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Burns Middle School
Student Council
Sponsors
Leadership Academy
B.M.S. S.E.A.L.S.
Students Exhibiting Awesome
Leadership Skills
Burns Middle School
School to Watch
2005 & 2008
Owensboro, Kentucky125 miles southwest of
Louisville, Kentucky on
the Ohio River
Student Council elected by their peers!
Popularity
Contest!
Leaders?
Where are they? Who are they? We need to find them and develop their leadership
skills!
Step 1Form Steering Committee for
Leadership Academy.
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PRINCIPAL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
GUIDANCE
STAFF DEVELOPER
STUDENT COUNCIL SPONSOR
Step 2Develop Goals
of
Leadership Program
BMS GOALS Develop Leadership Skills
Encourage Leadership Skills
Encourage Team Work
Improve School Spirit & Sense of Family
Foster Tolerance of Others
Develop Positive Role Models
Step 3
Determine Qualities
to look for in choosing Students
for the Leadership Academy
Qualities• Hard Worker
• Positive role model for other students• Listens to other students & adults
• Team Player• Good Communicator• Makes things happen
• Dependable• Shows Initiative
• Has ability to influence others
Step 4
Determine Size and Selection Process of
the Academy
Leadership Program Size
128 students
6th / 7th / 8th
16 spots reserved for student council members
Student Selection Process Meet with team leaders / ask each team to nominate 15 students based on selection process guidelines.
90 students selected by teachers
22 spots for students to apply / announced on morning news and explained in homeroom.
Leadership Program Structure
On-going Program all year• 1st Session - off campus - 5 hours - October
• 2nd session (December) - conducted in school Media Center - 2 hour sessions
• 3rd session (February) - conducted in school Media Center - 2 hour sessions
• End of year Activity (May) - 3 hour sessions Outside at track facility or school gym.
Process Collect list of student nominations from team leaders. Handout & Accept applications from interested students Select students from applications
Meet with all eligible students
Explain Program
Hand out letter for parents
Staffing for Leadership Academy
Utilize expertise of faculty
Recruit community involvement
Student Council Sponsor
Step 6
Outline of
Workshop 1
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
128 STUDENTS
64 STUDENTSRed GROUP
Team Building A.M.9:00 – 11:00
LunchMini Sessions P.M.
64 STUDENTSBlue GROUP
Mini Sessions A.M9:00 – 11:00
LunchTeam Building P.M.
• Team Building Activities
• Mini Leadership Activities
Workshop 1 – October
8:30 – 1:45
Conducted off Campus
Team Building Activities
Large group session – (1/2 your total number)
8 to 10 groups of students
2 hours in length
•Use activities which provide an opportunity for group members to work together as a team and learn to value all
the different members of the group.
• Activities will help participants see the different strengths each team member posses and that it takes the entire team to
be successful.
•Activities should be fun and help pull the students together as a team.
Team Building Activities
2 HOUR SESSION 2005Shoe Game
TP Toss
Team Name & Symbol
Paper Clip Challenge
Hula Hoop Challenge
Egg Drop
Tin Shoe
Gilligan’s Island
Hog Call
Lap Sit
Instructors: Nathan Satterly, Carrie Munsey, & Yvonne Austin
Team Building Activities
2 HOUR SESSION 2006Animal Attractions
Team Name
Team Logo
Team Skit
Disorderly Conduct
Dirty Diaper
Match Up
Breakout
Gum Art
Instructors: Carrie Munsey, Mr. Shoulta, Ms. Schulte
Team Building Activities
2 HOUR SESSION 2007
Human Scavenger Hunt
Name? Logo? Slogan?
Do you Hear what I Hear?
Scrabble Scramble
Floating Money
Building Bridges
Drop Shot
Instructors: Carrie Munsey, Ms. Humphrey, Ms. Schulte
Mini Sessions
on
Enhancing Leadership Skills
35 minutes in length
(½ Total Number of Students divided into 3 Groups)
•Personal Assessment What type of leader am I?
•Servant Leadership
•What is a good leader?How can I use my leadership skills at
school to make a difference?
Mini Sessions 2005
Mini Sessions 2006
• What Great Leaders Do!
• Bullying is Unacceptable at BMS
• Empathy for All
Mini Sessions 2007
• Do you have what it takes to be Hired?
• Drugs – Fact or Fiction
• Safety on the Internet!
Fox Buddy Program
• Students in S.E.A.L.S. adopt a student in our FMD /MMD classroom. ( 2 S.E.A.L.S. to one )
• Escort to all school wide Pep Rallys and school wide Assemblies.
• Take your Buddy to Lunch on scheduled days. (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine, etc.)
• Exchange birthday cards, Christmas cards, etc.
Workshop 2 & 3December & February
Goals:
• How to listen and value the opinions of others.
• How to work as a group utilizing each others leaderships skills.
• How to reach a consensus.
Total number of students divided into 3 - 90 minute sessions.
December & February 2005
December
•Introduce Vocabulary Consensus & Synergy•Review: What type of leader are you?• Simulation Group Activity “ Adventure in the Amazon”• Listening Activity
February•Discuss group dynamics. What type of leader is more apt to listen? What type of leader takes charge?•Simulation Group Activity “Air Crash”•Blindfold activity “Hog Call”
December & February 2006December
• Introduce Vocabulary Consensus & Synergy
• Review: What type of leader are you?
• Simulation Group Activity
• “ Lost At Sea”
February
•Discussed the importance of planning•Discuss & List the positive & negative things about BMS.Pick one negative and make an Action Plan of how you would improve the problem to make BMS better.
December & February 2007December
• Introduce Vocabulary Consensus & Synergy
• Review: What type of leader are you?
• Simulation Group Activity
• “ Arctic Expedition”
February
• Discuss the importance of utilizing the strengths of each member of your team.•“Puzzle Day”
•Logic Puzzles•Grid Paths•Code Breakers•Tactic Twisters•Suduko•Squzzle Square Puzzles
S.E.A.L.S. CHALLENGE DAY - MAY
Divide Leadership Academy into 2 groups
Assign students to Morning Group or Afternoon Group
2 ½ hour sessions 8:30 – 11:00 12:30 – 3:00
Once outside students were divided into 6 groups.
Students rotated through 6 stations
• Opening Activity – Jumping Machine• Bull Ring• Teamwork walk• Acid River• Blindfold Obstacle Course• Ball Toss• River Crossing• Closing discussion – What did we learn
today?
S.E.A.L.S. CHALLENGE DAY 20052 ½ hour sessions
Instructors: Mark Owens, Carrie Munsey, Nathan Satterly, Kristen Milburn, Jennifer Layson, Mike Hamilton, Josh Henry, Yvonne
Austin
S.E.A.L.S. CHALLENGE DAY 20062 ½ hour sessions
• Opening Activity: Welded Ankle
• Human Tic-Tac-Toe• Survivor Puzzles• Minefield• Frenzy• Island Moon Ball• Blind Polygon• Tin Can Water Pass
• Closing Activity: What did we Learn?– Bear, Hunter, Lady
• Instructors:– J. Trunnell, T. Townsend, A. Sapp, N. Satterly, M. Owens, D.
/Schulte, L. Boone, C. Munsey, Y. Austin
S.E.A.L.S. CHALLENGE DAY 2007“Amazing Race”
• Location, Location, Location• A-Z• U.S. Puzzle• Listening Maze• Sewing 101• Baby Bottle Drinking Contest• Water Relay Race/Blindfolded• Assembling a 100 piece Puzzle• Four Leaf Clover Race• Jelly Bean Relay
•Instructors: Johnson, Henshaw, Hetman, Schulte, Humphrey, Trunnell, Atwell, Newcom, Miller, Piper, Munsey, Austin
Make out colored name tags for each student
Red for 1/2 Blue for 1/2
Write red number (1-8) in bottom left corner
Tells what group in Large Session
Write green number (1-3) in bottom right corner
Tells what group in small rotating sessions.
Hand out name tags at school
Use to take Attendance before loading the bus
Lunch – Pizza – soft drinks - snack
Organizational Tips / Oct. Session
www.pfeiffer.com
Adventures in the Amazon
Artic Expedition
Stranded in the Himalayas
Trouble on the Inca Trail
Lost in the Cradle of Gold
www.wilderdom.com
NASC National Association of Student Council
www.nasc.us spirit activities
Team Building Exercises
www.cms.sau16.k12.nh.us/cmsropes
Resources
Contact Information:
Yvonne Austin / Teacher /
ESS Coordinator /Coordinator of Special Events
Burns Middle School
4610 Goetz Drive
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301
1-270-852-7400