Servant Sport Leadership: A continuing education coursepresented through the University of Idaho Center for ETHICS*Endorsed by Winning With Character and the American Football Coaches Association
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Sport Servant Leadership
The Servant Sport Leadership Program has been developed by the Winning With Character Foundation and the University of Idaho Center for ETHICS* to help coaches and teams develop a sense of unity built upon a foundation of character. The ground work of this program lies in effective leadership approaches modeled by coaches and key players. The Sport Servant Leadership Program will help you by: · Defining Servant Leadership and distinguishing it from the more traditional styles of coaching · Offering practical examples of Servant Leadership characteristics and describing how they may be applied in competitive football · Offering insight into the relationship between Servant Leader coaching and athlete motivation and performance · Explaining how and your staff can participate in the Servant Leadership program with success
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Course information: How to register:
Registration: Can be completed online at : www.conferences.uidaho.edu Click on “On-line registration” and choose the course “Sport Servant Leadership”. Cost: $150 per participant Format/Timeline: Sport Servant Leadership is a 9-week, distance-learning course that will be completed entirely online. Continuing Education Credits: 3.0 CEUs (equivalent to 30 contact hours) will be awarded at the completion of the course. |
The purpose of this course:Is to create an environment to aid you in your quest to become a servant leader. What are the traits, the gifts, and the mission of individuals who are servant leaders? What makes an individual worthy of being called a servant leader? The answer lies in you! The objectives of this course are:1. To provide a rationale for the development of a servant leadership philosophy as a coach in football. 2. To inspire and challenge thinking that is directed toward servant leadership coaching. 3. To become knowledgeable in literature and language of servant leadership. 4. To assess one’s personal qualities in the quest for servant leaders.
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Lesson Topics Unit 1: · Leadership · Styles of leadership and the servant-leader coach · Mission
Unit 2: · Love your job, love your team · Commitment · Responsibility · Respect
Unit 3: · Humility · Empathy and Compassion · Patience · Your Mission Revisited
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Proven Successes: · University of Georgia Football ·University of Maryland Football · Georgia Military College · The Atlanta Braves · Over 50 high school football programs in the United States |
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Contact Us:
Winning With Character Inc.
Bobby Lankford, President Email: bobbylankford@sports.uga.edu
Center for ETHICS* Sharon Stoll, Ph.D., Director David Brunner, Curriculum Manager University of Idaho Department of HPERD 500 Memorial Gym Moscow, ID 83843-2401 Phone 208-885-2103 Fax 208-885-2108 Email: sstoll@uidaho.edu or dbrunner@vandals.uidaho.edu
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AFCA Presentation Slides |