The most important aspect of ensuring meaningful opportunities for leadership
development is to have the student groups organize the service learning project into
component parts and require that each student takes on the leadership role for one of
these component parts. Although the students will need to work collaboratively to successfully
complete the overall project, it is critical to design the projects in such a way
that everyone must step up in some fashion rather than letting one or two dominant
individuals take over all aspects of the project.