This experiential, part two course, supports students in completing and communicating their year-long community-based project. Students practice adaptive leadership as they implement, iterate, and respond to real-world constraints and stakeholder needs. The course emphasizes translating program content into practice, strengthening evaluation thinking, and communicating results and lessons learned to multiple audiences. With mentorship and peer learning, students refine project deliverables and produce a credible evaluation plan to support sustainability or scaling. The course culminates in a product and a structured reflection on leadership growth, ethics in practice, and future professional direction.
Objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Implement adaptive leadership strategies to address challenges and changing circumstances in real-time project contexts.
- Navigate ethical dilemmas that arise in practice and communicate decisions effectively to stakeholders.
- Connect the SIL program content to the development and completion of a project.
- Explore testing, iterating, and developing ideas.
- Analyze project impact using appropriate measurement and evaluation frameworks.
- Develop potential comprehensive evaluation plans that prepare projects for future scaling or sustainability.
- Present findings and lessons learned to diverse audiences in compelling and accessible formats.
- Reflect on the process, principles, and strategies required to apply their social impact leadership training and skills in a real-world setting.