Goal - to showcase and gain approval from the UC/State school system that the leadership course at RHS is a college level prep course that has value and merit in the application process for post secondary education.
GOAL was APPROVED as of 3.28.16!!!!!!
Communication Standard
1. Students will focus on subtopics including, but not limited to: Written Communication, Interviewing Skills, Public Speaking, Crowd Control, Conflict Resolution, Creative Thinking, Evaluation, and Interpersonal Skills. Assignment examples are embedded in the description of each course unit.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
1. Students will focus on subtopics including, but not limited to: Written Communication, Interviewing Skills, Public Speaking, Crowd Control, Conflict Resolution, Creative Thinking, Evaluation, and Interpersonal Skills. Assignment examples are embedded in the description of each course unit.
- Critical thinking in Written Communication is evaluated by the creation of a Legacy Portfolio that will analysis research, interpersonal and writing skills, and knowledge attained through the position held in the program. Lengthy advice and direction is diligently scripted to positively affect the continuity of the program. Formal Associated Student Body Reports are written monthly depicting what has been accomplished within the past month in specific job area, committee work along with concerns, changes, and positive comments based on the work ethic of the class. Students write analytically scripting reports that illustrate personal and co-curricular events on our campus. Professionalism, a core to the program's curriculum, outlines critical thinking in the areas of planning and researching for a future career along with gaining knowledge about finances and the job market.
- During interview skills, students demonstrate confidence and attentiveness, understand the importance of appropriate and professional appearance, practice preparing and asking valuable questions, and know how to research the desired position. The program illustrates this extra valuable component by developing mock interviews with professionals yearly based on the research completed in critical thinking and evaluation of a future career choice.
- Public speaking includes students practicing speaking clearly, holding a microphone at an appropriate distance while using a loud, clear voice, demonstration of style and enthusiasm, learning how to motivate an audience, demonstration of appropriate pacing and temp, creating eye contact, and knowing the audience and purpose of whom they are speaking. Students are taught the in depth skills of public speaking along with professional dress attire and critically assessed by instructor on a specific topic researched and presented to an audience.
- Crowd control will include students understanding the importance of providing a safe location for the number in attendance, creation of appropriate comments to encourage cooperation, knowledge of when and who to talk to for questions and assistance, how to plan ahead for potential problems, and the preparation of location and manpower. Students are required to complete procedure form paperwork including the detail description of items accomplished along with interacting with staff to make sure documents have been properly completed.
- Conflict resolution includes students either solving the problem or leading those in conflict to the appropriate person, openly discussing problems and concerns being faced by the group or individuals, understanding the importance of coming to a solution in a variety of ways, and understanding the hierarchical nature of persons in charge.
- Creative thinking includes students creating ways to grab an audience's attention by evaluating the audience, participating in brainstorming ideas, and planning timely events suitable for a particular audience. Students use creative social media outlets to create coverage for a specific event that will be held at the high school. From there students will evaluate the uses of publicity to determine what works within our school culture.
- Through Evaluation, providing feedback in a constructive manner is essential, along with using appropriate positive and negative prompts to bring about constructive change. Students go through a quarterly evaluation that determines job efficiency, classroom conduct, and real world behavior. Students have a private meeting with AD, and ASB executive members to discuss how to improve and where success has already occurred.
- Interpersonal skills include demonstration of teamwork and consensus building, showing knowledge of when to take each role treating others the way they wish to be treated, listen to a variety of points of view, use constructive criticism, communicate using "I" statements, using appropriate body language, taking on a task without being asked, establish and practice guidelines and rules, accept constructive criticism and acknowledge the strengths and accomplishments of others.
- Students are required every month to hold a formal ASB meeting to cover topics of events, finances, and progress. Each student in the course is required to type up a formal report that encompass the following: Job Description (what was accomplished within the past month), standing committee work (what was completed within the past month of a committee that will exist all year long), special committee (what was done within the past month on a committee that is short term), a valid concern regarding the class and its effectiveness, a positive regarding a person's work ethic or class effort, and a change that the student would like to see within the program and/or classroom to improve our purpose. Within each section of the report, students are critically thinking about what they have accomplished and the level of success present within a period of time.
- Students involved in the program watch, review, and analyze Ted Talks that cover various topics illustrated by the units developed in the program. Students evaluate and write critically about the subject matter while evaluating the speakers themselves determining the positive and negatives to public speaking and unit subject matter.
- Students involved in the program watch, review, and analyze Ted Talks that cover various topics illustrated by the units developed in the program. Students evaluate and write critically about the subject matter while evaluating the speakers themselves determining the positive and negatives to public speaking and unit subject matter.
- Your Future, Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Self-Image, Effective Communicator, Strong Work Ethic, Dependable (Resume, Cover Letters, Mock Interviews), Positive attitude, Leaving a legacy.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
- Be academically challenging;
- Involve substantial reading and writing;
- Include problem-solving and laboratory work, as appropriate;
- Show serious attention to analytical thinking, as well as factual content;
- Develop students’ oral and listening skills; and
- Incorporate learning to develop skills and cultivate interest in the academic enterprise.
Service Learning Standard
1. Service learning includes Presentation Skills, Community Service and Citizenship. Assignment examples are embedded in the description of each course unit.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
1. Service learning includes Presentation Skills, Community Service and Citizenship. Assignment examples are embedded in the description of each course unit.
- Presentation skills include the practice of organizing a presentation into a well thought-out development of ideas and designing a lesson that addresses the appropriate audience. Students practice this aspect when designing proposals for change to occur on their campus or delivering lessons, topics designed by instructor, to the class. If order to be fully prepared, students must use research skills, interpersonal skills, and communicative skills to be successful.
- During Community Service, students are given an opportunity to have an understanding of what it is like to serve other people for the benefit of another. Students have had the ability to work with various different military service groups developing the skills to give back to the soldiers that protect their daily freedom. Students come to understand the effect serving in the military has on a soldier and his family. Students have also worked on their own campus taking on beautification projects making their campus a welcoming environment.
- Through Citizenship, students have the experience of giving without receiving anything in return, have the compassion to other people's challenges, accepting people for who they are, and understanding differences. Students are required quarterly to complete community service hours where they help another person/group without being paid for that service.
- The production of Coin Wars requires the entire class' input and involvement. Students create a school wide competition involving the student body, staff, and administration. This competition amongst class and peers asks for coins to be donated as points in developing the most spirited class/group. In the spirit of competition if dollar bills are placed into the pot, negative points are added to that particular group giving the edge to that particular class placing in the dollar bill money. While the spirit of competition is strong, the goal and the power behind the event is breath taking. Students are working to raise money to donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma society in hopes to cure blood cancer. Leadership works to create a positive rally where competition continues to occur through games, but more importantly students work to bring in guest speakers who have been either effected by cancer directly or a family member. This event proves to be powerful, emotional, and intense. Each year our goal is to raise more money than the previous year. To be able to give thousands of dollars to an organization that can help millions of people around the world is awe inspiring. Oftentimes, leadership students feel stronger self-worth after this event because they know they have created change in a world where disease is unbiased and deadly.
- Students involved in the program watch, review, and analyze Ted Talks that cover various topics illustrated by the units developed in the program. Students evaluate and write critically about the subject matter while evaluating the speakers themselves determining the positive and negatives to public speaking and unit subject matter.
- Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Effective Communicator, Strong Work Ethic, Team Oriented, Positive attitude, Leaving a legacy.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
- Be academically challenging;
- Include problem-solving and laboratory work, as appropriate;
- Show serious attention to analytical thinking, as well as factual content;
- Develop students’ oral and listening skills; and
- Incorporate learning to develop skills and cultivate interest in the academic enterprise.
Government Standard
1. This unit includes Government Hierarchy, Procedures, Elections, Organizations, and Effective Meetings. Assignment examples are embedded in the description of each course unit.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
1. This unit includes Government Hierarchy, Procedures, Elections, Organizations, and Effective Meetings. Assignment examples are embedded in the description of each course unit.
- Through Government hierarchy, students understand the importance of following chain of command, understand the importance of following procedures, take part in reviewing the student constitution, take part in committees and understand how the smaller group contributes to the good of the while, and are familiar with the formation of a government consisting of representatives. Students read and evaluate the constitution yearly before formal approval of the inner workings of the program is executed.
- Through procedures, students understand the legal implications of not following procedures and the importance of rules and regulations and experience creating them. Cash box requests, budgets, and fundraising forms must be completed yearly/for each event.
- In elections, students recognize fair campaigning and marketing of one's self or a group one supports, understand the importance of positive salesmanship and voter persuasion, use an opportunity to make a speech or presentation, and understand the makings of a representative government and the workings of a democracy.
- Through organizations, students are introduced to various student, school, parent, and community groups and their importance to the work of the whole school, and will have an understanding of the financial restrictions and guidelines of such organizations.
- During effective meetings, students will understand group dynamics, experience and obtain a working knowledge of Parliamentary Procedure, and understand the importance of accurate agendas and minutes for meetings. Parliamentary Procedure developed analytical thought through the process of professional report presentations and relating to the opinions and directives of other students involved.
- Students participate in weekly debrief meetings where a full description of the status of an upcoming event is presented in front of the entire class. The goal is to practice public speaking skills, be attuned to the planning and status of the event, and to practice on the spot questions asked by the group.
- Students participate in monthly formal meetings where position leaders, committee leaders, and commissioners speak about the status of their job and events. Students also discuss old business and new business (concerns raised monthly) along with financial budget reports and reimbursements that include motions as exhibited in parliamentary procedure.
- Students involved in the program watch, review, and analyze Ted Talks that cover various topics illustrated by the units developed in the program. Students evaluate and write critically about the subject matter while evaluating the speakers themselves determining the positive and negatives to public speaking and unit subject matter.
- Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Self-Image, Effective Communicator, Strong Work Ethic, Positive attitude, Leaving a legacy.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
- Be academically challenging;
- Include problem-solving and laboratory work, as appropriate;
- Show serious attention to analytical thinking, as well as factual content;
- Develop students’ oral and listening skills
Personal and Social Development Standard
1. The unit on Personal and Social Development includes Group Dynamics, Goal Setting, Interpersonal Skills, and Self-Esteem/Self-Awareness.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
1. The unit on Personal and Social Development includes Group Dynamics, Goal Setting, Interpersonal Skills, and Self-Esteem/Self-Awareness.
- Group dynamics includes understanding different personality types and how they contribute to a group setting, realizing the importance of the diversity of others, having the opportunity to accept a leadership role in an activity and to serve as both leader and follower, enlist others in sharing a vision, celebrating accomplishments and contributions of others, and passing on authority when appropriate.
- Goal setting includes the creation of goals and objectives, setting and meeting time lines with periodic review, and the importance of prioritizing events.
- Interpersonal skills includes creating ways to grabbing attention and plan timely events suitable for a variety of audiences.
- Self Esteem/Self Awareness includes students improving the way they feel about themselves through various activities, group and individual work.
- Students attend a leadership camp at the start of the school year that teaches tools that allow for this standard to be reached throughout the entire year. Students lead class discussions using the facilitative leadership structure allowing for discussion to occur in an efficient manner. Students learn to respect opinions and offer their own ideas to create activities, events, and change on their campus. Students also participate in validation activities held throughout the year that share kind words and inspiration to one another building on self esteem, confidence, and interpersonal skills.
- Students involved in the program watch, review, and analyze Ted Talks that cover various topics illustrated by the units developed in the program. Students evaluate and write critically about the subject matter while evaluating the speakers themselves determining the positive and negatives to public speaking and unit subject matter.
- Your Future, Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Self-Image, Effective Communicator, Strong Work Ethic, Positive attitude, Leaving a legacy.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
- Be academically challenging;
- Involve substantial reading and writing;
- Show serious attention to analytical thinking, as well as factual content;
- Develop students’ oral and listening skills; and
- Incorporate learning to develop skills and cultivate interest in the academic enterprise.
Business Standard
1. The Business unit includes sections of Marketing, Finance Accounting, Advertising, Customer Service, Communication and Business law.
- Marketing includes practicing different advertising techniques, recognizing the correlation between price and unit sold, experimentation with different product displays to create optimal sales and selling a variety of items evaluating the better sellers.
- Finance Accounting includes creating and tracking a working budget, projection of income, understanding the concept of profit and loss, and ordering merchandise for sales and class use. Students will work closely with the Bookkeeper to evaluate budgets, costs, deposits, and more. Interpersonal and professional speaking skills are an absolute in this area.
- Advertising includes evaluating a target audience and how it affects sales, using a variety of ways to get their message out to the population, learning creative ways to make posters, making sure customers know all they need to know about the product or activity. Social Media is a form of advertising used within our campus.
- Customer Service includes students recognizing customer satisfaction is in the best interest of the group, discussion and practice ways of controlling a crowd in an appropriate manner, practicing ways to communicate with others effectively, and discussing and practicing communicating with the public so they are aware of the goings-on of the group.
- Communication includes the opportunity to utilize an assortment of written communications, and an opportunity to use various forms of oral communication. Refer back to the Communication Standard.
- Business Law includes understanding what items need to be taxed and which do not; understanding employment laws and minors, being exposed to Senate bills which might effect the activities students produce, and understand why monies are spent the way they are and the laws that dictate these procedures.
- Students are required to produce a fundraiser within each class based on activities held throughout the year: homecoming tshirt sales, winter formal, prom, homecoming dance, etc. Students, along with their head adviser, must complete a fundraising form and turn it into the Activities Director for formal approval. From there it is given to the ASB Bookkeeper to keep on file until the fundraiser is complete. The students are required to take the data of funds raised, calculate the expenses of the event, and balance out the profit of the actual event. From there students must assess whether the fundraiser was productive and beneficial to their budget in order to be able to purchase items for future events. Students learn marketing techniques, accounting, communication, the importance of a budget for positive sale outcomes, and how all deposits are important for a working budget.
- Students involved in the program watch, review, and analyze Ted Talks that cover various topics illustrated by the units developed in the program. Students evaluate and write critically about the subject matter while evaluating the speakers themselves determining the positive and negatives to public speaking and unit subject matter.
- Your Future, Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Self-Image, Effective Communicator, Strong Work Ethic, Dependable (Resume, Cover Letters, Mock Interviews), Team Oriented, Positive attitude, Leaving a legacy.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
- Be academically challenging;
- Include problem-solving and laboratory work, as appropriate;
- Show serious attention to analytical thinking, as well as factual content;
- Develop students’ oral and listening skills
Research Portfolio
1. The year long portfolio event focuses on the elements of research, analysis, critical thinking, self evaluation, organization, and deadlines. Students will explore, interpret, and evaluate sources related to the topic of leadership.
2. Assignment - The Portfolio
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
1. The year long portfolio event focuses on the elements of research, analysis, critical thinking, self evaluation, organization, and deadlines. Students will explore, interpret, and evaluate sources related to the topic of leadership.
2. Assignment - The Portfolio
- Students will spend the entire year working on a portfolio that requires multiple areas of mindful research and analytical behavior by theme, the di-section of famous quotes and their true meaning, setting goals both short term and long term, a written self evaluative essay on their future career, showcasing events held on campus throughout the year, developing thought provoking ideas about their own likes and dislikes, role models, community service, pride, internal reflection, and the effect of those around them both positive and negative.
- Your Future, Time Management, Self-Image, Strong Work Ethic, Positive attitude, Leaving a legacy.
All elective courses must satisfy the following general criteria to meet the area “g” requirement:
- Be academically challenging;
- Involve substantial reading and writing;
- Show serious attention to analytical thinking, as well as factual content;
- Incorporate learning to develop skills and cultivate interest in the academic enterprise.