Leadership: September 2016

Friday, September 30, 2016

Cool Kids eat Cookies

Hey Cool Kids! Great job in class this week. Your acting was divine. I hope we all now know what NOT to do when planning and carrying out an activity. Keep the Cool Kid characters in mind as we plan our big events. No one wants to leave the lady with the treats in her driveway sitting on a cooler! I'm talking about you, STEVE!

We were able to start throwing ideas out for our big Halloween bash. It will look a lot like last year's party. But why not? It worked and was a success, so let's revisit it.

So we are set on having DJ Genne (she graciously said she would work our event ; )), a carnival room, refreshments, and a mixing "potions" (drink) station (run by the Student Government class.)

Your homework for this week is:

1) Start reading those leadership books!!! I'll start us off on the presentations next Thursday with the book, The Leader in Me. It is going to take you back to your childhood.

2)Decide what portion of the Halloween party you would like to work on. The choices include - dance/games, carnival room, refreshments, decorations, or communication and advertisements.

3) Come up with 5 awesome event ideas to share. For example, if you want to be involved with the decor, search for some inexpensive easy decorations that we can make, etc.

I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOUR IDEAS! We have 12 people working on this party! It is going to be AMAZING!!

Also, we decided to kick-off our Scholar Meet-ups at the skating place in University Place. I'll send out the info. Come and support these awesome activities!

Thanks, everyone!

See you on Thursday!

Teacher Jennifer

PS - Merry, you have our Quick Share Quote this week.

PSS - Someone walked out the door with Dean's pencil. Please return it to him.

PSSS - The papers I gave you to add to your binders included very important information that can wreak havoc if put into the wrong hands! Please be careful with those! We will discuss this more on Thursday!

Here is how the schedule for book presentations currently stands: (Note that there are two more spaces available.) Also, it is perfectly fine that people are doing the same book. You each will get something different from your reading.

October 6 – Jennifer Poyer – The Leader in Me

October 13 – Katie Dial – Start with Why

Kaleigh Newlun – Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

October 20 – Noah Giovingo – Do Hard Things

Emma Miller – Start with Why

October 27 – Adam Claridge – Man's Search for Meaning

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November 3 – Trey Claridge – The Element

Benjamin Poyer – How to Win Friends and Influence People

November 10 – Katie Blanchard – How to Win Friends and Influence People/Noah Giovingo - Do Hard Things

Here is the schedule for the Leadership Quote Quick Share:

October 6 – Merry

13 – Katie Dial

20 – Benjamin

27 – Kaleigh

November 3 –

10 – Katie Dial

17 – Trey Claridge

24 – Thanksgiving

December 1 –

8 – Katie Blanchard

15 – Benjamin Poyer

January 5 – Katie Blanchard

12 – Adam

19 – Dean

26 – Emma

February 2 –

9 – Trey

16-

23 – Noah

March 2 – Merry

9-Adam

16-Emma

23-

30-

April 6 – Spring Break

13-

20-

27-

1)This Thursday, Kaleigh will present a leadership quote! (please refer to your binder for directions on what and how to present this) Way to go, Kaleigh!

2)Also, bring in your Golden Circles. (The sheet can be found in your binder.)

3) If you haven't signed up for leadership quotes or a book presentation, be ready to do so on Thursday.

4) Bring your acting abilities to class!!! Accents, dramatic actions, and overacting are VERY welcome this week.

If you need more info or have questions email me or text me at 209-531-7133.

Thanks, everyone!!!

Jennifer Poyer

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Golden Circle, Retreat Debrief, and BRING your acting chops

We had an info-packed first class last week. I hope you were listening and are up to speed on what we will be accomplishing this year. We have A LOT to do and a LITTLE amount of time to accomplish it. Last year our biggest hurdle was time! This year we are going to stay on task. That is going to require a lot of effort from each of you AND so much effort from ME : )!

I was super impressed when I looked at the sign-up sheets and saw all your names. Also, I have heard from a few of you about your choice of books on the presentations. I love this effort. This is a great leadership trait. I hope you have all dove into your books, or at least have them on hold at the library.

We also had a fantastic Scholar Retreat debrief. It was so great to get all the feedback. Keep those debriefs in your folder, you will need them when we start planning Scholar Retreat 2017. It is easy to forget all the details of events over time, so write them down so your ideas and changes can be applied during next year's planning.

And finally, we talked about your "WHY!" Why did you join this class? (Please don't write that your mom made you do it!) Why should people be inspired to follow you? Why do you think you can lead FILA's activities? WHAT will you do to make this WHY happen, and HOW will you bring the WHAT about? For homework, you are supposed to write down your why, what and how. (Fill out your Golden Circle.) You can definitely have more than one! In fact, you definitely should have a lot of whats and hows! If you are having trouble understanding "The Golden Circle" assignment, go online and watch the Ted Talk by Simon Sinek. I'm so sorry that we were unable to fully watch it in class. Next time, I will be better prepared!

Here is the link: Start With Why - Simon Sinek TED talk

Start With Why - Simon Sinek TED talk

Simon Sinek discusses the principal behind every successful person and business. A simple but powerful model for...