Building Student Leadership Skills

1. Building Student Leadership Skills Janis Hall, Skaggs Elementary Sandi Acheson, Sigler Elementary Kim Murff, Bethany Elementary Plano ISD

2. Tools and Literature Lesson Ideas to Motivate and Develop Student Leadership Skills Based on the Philosophy of these Books:

3. Let’s Sing (to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” Be Proactive Every Day Be Proactive Stop and Think Even Though it’s Hard To Do I Think you Should Try it, Too Be Proactive Every Day Be Proactive, Stop and Think.

6. Leadership Tags

11. 1 Be Proactive • Choose good attitudes in the library • Do not blame others if they find a book that you would like to have • Do the right thing without being asked • Choose to be helpful • Be responsible • Take good care of your books

12. 2 Begin with the End in Mind • What is my goal? • What kind of book do I need today? • What do I want to learn about today? • How can I be a good citizen?

13. 3 Put First Things First • What is most important? • Use your time wisely • Focus on your task- Make good selections

14. 4 Think Win -WIN • Remember you will have many opportunities to choose different books • How you treat others is important now

15. 5 Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Listen Do not interrupt others Look other people in the eyes

16. 6 Synergize

17. 7 Sharpen the Saw

18. Find your Voice How can you help others in the library?

19. #1-Be Proactive First I think. I then make a choice. EVERYTHING I do is a CHOICE.

20. #1-Be Proactive The Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper

21. #2-Begin With the End in Mind First I THINK about what I want. I then DO what will make it happen.

22. #2-Begin With the End in Mind The Very Busy Spider - Eric Carle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A

23. #3-Put First Things First I only THINK and DO what is most important.

24. #3-Put First Things First The Little Red Hen– Byron Barton Alfred Digs – Lindsay Barret George

25. #4-Think Win-Win We think of a solution where no one gives up anything and everyone wins!

26. #4-Think Win-Win Lion and the Mouse – Aesop Fable Wolf! - Becky Bloom Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister

27. #5- Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood First, I listen to others so that I may understand them, then repeat their thoughts back.

28. #5- Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale - Marcus Pfister Runaway Bunny - Margaret Wise Brown Miss Alaineus - Debra Frasier

29. #6-Synergize Because we have different strengths, we can work together to create a better idea than we could alone.

30. #6-Synergize Cook-a-Doodle-Doo Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel Swimmy - Leo Lionni

31. #7-Sharpen the Saw I will take care of my brain and body, make deposits in emotional bank accounts, and do what I know is right.

32. #7-Sharpen the Saw The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats I.Q. Gets Fit – Mary Ann Fraser

33. #8-Find My Voice and Help Others I feel happier and more confident when I reach out to others with caring and kindness.

34. #8-Find My Voice and Help Others Hooway for Wodney Wat- Helen Lester Listen to the Wind – Greg Mortenson

35. Which habits can you identify? How Full is Your Bucket? (for kids) by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer

36. Bibliography • Aesop. The Lion and the Mouse • Barton, Byron. The Little Red Hen • Bloom, Becky. Wolf! • Brown, Margaret Runaway Bunny • Carle, Eric. The Very Busy Spider • Covey, Sean. The 7 Habits of Happy Kids • Covey, Stephen. The Leader in Me • Fraser, Mary Ann. I.Q. Gets Fit • Frasier, Debra. Miss Alaineus • George, Lindsay Barrett. Alfred Digs • Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day • Lester, Helen. Hooway for Wodney Wat • Lionni, Leo. Swimmy • Mortenson, Greg. Listen to the Wind • Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia • Pfister, Marcus. Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale • Pfister, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish • Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could • Sierra, Judy. Born to Read • Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. Cook a Doodle Doo