Waveney's Teaching Brainwaves: EfL

EXPERIENCE FOR LEARNING - LEADERSHIP

Wicked Questions

Are leaders just bossy people?

Do we really need them?

Could we manage without leaders?

Experience
Leading a special activity - leaderless for a day!

Leading In Our World
Whanaungatanga - leading ourselves and developing our own goals/pathway. Managing self and understanding who we are as leaders.

Manaakitanga - using our leadership to guide and assist others. Forming relationships and working collaboratively to achieve a common goal.

Kaitiakitanga - using our leadership to make change on a wider scale. Becoming a guardian and making changes for future sustainability.

Values

Kindness - Willing to help (relating to others, supporting others, collaboration, communicative, hands-on learner)

Perseverance - Make it happen (hands-on learner, reflective, adaptive, challenge)

Context
Children developing an understanding of what leadership means and how it can shape their journey through the different areas of their life.

Key Questions

who are leaders that you know and what is their responsibility?
what is responsibility?
what makes a good leader?
what different leaders do we have in the world and why?
do different aspect of the world (countries, schools, classrooms, governments) need leaders?
what is the function of a leader?
what affect does collaboration have on leadership?
what kind of leader are you?
how can my actions impact on other people?

Experiences

defining leadership/responsibility.
describing different leaders and their responsibilities
comparing and contrasting different leaders (understanding strengths and weaknesses)
identifying good and bad leaders
Watch 8 traits of a good leaders from around the world (http://ed.ted.com/lessons/richard-st-john-8-traits-of-successful-people)
understanding personality types (http://www.myersbriggs.org/)
looking at world leaders in different contexts and what their roles are.
discussing the parts of leadership and their function (part whole maps)
investigate what would happen without leaders in different contexts.
understand job descriptions