Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens: Promoting Attitudes and Actions for Respect and Success

by Mariam G. MacGregor

Overview

Every teen can be a leader. That’s because leadership is not just about taking the lead in big ways, but in everyday small things, too. The 21 sessions in this youth leadership curriculum guide teens to explore ethical decision-making, team-building, what it means to be a leader, how to work with others, risk-taking, communication, creative thinking, and more. Choose the sessions that seem best for your class or group, or explore leadership skills through an entire school year. The revised and updated second edition includes the Everyday Leadership Skills & Attitudes (ELSA) inventory, a leadership measurement tool, as well as reproducible handouts, evaluation tools, and exams. Access to digital content includes the reproducible handouts from the book, the student inventory of leadership skills and evaluation tools, and lots of bonus material. Requires use of the student book, Everyday Leadership.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631980428
Publisher:	Free Spirit Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Series:	Free Spirit Professional®
Edition description:	Second Edition, Revised, Book with Digital Content
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	10.80(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	11 - 17 Years

About the Author

Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S., is assistant vice chancellor for Employee Engagement and Success at TCU and a nationally recognized leadership consultant who works with schools (K–12 and higher education), nonprofit agencies, faith groups, and communities interested in developing meaningful, sustainable leadership efforts for kids, teens, and young adults.

Mariam lived in Colorado for many years, where she served as the school counselor and coordinator of leadership programs at an alternative high school and received an honorable mention for Counselor of the Year. She also worked with college student leaders at Syracuse University, Santa Clara University, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Texas Christian University (TCU), and was the youth volunteer trainer for Night Lights (a respite care program that serves families of kids with special needs) and EPIC Mentors (a program started by one of her sons at his elementary school that pairs peer mentors with kids with learning challenges).

She currently lives in Texas.

Table of Contents

List of Reproducibles

Foreword

Preface: Inspiring Teens to Take the Leas

Introduction: Leading the Way

The Sessions

SESSION 1: Introducing Leadership (session expectations, value of learning leadership)

SESSION 2: What Leadership Means to Me (defining leadership)

SESSION 3: The Leaders in My Life (qualities of leadership)

SESSION 4: What I Look for in a Leader (what makes a good leader)

SESSION 5: Leaders and Followers (human behavior of group members and of leaders)

SESSION 6: Power Play (leaders’ power, influence, and authority)

SESSION 7: Communicate with Style (nonverbal cues, positive feedback)

SESSION 8: Hear, There, Everywhere: Active Listening (listening blocks, tips for effective listening)

SESSION 9: My Values (personal values and decision making)

SESSION 10: Doing the Right Thing (ethics and ethical decision making)

SESSION 11: He Says, She Says (leadership and gender)

SESSION 12: Choosing Tolerance (stereotypes and prejudices)

SESSION 13: Strength in Numbers (team building)

SESSION 14: Turning Conflict into Cooperation (conflict management)

SESSION 15: All in Favor, Say “Aye” (majority rule decision making)

SESSION 16: All for One and One for All (consensus decision making)

SESSION 17: Taking Chances (appropriate risk taking)

SESSION 18: Thinking Creatively (the need for creative thinking)

SESSION 19: Having My Voice Heard (public speaking)

SESSION 20: Motivating the Team (identifying personal motivators)

SESSION 21: Showing Appreciation, Celebrating Success (recognizing people’s contributions)

Supplemental Materials

Class Sequence
Observing-an-Organization Project
Researching-a-Leader Project
Midterm and Final Exams
Resources and Additional Reading
Resources for Students

Index

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

2007 Distinguished Achievement Award
Curriculum Package/Specialized Audience Instruction category—The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)

From the Publisher