1. First Class Second Class
6/20 Class Walk Through Class Walk Through
6/21-
6/22
Class Orientation + Leadership Topic
1: The importance of knowing the
people you lead
Emphasis on understanding course
goals, expectations, and assessments
Discussion of importance of getting
to know the people that you are
leading. Emphasis on learning and
using peoples’ names: sign of
respect, creation of a connection,
better response from listeners when
they feel they are “known.”
Class Orientation + Leadership Topic
1: The importance of knowing the
people on your team.
Emphasis on understanding course
goals, expectations, and
assessments.
Discussion of importance of getting
to know the people you are working
with—it makes the work easier,
people will be more willing to do
the work for the unit when they feel
valued and included in the unit.
6/23-
6/24
Topic 2: Behaviors of a Strong
Leader—Modeling
Discussion of how strong leaders
build an atmosphere of trust and
cooperation within their unit. If they
don’t, the people within the unit are
likely to turn on one another. (Simon
Sinek TED Talk used in class for
discussion).
“Leaders set the tone.”
Discussion will include the
importance of modeling behavior for
the 2nd/3rd classmen. (Adherence to
the cell phone policy will be
discussed in class this day in
reference to the behaviors students
need to model for others.)
Topic 2: Behaviors of a Strong
Leader—Evaluating
Students view a clip from Invictus
and discuss how they are inspired
by strong leaders. They generate a
list of behaviors that strong leaders
exhibit. We ask students to think
about strong leaders at Culver.
Emphasis here is in having second
classmen be thoughtful about
choosing their role models—whose
leadership inspires them to be a
better leader?
2. 6/27-
6/28
Topic 3: The Power of “Do as I do”
versus “Do as I say.”
Emphasis on students understanding
the power of setting the example
through actions, not just words.
Students will discuss the
responsibility they have as leaders
knowing that they have people
following them.
Topic 3: Want Leadership? Buy in,
Behave, Model
Students consider these three keys
to success in the Culver leadership
system—what does it mean to “buy
in”? to “behave”? to “model”? Where
are they on the continuum of those
three in their leadership journeys?
“Attitude Reflects Leadership” is the
standout idea—students watch a
clip from Remember the Titans and
consider how they have
experienced this here at Culver.
6/29-
6/30
Topic 4: Me and the Unit—Making
Tough Decisions
Students discuss scenarios that get
them to think about the complexity
of decision making—when they
make a choice to do something, it has
impact beyond them. They will talk
about who is impacted in their
decision-making. Scenarios include a
third classmen coming into their
room to discover that they are letting
a friend have a cell phone. And
catching a friend stealing something
from someone else.
Students discuss not just how they
might make the right decision but
that making the right decision isn’t
always easy.
Topic 4: The importance of team—
understanding the development of a
unit
Similar to the “behaviors of a strong
leader,” students study the stages of
team development—cooperation,
trust, problem-solving, individual
challenge.
Emphasis here is on students
understanding how to develop a
team and how to identify stages of
team development.
7/1 Assessment Day
Students will answer short answer
questions over each of the four topics
covered over the course of the class.
Assessment Day
Students will answer short answer
questions over each of the four
topics covered over the course of
the class.
3. Third Class
7/4,
7/5
Class Orientation + Leadership Topic 1:
The importance of knowing the people
of the community
Emphasis on understanding course
goals, expectations, and assessments
Discussion of importance of getting
to know the people that you are
living with. Emphasis on benefits of
knowing the people of the
community: making connections
with people here gives students a
sense of belonging, gives them more
of a voice in the community, shows a
desire to connect with the
community
7/6,
7/7
Topic 2: Behaviors of a Strong
Leader—Learning
Students work to
identify the specific behaviors
they need from their leaders.
Goal of the lesson is to make the
students more aware of how
they can observe and learn
about leadership (both good
and bad) from the leaders they
see.
7/8,
7/11
Topic 3: Being the first follower
Emphasis on students understanding
the power of being the first follower
and how “followers” are also,
actually, leaders.
Students will discuss the responsibility
they have as “first followers” and the
importance of recognizing which
“movements” are worth supporting and
how to appropriately support them
7/12,
7/14
Topic 4: Taking care of
yourself and taking care of
the unit –growth mindset
Building on the idea of having
“power” as the “first
follower,” we work with
students to discuss taking
responsibility for the things
that they can control—their
mindset—bridge to winter
school leadership.
Students will consider the
poem, “Our Deepest Fear” by
Marianne Williamson (Coach
Carter) as the starter to
discussions for this class, and
then they will look at
different scenarios and
determine what it is in their
control to change and what it
is not
7/15
Assessment Day
Students will answer short answer questions over each of the four topics covered over the
course of the class.
