Leadership,+An+Overview+for+Schools

• The resource we are using as the basis for what we do with students is “Always a Leader: leadership in everyday life” Check out details at [|www.halogenfoundation.org]
 * __Leadership, An Overview for Schools__**

Each session is broken down into 4 steps:

 * 1) ==== Feel It: helping students focus on the theme of the session and helping to develop a passion or empathy for the topic. ====
 * 2) ==== Know It: allows students to consider what other leaders have said about this topic. ====
 * 3) ==== Be It: asks students to look inside and discover how this information connects with their own world, experience and understanding. ====
 * 4) ==== Do It: helps lead students out into their world with specific challenges to apply at school, home or with friends. ====

We aim to build each student's competence, confidence, compassion and credibility as leaders in their community.
**__Day One__** Session One: Who I Am **The BIG Idea** Leaders who know and like themselves inspire others. **Session Goals** • Like yourself • Believe in yourself • Don’t compare yourself with others **Our main thought** Who and what you are is the most influential leadership trait.

Session Two: How I live **__The big idea__** Leadership means living a life of integrity everywhere, including with family, friends and in school. **__Session goals__** • Being honest • Being sincere • Admitting to mistakes **__Our main thought__** Integrity is doing the right thing, even when nobody is watching.

**__Day Two__** Session 3: Getting Along with Others **__The BIG Idea:__** A leader’s acceptance of others allows others to accept you as a leader. **__Session goals__** • Accept others • Celebrate differences • Take time to get to know others **__Our main thought__** To be accepted we need to accept others first.

Session 4: How I Cope **__The BIG Idea:__** You can deal with any type of stress at school. **__Session goals__** • Learn what causes you stress and learn how to respond to it. • Learn to talk to others and lower your stress. • Learn to listen to other people’s stress. **__Our main thought__** You can confidently overcome stress, instead of stress overcoming you.

**__Day Three__** Session 5: The Choices I Make **__The BIG Idea:__** Young people have increasing freedom, choice and responsibility. **__Session goals__** • Decisions have consequences • How to apply a decision making process **__Our main thought__** It is important to have a decision making process when facing tough choices.

Session 6: How I Serve Others **__The BIG Idea:__** Leadership involves serving others with commitment and sacrifice. **__Session goals__** • The importance of serving others • Find the time to help others • Look out for others **__Our main thought__** Are you willing to serve others?

**__Day Four__** Session 7: Hearing from Leaders in our community **__The BIG Idea__** We can learn from other leaders in our community. **__Session goals__** • Listen to visiting speakers who have a leadership role. • Finding answers to our remaining questions about being leaders. **__Our main thought__** We can follow role models as we work out how to be leaders.

Session 8: Always a Leader: Bringing it all together **__The BIG Idea__** We are always leaders. **__Session goals__** • What we know about ourselves • What we know about leaders • To create a model to show others what we know about being a leader **__Our main thought__** We have the skills, the heart, hands, feet and words to lead.