This is a must-have for any student council or club advisor or Leadership teacher wanting to do some real leadership skill-building.
Just like any other discipline, leadership skills can be taught and a quick reference guide is worth its weight in gold. This flip deck answers your questions:
- What do we do on the very first day of school? Especially when the group doesn’t know each other well?
- How can I encourage fair decision-making? Especially when there are strong opinions in the room?
- How can I get my kids to reflect seriously? Especially when they see this as a fun class?
Learning the delicate role of StuCo advisor or leadership teacher really is possible! All you need are curated tools you can actually utilize on the fly.
Finally, this deck of activities was created especially for middle or high school students. It even makes a great set of activities for staff PD and meetings!
Included in this handy flip deck
Seven detailed how-to activity idea cards (plus an additional blank card for ideas you find!) for each of these six stages of effective team building and teamwork:
- Introducing each other and creating some backstory
- Trust building to form stronger relationships
- Brainstorming to get those great ideas going
- Decision-making so that every opinion is valued
- Communicating to work stronger together
- Debriefing in order to be better next time
This convenient, stash-anywhere flip deck is universal enough to help any middle or high school teacher, advisor, or instructional coach looking to create lasting meaning out of the time your group has and walk away with life-long leadership skills.
This resource is 18 PDF pages.
What grades is this intended for?
This should work for either middle or high school students. I have used it with 9th through 12th graders, but these activities don’t require any high school-specific skills. Please read the description and examine the preview file closely to determine if it is appropriate for your students.
What supports are included? Can I modify this?
Detailed teacher directions are included but due to the nature of this resource, it is not editable.
What are the terms of use for this resource?
This resource, including all ancillary files, may be used as needed for regular, non-commercial single-classroom use between a teacher and their students.
This includes printing copies and sharing digital files with students through a secure platform, like Google Classroom or Canvas, email, or a classroom-only shared drive.
The using and sharing of any part of this resource in any manner outside the above-mentioned capacity is strictly prohibited. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to,
- posting files on the open internet or in a Facebook group
- emailing files to or sharing print copies with others (without purchasing additional licenses)
- uploading or storing files in a shared cloud drive accessible by anyone other than students
- including any part, or any derivative work, within any commercial endeavor like curriculum development, professional training, or for-profit teaching like Outschool, or selling this resource as your own in either print or digital formats
Doing so violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), copyright law, and these terms.
By downloading this resource from Let’s Cultivate Greatness, the original user has been granted one license for a single teacher (or number of teachers matching the number of licenses purchased) and their students at any one time.
Let’s Cultivate Greatness retains the full copyright of this resource.
Reviews
This has a nice variety of activities that fit many different uses. I’ve used it for a leadership retreat, in the classroom, and as a club activity. I like how it was organized. It is not a one-and-done resource, I will continue to use it throughout my career. – Robin
I LOVE these activities. I laminated them and put them on a ring. When we have 10 minutes I just pull it out and do one of the activities. The kids love the games too. – Whitney
Super easy to assemble, these are going to be my emergency sub plans for my leadership students. The sub can just pick a card and keep them entertained! – fellow teacher-author
