Work in progress - Engineering Leadership Program: Tracking leadership development of students using personalized portfolios

Abstract

The engineering leadership program was started at Iowa State University in 2006 to inspire altruistic leadership in engineering students. The program uses a cohort model to promote leadership development of students who pursue co-curricular and innovative curricular opportunities throughout the undergraduate years, starting from the first year. A collaboratively crafted competency based leadership learning model is the framework for engineering leadership program activities and assessment. Students within the program are using a locally designed electronic portfolio system to track their progression, using the leadership model competencies to guide their leadership development. The tracking of competency development for individual scholars through the personal portfolio system was presented.