GRIP STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE A PRACTICAL AND INTERACTIVE TRAINING CONFERENCE FOR STUDENT LEADERS
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Welcome
A SPECIAL WELCOME TO TODAY’S CONFERENCE! Being involved in leadership at your school is an important responsibility and a fantastic opportunity to make an impact on others, whilst growing as a leader yourself. GRIP Leadership presents a number of student leadership events, and it is our privilege and pleasure to have you with us today. Today’s program has been developed to prepare you in practical ways for the role of a leader at your school. We invite you to become fully involved in all aspects of the conference and we are sure that you will enjoy what lies ahead.
THE GRIP LEADERSHIP TEAM
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Program
9:15am Session 1
Leading in the Land of Zootopia
10:45am Morning Tea Break 11:10am Session 2
The 4 Expectations of Responsibility
Generating Ideas that are Outside the Box
12:30pm Lunch Break 1:00pm Session 3
Turning Ideas Into Action
Q&A with GRIP Leadership Team
2:30pm Close
Program subject to change at any time
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You can be a great leader in your school.
Pre-conference Activities For those who arrive early, compete against your friends to be the first to complete the word search below and the secret code on page 4.
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CAN YOU FIND THESE WORDS? Generosity Responsibility Integrity
People Influence Resilience
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Leaders work together to solve problems.
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Pre-Conference activities Using the code below, match the images to the letters and uncover a secret message about leadership!
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**Note to Teachers** GRIP Leadership has developed a resource called the Leadership Activity Pack. It contains 50 activities like this for students to learn more about leadership while also having fun! For more details see the Staff Magazine or visit the Info Desk.
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Leaders meet the needs of others and their school.
Introduction Activities
RESPONSIBLITY Responsibility in leadership means accepting the duty to contribute to others and follow through on expectations.
Every leader has the __________________________ to ___________________________intentionally.
Leaders have fun!
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n o m r e d a e L I have sighted the snow
I can sound like a Pokemon character
I can grow my muscles by doing 10 push-ups
I could catch a Pokemon in real life
I can do the chicken dance
I have travelled overseas
I have won a competition
I have evolved by being able to touch my nose with my toungue
LEADING IN THE LAND OF ZOOTOPIA Leadership is not about using a ____________________________________, but rather about using __________________________________________ .
LEADERS ARE HELPED BY KNOWING:
1. _ __________________________________ Being organised
Public speaking
Music
Sport
Listening
Creativity
Teaching others
Problem solving
Giving instructions
Writing
Computers and technology
Performing
Working in a team
Inventing new things
Managing time
Planning events
Taking notes
Researching
Having a conversation
Building
MY STRENGTHS
2. ___________________________________ 3. ___________________________________ 4. ___________________________________ NO PERSON IS STRONG AT ___________________________,
but a team is strong at _______________________________.
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Leaders demonstrate character strength.
Reflection Questions Which one of the four things discussed do you personally need to reflect on the most? _______________________________________________________________________________________ What is one way that you can focus on this more? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
Movie clip quiz Movie Clip 1: _ ________________________________________________________________________
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Movie Clip 2: _ ________________________________________________________________________
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Movie Clip 3: _ ________________________________________________________________________
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Movie Clip 4: _ ________________________________________________________________________
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On the brand new ‘Practical Extension Sessions’ resource are three sessions specific to extending this conference topic: 1. Three Different Ways to Discover Your Own Strengths 2. How to Know When to Lead And When to Follow 3. Four Reasons That Character Strength Is Important
Leaders can identify other leaders.
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THE 4 EXPECTATIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility in leadership means accepting the _ ___________ to contribute to others and follow through on _________________________.
WE CAN DISPLAY RESPONSIBILITY IN 4 KEY WAYS:
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On the brand new ‘Practical Extension Sessions’ resource are three sessions specific to extending this conference topic: 1. Four Ways to be A Role Model 2. How to Identify The Needs of Your School 3. Knowing When It’s Actually Best to Say No
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Leaders do what they say they will do.
EXPECTATIONS OF RESPONSIBILTY QUIZ Situation 1 Which of the 4 expectations of responsibility could you show in this situation and how would you do it? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Situation 2 Which of the 4 expectations of responsibility could you show in this situation and how would you do it?
_______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Situation 3 Which of the 4 expectations of responsibility could you show in this situation and how would you do it? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Situation 4 Which of the 4 expectations of responsibility could you show in this situation and how would you do it? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
Leaders are role models.
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GENERATING IDEAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE BOX
ideas we have discussed: _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ideas for our school that are outside of the box: 1. An ‘outside the box’ idea to help OTHER STUDENTS. My Idea
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Other ____________________________________________________________________________ School’s ____________________________________________________________________________ Idea
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Leaders look for opportunities to help others.
2. An ‘outside the box’ idea to help TEACHERS. My Idea
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____________________________________________________________________________ Other School’s ____________________________________________________________________________ Idea
3. An ‘outside the box’ idea to help our LOCAL COMMUNITY. My Idea
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____________________________________________________________________________ Other School’s ____________________________________________________________________________ Idea
My big Idea
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On the brand new ‘Practical Extension Sessions’ resource are three sessions specific to extending this conference topic: 1. Five Ways to Involve Different People in Generating Ideas 2. How to Think Big Without Being Unrealistic 3. Four Places to Seek Ideas... That You Probably Never Thought of
Leaders look for opportunities to help their community.
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TURNING AN IDEA INTO ACTION A _________________________________________________________ C _________________________________________________________ T _________________________________________________________ I ___________________________________________________________ o _________________________________________________________ N _________________________________________________________ MY FIRST PROPOSAL What is your ‘big idea’? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think this is a good idea? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ When should this take place? _______________________________________________________________________________________
On the brand new ‘Practical Extension Sessions’ resource are three sessions specific to extending this conference topic: 1. Five Things to Consider When Writing A Proposal 2. How to Turn Your Idea Into A Task List 3. Tips For Assigning Different Leaders to Different Roles
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Leaders develop a plan of action.
Where should this take place? _______________________________________________________________________________________ Who are the people that will organise different parts of this idea? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ How will this happen? What are some of the important tasks? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
LEADERSHIP AT MY SCHOOL Some of the leadership roles that students need to be selected for at our school are: my answer
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____________________________________________________________________________ other school’s ____________________________________________________________________________ answer Some of the leadership opportunities that students don’t need to be selected for at our school are: my answer
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____________________________________________________________________________ other school’s ____________________________________________________________________________ answer Some of the events that student’s at our school enjoy the most are: my answer
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____________________________________________________________________________ other school’s ____________________________________________________________________________ answer
Leaders know their strengths and the strengths of others.
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Q&A With GRIP Leadership Team My Possible Questions to Ask 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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Notes from Questions Answered _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
What I Have Learned So Far Session 1 One thing I learned in this session_ ________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
Session 2 One thing I learned in this session _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
Session 3 One thing I learned in this session _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
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Leaders reflect on what they have learned.
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ABOUT GRIP LEADERSHIP
GRIP Leadership is an independent organisation that exists to train and develop leaders with a special focus on school students and the educational sector. Most known for the
‘GRIP Student Leadership Conferences’, the team also presents tailored seminars and presentations for schools. GRIP Leadership programs are fresh, practical, interactive and enjoyed by tens of thousands of students each year. GRIP Leadership is endorsed by leaders, educators, politicians and business people.
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