Management & Leadership is a fun, life skills class suitable for all types of students whether they are interested in going into business, interested in improving leadership skills or just want to be inspired to live a more fulfilling life! This class focuses on three core areas.
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| A Leadership Impact Project that continued for two years to donate guitars to Glenwood Elementary in Waukegan, IL |
Managing yourself: time management, being
proactive, and goal setting.
Management functions: planning, organizing,
directing and controlling.
Leadership: how to motivate and inspire.
Students will study the traits of an effective
leader and work in collaborative team projects
to gain hands-on experience investigating how
to be a leader in the community.
The Leadership Impact Projects have been a huge success over the last several semesters. The project begins with the entire class brainstorming about ways they can have an impact on their community or society as leaders. A list is created of potential realistic projects and students choose to be on a project team that inspires them the most. In the Spring 2013 class, students helped local cancer patients, collected book donations for Glenwood Elementary (a school in a low income community), raised depression awareness, collected used sporting equipment for charity, and raised awareness about concussions. A big emphasizes on this project is about the management functions mentioned above. Before executing the project, students developed a plan and present it to the entire class to receive feedback for revision. Check out posts from April 2013 on this blog to see the proposals for each of the projects from this year.
The Leadership Impact Projects give students' a tremendous opportunity to apply the skills they learn in this course. Skills and topics include:
The Leadership Impact Projects give students' a tremendous opportunity to apply the skills they learn in this course. Skills and topics include:
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| Students working together to lift their teacher over a wall. |
- Communication Skills
- Problem Solving Skills
- Management Philosophies
- Group Dynamics & Team Building
- Emotional Intelligence
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
The other experiential learning opportunities in this class comes from team building activities and reflection. Team building opportunities provide a valuable hands-on learning opportunity to solve projects and to collaborate with their peers. Students then reflect introspectively and with each other to discuss how they think and feel as they create their own leadership style.
For more information about the course:
Contact Mindy Ingersoll at Glenbrook North High School in the Career and Life Skills Department.
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