Leadership 101: Developing Leadership Skills for Resilient Youth

Leadership 101: Developing Leadership Skills for Resilient Youth

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Summary:

This is the leader's guide for "Youth Leadership 101," a curriculum that introduces students to leadership concepts and offers them various experiences designed to build leadership skills. It is geared towards helping youth explore, practice, and understand their philosophy of leadership in a school or community setting.

The fourteen, 90-minute lessons each contain lesson goals, materials needed, class outline, activities and a guide for reflection/debriefing. Lesson topics range from the qualities of leadership, gender differences in leadership, and decision-making to tolerance and diversity, creative thinking and influence.  The curriculum includes many checklists, quizzes, worksheets, and questions for self-reflection.

Why  does FASTEN recommend this resource?

This curriculum is particularly flexible and adaptable for many different settings. It is intended for high school students, but could be simplified for junior high students or modified for college-age students.  It is practical, easy to use and gets students engaged through hands-on activities. This curriculum is distinct from others FASTEN has found because it covers such issues as gender differences in leadership and how to use power, influence and authority.