ClassInfo - Fall 2017 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Kevin Gerdes

Fall 2017 | PA 5181 Section 001: Public Safety Leadership I (21357)

Instructor(s): Kevin Gerdes
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:: Instructor Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

09/06/2017 - 09/07/2017

Wed, Thu 09:00AM - 05:00PM

UMTC, West Bank

Virtual Rooms NORMREQD

10/05/2017

Thu 09:00AM - 05:00PM

UMTC, West Bank

Virtual Rooms NORMREQD

11/09/2017

Thu 09:00AM - 05:00PM

UMTC, West Bank

Virtual Rooms NORMREQD

12/07/2017

Thu 09:00AM - 05:00PM

UMTC, West Bank

Virtual Rooms NORMREQD

Course Catalog Description:: Public safety executive leadership, citizen engagement, and organizational change. Understanding the self and community. Leadership foundations and methods. Public trust and legitimacy. Community participation, inclusion and problem solving. This hybrid course meets 1-2 days per month with all other coursework completed online. It is a prerequisite for PA 5182: Public Safety Leadership II. prereq: Public or nonprofit officials with experience in or with public safety agencies, including law enforcement, fire, emergency management/medical services, or military.
Class Notes:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ksgerdes+PA5181+Fall2017
Class Description:: This Public Safety Leadership program consists of two courses: PA 5181: Public Safety Leadership I (Fall) and 5182: Public Safety Leadership II (Spring). This program will be conducted in an integrated, cohort-based format designed for mid-career working professionals with experience in the public safety disciplines of law enforcement, fire, emergency management, emergency medical services, and the military. The courses focus on particular goals relevant to a mid-career audience of public safety leaders. Learning objectives include: * Learning about and developing executive leadership critical thinking skills in a cross-sector world. * Gaining confidence in delivering executive leader communications in diverse settings. * Expanding capacity for inter-disciplinary collaboration and multi-cultural competence. * Developing reflective leadership skills to enhance ethical practice. * Building knowledge, skills, wisdom, and motivation to formulate public safety problems, fashion effective solutions, and build necessary coalitions of support to achieve public value and advance the common good. * Learning and developing managerial skills to employ in complex public safety organizational settings. * Building a trusting community of praxis. Course activities will integrate guest lecturers from the public safety field, case studies, group activities, and online activities in between monthly face-to-face sessions.
Who Should Take This Class?:: Individuals who have experience serving in a public safety profession - law enforcement, fire, EMS, military - or interact as a public or nonprofit official with these departments.
Learning Objectives:: This is an executive leadership development class.
Grading:: 5% ALP Articulation of Intent
15% ALP Oral Presentation
25% ALP Report
10% Monthly ALP Update
20% Monthly Reading Analysis
20% Monthly Case Study Reactions
5% Oral Presentation on Leadership
Class Format:
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/21357/1179
Syllabus:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ksgerdes_PA5181_Fall2017.docx
Past Syllabi:: http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/ksgerdes_PA5181_Fall2016.docx (Fall 2016)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 30 May 2017

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