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Fanning
Institute for Leadership |
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Leadership in Action: A High School Focus Curriculum |
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| Overview |
- A
unique program offering opportunities for students in grades nine
through twelve to develop leadership skills
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be used as a resource for Social Skills 1 (#35.0510000) elective
- Allows
students to experience hands-on activities and to interact in real-life
leadership settings
- Appropriate
for use in public, private and alternative high schools
- Segmented
for 180 classroom days in 102 lessons (block schedule option available)
- Detailed
Instructor Manual with introductory notes, goals, learning
objectives, materials lists, directions, and additional resource
suggestions
- All
student worksheets and background notes in Student Workbook
- Accumulated
skills and knowledge applied to plan and implement a community project
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| Curriculum
Content |
Unit
I : Me
Unit
II: You and Me
Unit
III: All of Us
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| Woven
throughout the curriculum are tenets of Dr. J.W. Fanning's Pillars of
Leadership: integrity, ethics, creativity, knowledge, listening, motivation,
hope, concern, vision, and sharing. |
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Special
Features
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students: |
- Varied
learning methods—self-assessment instruments, popular videos,
case studies, production of a play or forum, outside speaker resources,
role- playing, journal-keeping, visit to State Capitol during legislative
session
- Mentoring—by
community leaders and with younger students; learning about roles
by spending a day shadowing a community leader
- Field
trips—to local businesses, industries, health and educational
organizations; attending and evaluating civic, governmental and special-interest
group meetings; conducting a community assessment as the basis for
designing a community project
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| For
teachers: |
- Pre-test
and post-test instruments; test questions and formats
- Student
and parent commitment contract samples
- Chart
of popular video titles illustrating specific leadership concepts
- Opportunities
for positive local media coverage and community involvement
- Teacher
training workshops
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| Next
Step |
| Contact
your school's principal, curriculum director, and superintendent or your
local board of education representative to request the curriculum. |
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©
2003 Fanning Institute for Leadership |
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Fanning
Institute for Leadership - 1240 S. Lumpkin St. - Athens, GA 30602
706-542-1108 - 706-542-7007 Fax |
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