College Student Leadership Development Leadership: Research and Practice Series

College Student Leadership Development introduces the idea that we all play a part in producing leadership and that learning how to participate in the process of leadership is something that all college students need to learn as part of their college academic experience. Rather than approaching leadership from the traditional model emphasizing specific skill sets, this book acquaints students with how to learn leadership using the ReAChS model of leadership development (Reflection, Assessment, Challenge, Support). It then encourages students to directly engage their own experiences to hone their leader identity and understanding of leadership as well as improve their leadership knowledge and skills. Step-by-step exercises lead students in reflecting on their experiences, assessing themselves, choosing challenges, creating support networks, and finally capturing and communicating to others what they have learned. Throughout, examples of student leaders? experiences provide readers with powerful examples of others? successes and struggles in leadership alongside the latest psychological research on learning and development.

1. Starting with You Part I: Fundamentals 2. All the Learning that Students Experience in College 3. Learning Leadership Part II: ReAChS Model 4. Reflection 5. Assessment: Prompting your Readiness to Learn 6. The Fires of Experience: Challenging Experiences 7. When Other People Matter: People who Significantly Impact your Leadership Learning 8. Leadership Courses and Formal Leadership Development Programs as Key Leadership Learning Events 9. Using Challenges that Life Throws Us: Hardships as Key Learning Events 10. Making the Most of your Key Experiences 11. Your Support Network for Leadership Development Part III: Capturing and Telling your Leadership Development Story 12. Bringing it All Together: Telling your Leadership Development Story

Valerie I. Sessa is a Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Psychology at Montclair State University. Prior to MSU, she worked as a research scientist and director at the Center for Creative Leadership.