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Leaders of the Class
Units for Teaching Motivation, Perseverance, Communication, and Collaboration in the Secondary Classroom
Catapult growth with a research-based sequence of units for developing in secondary students the leadership identity and skills needed to motivate, persevere, communicate, and collaborate. Authors Maureen Chapman and James Simons present a flexible, resource-rich curriculum featuring routines and supports to pair with existing academic curriculum to foster engagement and achievement for every leader of the class.
Benefits
- Engage students in thoughtful reflections and discussions on what defines a leader
- Empower all students to recognize and develop their leadership skills through the creation of personalized leader profiles
- Support all students to build self-awareness, connect with their academic motivation, and set meaningful goals
- Explore tactics with students to persevere through challenges and achieve their goals
- Teach students the communication and collaboration skills they need to lead
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1: Getting Started
Chapter 1: The Four Leadership Practices
Chapter 2: Leadership Conditions
Part 2: Beginning the Units
Chapter 3: Launch Unit
Chapter 4: Motivate Unit
Chapter 5: Persevere Unit
Chapter 6: Communicate Unit
Chapter 7: Collaborate Unit
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Chapter 3: Launch Unit
- Table 3.1: Unit Overviews
- Leader Profile
- End-of-Unit Reflections
- Letter to Caregivers
- Group Roles
- What Is a Leader?
- Unpacking Leadership Conditions
- Norms Protocol
- Launch: Self-Assessment
Chapter 4: Motivate Unit
- Motivate: Culminating Performance Task
- Culminating Performance Task Rubric
- Experiences Reflection
- Identity Exercise
- Motivate: Self-Assessment
- Motivate: Reflection Log
- Motivate: Reflection Bookmark
- Academic Challenge Reflection
- Playing Favorites
Chapter 5: Persevere Unit
- Strategy Bank
- Persevere: Reflection Log
- Persevere: Reflection Bookmark
- Reflection Sentence Stems
- Strategy Observation Checklist
- Core Values Exercise: Facilitator Directions
- Core Values Exercise
- Actions-Values Alignment
- That Feeling When…
- Persevere: Self-Assessment
- Persevere: Culminating Performance Task
- Core Values Reflection
- Emotional Bookends
- Action Impact Decision Analysis
- The ABCDs of Self-Regulation
Chapter 6: Communicate Unit
- Spider Web Discussion
- Balanced Discussion Exit Ticket
- Feedback Tool
- Processing Feedback Reflection
- Communicate: Self-Assessment
- Communicate: Reflection Log
- Communicate: Reflection Bookmark
- Communicate: Culminating Performance Task
- Active Listening Log: Feelings, Ideas, and Questions
- Positivity Log
- Nonverbal Communication Game
- Exchanging Feedback Quadrants
Chapter 7: Collaborate Unit
- Pre-Collaboration Sharing
- Team Contract
- Advocacy Guidance Support Tool
- Collaborate: Self-Assessment
- Collaborate: Reflection Log
- Collaborate: Reflection Bookmark
- Collaborate: Culminating Performance Task
- Full-Year Reflection
Online-Only Tool Kits
- Tool Kit for the Motivator
- Tool Kit for the Project Manager
- Tool Kit for the Facilitator
- Tool Kit for the Advocate
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Conzemius, A., & O’Neill, J. (2014). The handbook for SMART school teams: Revitalizing best practices for collaboration (2nd ed.). Solution Tree Press.
- McDowell, M. (2021). Teaching for transfer: A guide for designing learning with real-world application. Solution Tree Press.
- Talusan, L. A. (2022). The identity-conscious educator: Building habits and skills for a more inclusive school. Solution Tree Press.
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Chapter 5
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