-group meetings
- 90-minute interactive leadership seminars with small group breakouts and guest speakers
Small-Group Follow-Ups and Individual Project Coaching
Core Activities
- Small group student research teams meet with assigned staff for 30-45 minutes monthly for final project development including research support, answering questions, and final project preparation.
- Feedback and coaching on final project preparation and delivery.
- Staff available for additional as-needed support.
Structure
- Office hours for additional support as needed
Post-Program Recap, Evaluations and Future Recommendations
Core Activities
- Assist in preparation of program recap that can be broadly shared to highlight and empower authentic student voice
Structure
- Partner with UC|CSU Collaborative on program evaluation and iteration.
