What is Service Leadership? A New Way to Frame Your StuCo Program
As a Student Council Advisor and Leadership teacher, you’re somewhere between a coach and a teacher. It really is a sweet spot where you can make prosocial life skills the…
7 Sanity-Saving Mid- or End-of-Year Student Council Activities
Probably my favorite of Stephen Covey’s famous “7 habits of highly effective people” is his last one: sharpening the saw. It comes from the analogy of being so consumed in…
25 Great YA Books that Teach Activism and Leadership
Classroom libraries have been all the rage on Instagram in ELA and Social Studies classrooms the last few years. But, really, if you teach an elective like Leadership or advise…
Teaching Acts of Kindness with 5 Thank You Letter Project Ideas
It’s never a bad time to teach how to write a heartfelt thank you note. Whether it is for November’s season of gratitude, February’s Random Acts of Kindness Day, or end-of-the-school-year…
5 Back-to-School Ideas to Create an Amazing Student Council
Every teacher knows how important setting the right tone in the first week of class is. Likewise, those first interactions with your student council need to be intentional towards building…
37 Community & School Staff Appreciation Days to Celebrate
It truly takes a village to raise a child and the school community has never been more essential in supporting our students. In my high school Leadership class, we add…
