Leadership in Sport, Physical Education and Coaching
Overview
- The role of the leader
- Roles
- Responsibilities
- Definitions
- Management vs Leadership
- Liability
- Facilitating relationships
- Developing relationships
- Maintaining relationships
- Repairing relationships
- Communication as a leader
- Written and verbal communication
- Active listening skills
- Leadership competencies
- Survey of literature
- Key competencies
- Self-assessment and action plan
- Resonant leadership
- Definition of resonant leadership
- Developing resonance
- Maintaining resonance
- Creating resonant leaders within an organization
- Emotional intelligence concepts
- Catalyst for change
- Understanding change
- Proactive responses to change
- Being a change agent
- Vision and mission statement
- Personal and social responsibility
- Concepts of personal responsibility
- Concepts of social responsibility
- Role of reflection
- Empowerment
- Covey's competencies
- Stress concepts
- Definitions and models
- Emotional and arousal control
- Priority management
- Preventive factors
- Taking action
- Hellison’s Levels of awareness
- Loehr's Full engagement
- Allen's Taking control
- Time management versus energy management
- Model coach
- NCCP definition
- Hellison’s teacher qualities
- Community development model
Class time will be used for lecture, group seminar discussion, practical application, field and/or video observation, and experiential learning. Reading, online discussions, and self-study may occur outside of class time.
Assessment will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evalution criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on:
Practical application assignments 15-30%
Practical leadership assignment 0-20%
Resource project 15-30%
Participation 0-15%
Term test(s) 20-30%
Final exam 0-30%
Total 100%
Note: Students will need to receive a grade of D or better in the course to be eligible to receive the designation of 'trained status' in the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) module(s) embedded in this course.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- explain resonant leadership skills in sport, physical activity, and coaching;
- apply effective communication and facilitation during leadership tasks involving peers;
- apply principles of personal and socially responsible leadership;
- create synergy within the classroom in a leadership role;
- discuss applications of the community development model and the role of the leader;
- discuss strategies for developing, maintaining, and repairing professional relationships by applying interpersonal skills to build trust and foster collaboration;
- assess personal leadership strengths and areas for growth using self-assessment tools, and develop an actionable plan for leadership development based on self-assessment results;
- apply emotional intelligence skills to manage oneself and influence others in a leadership context;
- discuss qualities and actions of an effective change agent;
- construct clear and compelling vision and mission statements aligned with sport organizational goals;
- apply NCCP coaching behaviours that align with effective leadership and teaching practices.
Consult the Douglas College Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials. To receive the designation of "trained status" in specific NCCP modules, students will be required to purchase supplementary materials online, directly from viaSport. Students will incur a cost associated with these additional materials.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
| Institution | Transfer details for SPSC 3240 |
|---|---|
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU PHED 2529 (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU HKIN 351 (3) |
| University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | UFV KIN 3XX (3) |
| University of Victoria (UVIC) | UVIC EPHE 252 (1.5) |