This project kit transfers the lesson planning to your student leaders or officers and, believe me, they will LOVE it!
What used to be “game day” is now an authentic day of multi-faceted learning where your students are in charge!
Turn one day a week into a student-planned and student-led leadership activity day with this no-brainer, no-planning-for-you project.
After leading your students through a sample lesson on nonverbal communication, provide your students with the lesson directions to be a model in creating and leading their own.
Students then sign up for their “day” and identify a focus leadership skill, such as problem-solving, group decision-making, communication, or kindness—whatever they see as a need for the group!
You serve as their consultant as they utilize the real-world skills of brainstorming, preparing, facilitating, and reflecting on the lesson they taught their classmates.
Students can:
- Sign-up individually, in pairs, or in small groups to lead their lesson
- Lead one class per quarter, a semester, or a year
- Use this to make up for missing another component of your class
- Step and lead whenever they feel the group needs a reboot
Included in this complete project kit:
- Sample Lesson handout and Exit Ticket to provide a model
- Lesson Ideas handout to aid in students’ brainstorming
- Activity Day Planning sheet to guide their lesson development
- Reflection & Rubric sheet to bring closure and next steps
- Recommended Books list with leadership warm-ups and activities, perfect for middle and high school students
This resource is 6 PDF pages, plus Google files.
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 and editable Google file versions of student materials are included so you can modify activities to suit your group’s needs and setting.
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
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Thank you for all these wonderful resources that help my leadership class work on important skills. I used this both as team building projects at the beginning of the year and for the students to lead projects periodically throughout the year. Thanks you! — Adeana C.
I enjoyed that this provided the opportunity for students to explore their own interests and then teach it. – Christina
I used this in my Marketing class for our DECA leadership team. The students were engaged! – Rachel
