Senior Leadership Seminar, week 9

Composure notes

Monday (Guest teacher - Ms. Chilcote)

1. work on any incomplete work
2. begin composure notes

Tuesday

1. Ferris field trip sign up!
2. What is composure?
3. ethical questions -- What would you do? (Honest answers.)

Wednesday

1. Project of the week - a moment in history that showed great composure. 
1. This week's assignment will be an individual assignment. 
2. No student may have the same moment in history. 
3. Remember that it has to an ACTUAL (no fictional) moment in history.
4. A person is fine, just give me an example of one time in history that they showed composure.
5. There are many ways to accomplish this task. We have done lots of different projects this trimester, and you can choose one like that or something else. Some ideas are:
1. paper
2. presentation (Remember presentation guidelines **See below!)
3. commercial about the moment in history
4. News cast (pretend you are a reporter and report on the momentous occasion)
5. Make a song!
6. Video clips from a movie depicting this moment in history (remember the format - if you don't, there is one in the Senior Leadership Seminar documents folder.)
7. Any more? Ask!

Thursday (Guest teacher - Mr. Washington)

1. Finish your project of the week
2. work on composure notes, and any others that you may be missing
3. work from another class
4. Read!!  I have lots of books on amazing people! Grab one and read a chapter on a new role model! (Brown books behind my desk.)

Friday

1. Presentations!

Foundations of Leadership, week 9

empathy notes
Empathy Presentation

Monday

1. Work on defining empathy and ethical dilemma questions
2. Read chapter on our role model of the week!

Tuesday

1. Communication discussion - Why is it important?

Wednesday

1. Helen Keller discussion
2. Helen Keller - definition exercise

Thursday

1. Finish definition exercise
2. Watch at least one of the clips from the presentation (if you are in present mode, you will be able to click on the video and watch it.)
3. Start watching The Blind Side
4. If this cannot be done - or you get done incredibly early, work on this weeks assignments, or turn in assignments that are still missing. Remember if you think you have turned it in, send it to me in an email! Thanks!

Friday

Senior Leadership Seminar, week 8

Appreciation and Gratitude Notes  - We discussed these in class. The only part you will need to turn in is the THANK YOU note.


Students will be able to discuss the importance of gratitude and appreciation in leadership, how it is shown to others, and how this concept is taught to others through media.

Monday

1. What is appreciation/gratitude?
2. What does it have to do with leadership?

Tuesday

1. Goal Setting 
2. Opening doors and leadership

Wednesday

1. Opening doors and leadership
2. Project if the week 
• Values.com-esque commercial
• How is gratitude/appreciation taught to kids in media?

Thursday

1. Project if the week 
• Values.com-esque commercial
• How is gratitude/appreciation taught to kids in media?

Friday

1. Project presenations

Foundations of Leadership, week 8

Composure notes

Monday

• Read appreciation/gratitude role model chapter
• Quiz
• Missing work/update blog

Tuesday

• Update blog/missing work
• Read role model chapter - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• This week - write down all the ways in which MLK Jr. shows composure/self-control in the chapter.
• What is composure? Why is it important in leadership/life?

Wednesday

• Update blog/missing work
• Read role model chapter - Martin Luther King, Jr.
• This week - write down all the ways in which MLK Jr. shows composure/self-control in the chapter.

• Ethical Dilemmas

Thursday

• Movie clips - Boycott

Friday

• MLK Jr. quiz 
• Finish movie clips
• composure discussions
• work on written assignment

Written Speech

Senior Leadership Seminar, week 7

Courage Notes/weekly written assignment

1. Monday
• What is courage?
2. Tuesday
• Courage and Peer Pressure
3. Wednesday
• What is courage?
• Values.com videos
• Weekly Project - create a commercial (similar to values.com) or find a video to teach Elementary students about courage.
4. Thursday
• Work on project
5. Friday
• Project presentations.

Goal setting sheet

Foundations of Leadership, week 7

Appreciation and Gratitude Notes

Monday

• finish courage discussion
• What is gratitude and appreciation?

Tuesday

• What is gratitude and appreciation?

Wednesday

• Basic Skill of the Week - Opening Doors for others / Small Acts of Kindness

Thursday

•  Role Model discussion

Friday

Foundations of Leadership, week 6

Courage Notes

Monday:

• What is courage?
• Ethical dilemmas.
• Discussion

Tuesday:

• The Help

Wednesday:

• The Help
• Discussion

Thursday:

• ART PRIZE

Friday:

• Role model chapter: Amelia Earhart
• QUIZ
• Skill of the week!
• Discussion
• HOMEWORK - finish this week's work (on notes page)

Senior Leadership Seminar, week 6

Honesty and Integrity Notes

Presentation

Monday - What is honesty and integrity?