11th Leadership, week 1

Monday
contract building
What is leadership?

Tuesday - SNOW DAY

Wednesday
Pre-test: Essay on "What is leadership?"
5 C's of Leadership: Courage, Commitment, Confidence, Communication and Character

Thursday and Friday
5 C's of Leadership: Courage, Commitment, Confidence, Communication and Character

Exam - Video Project

RULES/GUIDELINES:

Planning:

1. Group members (max of 3 students)
2. Choose your audience: k-6th or 7th-12th
3. Category: Character Ed/Leadership  (You might be able to work with diversity as well.)
4. topic
5. What do you want to happen in the video?
6. Time line of what will happen in those 30 seconds including any music, voice overs, etc. 

Senior Leadership Seminar, week 10

Monday

1. last week's projects
2. What is empathy/tolerance?
3. Communication!!

Tuesday

1. communication skills

Wednesday

1. College applications
2. I applied to... 
3. Start movie project

Thursday
Friday

Foundations of Leadership, week 10

Monday
What is leadership?
Ethical dilemmas

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