4/21/2025 9:25:45 AM	CSKLS 760 Course Outline as of Fall 2019	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CSKLS 760	Title:  CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION
Full Title:  Classroom Communication and Leadership Skills Training
Last Reviewed:5/13/2024

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	0	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	0	Lab Scheduled	3.00		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 52.50

Title 5 Category:  Non-Credit
Grading:  Non-Credit Course
Repeatability:  27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CSKL 760

Catalog Description:

Through this course, students will systematically increase their awareness, responsibility, self-confidence, and communication skills necessary to become effective leaders in their schools and communities. The principal learning/teaching mode is verbal interaction in small and large discussion formats, as well as a variety of cooperative activities.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Through this course, students will systematically increase their awareness, responsibility, self-confidence, and communication skills necessary to become effective leaders in their schools and communities. The principal learning/teaching mode is verbal interaction in small and large discussion formats, as well as a variety of cooperative activities.

(Non-Credit Course)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:27 - Exempt From Repeat Provisions

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Describe and evaluate personal, academic, and career goals and the steps required to meet them.

2.  Communicate effectively in both small and large group situations.

3.  Organize and lead groups based on knowledge of how personal experiences, cultural background, and attitudes can affect group dynamics.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Demonstrate improved decision and problem-solving skills

2.  Show greater ability to communicate with facility and effectiveness

3.  Demonstrate an increased sense of responsibility

4.  Show increased self-confidence

5.  Describe how feelings, thoughts, and behaviors operate in people

6.  Exhibit willingness to respect themselves and others

7.  Discuss the importance of culture and cultural expression

8.  Exhibit pride in family and family traditions

9.  Show conscious willingness and ability to take charge of one's own life

10. Demonstrate a flexible outlook

Topics and Scope

I. Leadership and Decision-Making

    A.Taking charge of small and large group situations

    B. Influencing people

II. Communication Skills

    A. Speaking and acting assertively and effectively

    B. Self-advocacy personally and within a group

III. Organization

    A. Aligning people to create whole and functional groups

    B. Defining personal role when organizing and leading groups

IV. Personal Goal Setting

    A. How self-knowledge is used to set goals

    B. Short-term and long-term personal, academic, and career goals

V. Cultural Background and Its Influence

    A. The importance of culture and cultural expression

    B. Respect and pride for family and its traditions

Assignments:

1. Approximately 135-175 total pages of reading from texts, magazines, newspapers, and/or websites in preparation for circle-session discussion topics

2. Presentation on a personal experience related to a specific class discussion topic

3. In-class journal writing on selected topics (including self-evaluations)

4. Project related to class discussion topics

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 20%
In-class writing
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 20 - 30%
Circle-session discussions; presentations
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 50 - 70%
Participation in circle-sessions; final project; presentation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Each Mind is A World. Hispanic Education and Media Group. 2001 (classic)

Instructor prepared materials

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