Servant Leadership for Football Coaches

. Football Gargoyle on the exterior of the historic Memorial Gymnasium, University of Idaho

After completing this course and if you have also paid for CEUs, you will receive: credit from the University of Idaho as well as a certification of completion from the Center for ETHICS* (http://www.educ.uidaho.edu/center_for_ethics) and Winning with Character,  a non-profit organization providing character, ethics, and leadership training to high school and college athletic programs.       Winning with Character's purpose is to improve moral reasoning and social values among male and female students athletes. See: Winning with Character  A letter will also be sent to your principal, athletic director, and a news release to your local paper on your completion about this educational experience

The Purpose of this Continuing Education 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 role of leader is changing.  We are moving from where the leader drives results from the outside in to where the leader draws out and inspires the best and highest within people from the inside out. 

~Stephen Covey~

The Objectives of this Continuing Education 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 in coaching.
3. To become knowledgeable in literature and language of servant leadership.
4. To assess one's personal qualities in the quest for servant leadership.

Expectations/Assignments for this Continuing Education Course are:

Twelve assignments (Two assessments plus 10 lessons)  - approximately one to two lessons per week to be completed.  Each assignment has a purpose; a perspective; specific readings; a video; multiple choice questions to answer; and an evaluation to complete.

The goal of many leaders is to get people to think more highly of the leader. The goal of a great leader is to help people to think more highly of themselves." ~ J. Carla Nortcutt