The Migrant Student Leadership Academy provides leadership training for migrant students in Fresno County. Over the course of the academy, students participate in various activities designed to help them understand their leadership styles, build teamwork skills, and identify issues in their communities. Activities include leadership assessments, defining leadership, performing a play about community issues, trust-building exercises, and developing plans to address needs in their schools and neighborhoods. The goal is for students to gain the tools and confidence to be effective leaders who can create positive change.

1. Migrant Student
Leadership
Academy
for Fresno County Migrant Students

2. Migrant Student Leadership Academy
• Goal & Methods
• Staff Training
• Activities & Presentations
• Participant Responses

3. Migrant Student Leadership Academy – GOALS
• The purpose of the SCICON Leadership Academy is
to help participants understand their leadership
modalities and learn to work with others while
addressing current problems and issues that affect
their daily lives.
• Participants will be trained to be more effective
leaders and will be given the necessary tools to be
involved in on-campus and off-campus issues.
• Fresno State migrant students volunteer to serve as
both cabin leaders and inspirational role models.
• Proceeds from this academy are utilized primarily to
provide scholarships for migrant college students, not
eligible for financial aid.

4. Migrant Student Leadership Academy –METHODS
• All activities are designed to promote a sense of
community service, teamwork, leadership ability, and
professional growth.
• Participants will learn to work together in groups and
understand that the key to becoming effective
leaders is to also be a good follower.
• Participants will give feedback about their own
community needs and share possible solutions.
• Learning to network will help the participants to
become better advocates for positive outcomes of
their selected issues or events in which they
participate.
• Participants will develop an Action Plan to address
family, school, and community issues.

5. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - TRAINING
• The current academy staff will include Fresno State
both professional staff and migrant student
volunteers.
• The full agenda for the Migrant Student Leadership
Academies will be covered during the training.
• The Fresno State staff will discuss, interact and
model each activity so that every staff member gains
a full understanding of the objectives.
• Teamwork will be stressed for cohesiveness among
the staff, which is a strong factor in making the
Migrant Student Leadership Academies a success.

6. Migrant Student Leadership Academy -
ICEBREAKERS
“El Juego del Pato
Pasqual”
–Experiences outside
one’s Comfort Zone
– Acclimation to Public
Performance

7. Migrant Student Leadership Academy -
ICEBREAKERS
Trust Fall
– Trust Building
– Kinesthetic Learning
– Experiences outside
one’s Comfort Zone

8. Migrant Student Leadership Academy -
ICEBREAKERS
Name Games &
Relays
– Teamwork
– Communication Skills
– Non-Verbal
Communciation

9. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENTS
All students completed these one of two assessments that
helped them to each identify their leadership and learning styles.
• Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
• True Colors
These activities included the identification of strengths and
weaknesses relevant to their particular leadership and learning
styles.
Students learned to be effective leaders and learners and were
to work better with others by understanding their modalities.
After identifying their learning and leadership styles they also
learned how to better interact and work with students with
various learning and leadership styles.

10. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENTS

11. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP
Participants brainstorm lists of both exemplary
positive and harmful world leaders. Using these
samples, students generate lists of positive and
negatie leadership words.
Participants complete the “Choose Your Leaders”
exercise, in which they are provided a list of twelve
potential leaders. Students are required to come a
unanimous decision as to the best potential leader
amongst the twelve options.
Using these experiences, and the Ten
Charactaristics of a Leader provided by Cesar E.
Chavez, students create their own working
definition of a good leader.

12. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP

13. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• ANGEL DE MI GUARDA – Theatrical Performance
Fresno State students and staff will perform an original,
short and bilingual play by Raul Z. Moreno.
The play will dramatically emphasize the need for young
adults to understand both their communty’s historial and
present situations, to conciously choose a non-passive
role in thier community, to act with understanding, and to
enact caring and beneficial behaviors in their communities.
Though the play will focus on the life of one young man,
Angel, the behaviors and results are easily understood by
students as applying to all members of the audience.

14. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• ANGEL DE MI GUARDA – Theatrical Performance

15. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• TRUST WALK
Weather permitting this is an outdoor, nighttime
activity during which students use the darkness and
privacy to explore their personal fears, their both
real and imaginary obstacles, and any personal
issues they might wish to share.
The walk is immediately followed by small group
processing sessions. Staff members facilitate the
“magic circle” styled discussions during which
students share some of those things about which
they thought during their quiet time in the dark.

16. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• COMMUNITY NEEDS
Participants will engage in activities geared toward
identifying the most crucial problems in their community.
They will develop a list of the issues that they feel need to
be addressed immediately.
The students will also identify their needs in their high
school and community and develop a list of possible
solutions.
To accomplish this goal, students will be divided into
small groups according to the high schools from which
they come.
They will be also asked to prepare a chart of solutions for
presentation in front of the entire group.

17. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• COMMUNITY NEEDS

18. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES
Participants will learn about performance
techniques, which enable them to freely speak in
front of either an audience or group by addressing
the following areas.
• Understand the SUBJECT of the play
• Understand and feel your CHARACTER
• PRESENTATION of character, special effects
• Awareness of SETTING
• AUDIENCE: voice projection, blocking
• EXAGGERATION

19. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES

20. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• TEAM BUILDING SKILLS
Participants will be required to work together with
students who have different leadership styles.
Students will be challenged; natural leaders will be
placed in a position to be followers while followers
will be placed in leadership roles. The overall
objective is to help them understand that a true
leader understands her changing role and works
accordingly. Participants will learn about the
importance of working together as a group in order
to accomplish their goals.

21. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• TEAM BUILDING SKILLS

22. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• EVENT PLANNING GUIDE
Participants will learn the necessary steps to follow
when coordinating an event.
Through specific examples, student will learn the
importance of effective planning and procedures.
Students will engage in a discussion on how to utilize
the Event Planning Guide form when planning future
events.

23. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• EVENT PLANNING GUIDE

24. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• DEFINITION OF NETWORKING
Through both a short presentation and detailed
examples students will learn the importance of
interpersonal networking in their personal, academic
and professional lives.
Students will be taught and practice both introducing
themselves and meeting new people.
Each student will create several, simple “personal-
cards” for distribution during the academy.
Students will list contact information as well as topics of
personal interest on these cards.

25. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• DEFINITION OF NETWORKING

26. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• PARTICIPANT SKITS
Students will be divided into small groups and will be
asked to select a specific topic from the problems and
issues that have been previously identified.
Students will participate in a theatrical performance
working with others who are variously skilled as to
learning and leadership styles.
They will effectively portray some of the current issues
and problems that affect them and their communities.

27. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• PARTICIPANT SKITS

28. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• DANCE
As a reward for the students’ full participation and
positive attitudes throughout the program, they will
have an opportunity to dance together and enjoy
time with new friends.
Staff will supervise the entire dance.

29. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• DANCE

30. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• GROUP PICTURES

31. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• REFLECTION
A large amount of time will be set aside at the end of
the academy weekend for participants to speak in front
of the assembled group.
Students will have an opportunity to acknowledge each
other’s positive attitudes and contributions.
Volunteers from amongst the students will also be
sought to describe what they enjoyed, what they have
learned, and how they will use the skills gained from
the academy weekend.

32. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• REFLECTION

33. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• ACTION PLAN
Students will develop an individual action plan in which
they will specify the various activities and issues in
which they want to be involved.
The action plan will call for specific activities involving
their family, campus, community, and personal
development. Students will make a list of the issues
they identify as important to them and will discuss how
they plan to become involved.
They will write one page describing their short-term
goals (within the next five years), as well as their long-
term goals.

34. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• ACTION PLAN

35. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• GROUP COLLAGE
This activity will challenge students to work in pairs and
as a group to complete a mosaic. Student teams will
be given drawing and painting materials, motivated to
find their internal-childlike-artist, and set loose to work.
The activity is designed to progress at an quick pace
and include all participants throughout the process.
Students will learn that though teamwork they can
accomplish a large amount of work, and that leaders
must be prepared to incorporate numerous methods of
thought, communication and work styles.

36. Migrant Student Leadership Academy - ACTIVITIES
• GROUP COLLAGE

37. Migrant Student Leadership Academy –
PARTICIPANT RESPONSES
• Este fin de semana aprendí mucho,
aprendí a valorar más las cosas, la
familia, y todo lo que yo antes no
valoraba.
• This weekend I learned a lot. I
learned to value things more, like
my family, and all the other things I
didn’t appreciate before.

38. Migrant Student Leadership Academy –
PARTICIPANT RESPONSES
• En este fin de semana yo aprendí a que no
solo me debo de preocupar por mi, sino por
mi familia, o por otras personas y también a
como poder ser buen líder.
• This weekend I learned that I shouldn’t think
only about myself, rather I should think
about my family, or about other people, and
also how to become a good leader.

39. Migrant Student Leadership Academy –
PARTICIPANT RESPONSES
• Yo aprendí a pasar en frente y no tener
pena. La otra cosa es tener confianza
con los compañeros.
• I learned to stand-up in front and not be
embarrassed. Also, I learned to be
confident with my peers (friends).

40. Migrant Student Leadership Academy –
PARTICIPANT RESPONSES
• Yo he aprendido muchas cosas,
principalmente como compartir con las
de más personas y quitarme la
vergüenza de enzima.
• I have learned many things. Foremost,
how to share with other people and
overcome my shy nature in the future.

41. Migrant Student Leadership Academy –
PARTICIPANT RESPONSES
• I have learned that I don't always need to be
in charge of everything, it can be better to let
other people lead also.
• [I have learned] to improve my leadership
skills and to speak up when [I am] doing the
skits. I also learned that it is not always
about [me], but it's about everyone.

42. SCICON Leadership Academy – PARTICIPANT RESPONSES
• This weekend I have learned many
things. Such as, how to value
myself and other people. How not
to care only about myself and to
care more about people that are
more needy. And, how to became
a leader.