Educatig studets for this ucertai future is like traiig for the Olympics without kowig which sport you will compete i. Thomas Friedma
Itroductio It is challegig for educators to idetify ad teach studets what they eed to kow ad be able to do to succeed i this ever icreasigly complex world. However, the oe thig we do kow is regardless of how thigs chage, studets will eed good iterpersoal ad orgaizatioal skills, ofte tagged soft skills, to thrive i the classroom ad evetually i the workplace. Supported by the latest research from educators ad busiess leaders, It s Up 2 U r u ready? itroduces studets to the essetial skills they eed to succeed ot oly i high school but i the workplace of tomorrow. With dyamic activities ad egagig graphics studets gai isights ad lear strategies particularly suited to their wats ad eeds. This istructor s guide is orgaized i three sectios. You get the why, what ad how to help you quickly itroduce, deliver ad support each activity i the studet versio of It s Up 2 U r u ready? I additio, there are liks to valuable resources ad short video clips to make the booklet material more iterestig ad meaigful. 1. The Big Idea reasos why studets eed to lear the skill. 2. The Stellar Outcome what studets will kow ad be able to do with this iformatio. 3. The Teacher Tips ideas o how to preset ad exted each activity. Author Barbara Carso believes that Studets lear what they care about, from people they care about ad who, they kow, care about them. With that i mid, we kow you ca help your studets put these life lessos to work for them.
GettigStarted Big Idea This booklet provides studets with a opportuity to address, discuss ad prepare for some of the challeges they will be faced with i high school. Because studets look to you for guidace, how you itroduce ad use this booklet i your classroom will greatly ifluece its success oce agai, it s up 2 u. Pages 2-3 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome With ew isights ad strategies studets will be better prepared to take o ew resposibilities ad to take advatage of ew opportuities high school will offer them. The best way to predict your future is to create it. Stephe Covey
Teacher Tips Here are some ideas to help you itroduce this booklet to your class. Ask Questios What is goig to be differet about high school? How are you preparig for these chages? What does this quote mea to you? The Activity The best way to predict your future is to create it. Stephe Covey Distribute the booklets ad give studets time to look through it. Have studets complete the TOC quiz. Discuss some of the TOC questios. Wat More? View ad discuss this 5 Video it is a GREAT way to begi the book it s oly 3 miutes! Ask questios about where they will be 5 years from today.
1. Lear to Lear Big Idea The sigle most importat thig you ca lear i today s world is the ability to lear how to lear. I this first activity, studets are itroduced to learig styles ad take the VARK Learig Styles Assessmet desiged for youg learers. This will get them thikig about how they lear ad how they ca improve ad develop their capacity to lear. Pages 4-5 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome With a uderstadig of their VARK scores ad their persoal learig style, studets will have isight ito how they like to lear ad a icreased appreciatio for the fact that people lear i differet ways. Equipped with this iformatio studets ca use their uique learig style to lear better ad faster. Learig how to lear is life s most importat skill. Toy Buza
Teacher Tips Ask Questios What is a learig style? How would you describe your learig style? Why would kowig your learig style be helpful? The Activity Review the VARK directios ad give studets time to complete ad score their assessmet. Survey the class ad get a tally of learig styles i the class. Match differet styles with class assigmets. Wat More? Have studets explai their learig style to a family member. Have studets take the VARK olie ad compare their results to the book quiz www.vark-lear.com. Have studets prit, review ad highlight the VARK help sheets for their learig style.
1. Lear to Lear Big Idea While our studets have spet years i school beig taught- there is a good chace they kow little about the learig process ad their ow learig style. Oce studets idetify their atural learig prefereces they eed to lear specific strategies to use to help them lear more effectively. As they begi to create their ow learig profiles, studets ca ehace their learig capabilities ad ca become empowered learers for a lifetime Pages 6-7 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will be able to idetify ad employ learig strategies that will help them lear better ad faster. They will have a greater awareess of their learig prefereces ad take advatage of the ways they like to lear to make learig more fu ad rewardig for themselves. Learig is a treasure which accompaies its ower everywhere. Chiese Proverb
Teacher Tips Ask Questios What is a auditory learer? How does a visual learer prefer to lear? Who likes to lear by readig ad writig? How would you help a kiesthetic learer study for a spellig test? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Divide studets ito groups ad have each group come up their best study tips. Wat More? Have studets iterview each other about how they lear best. Sample questios Where do you like to study? Who do you like to study with? Whe (what time of day) do you study best? What (days of the week) are your best study days? What subjects are easiest for you to study? What makes studyig difficult? What could you do to make studyig easier for yourself?
2. Actively Liste Big Idea Listeig is the most used commuicatio skill i learig ad i the workplace, yet most studets are ot good listeers. While studets receive extesive istructio i readig, writig ad speakig, they do ot lear how to actively liste. Failure to liste is costly leadig to mistakes, lost friedships, misaliged goals, wasted time, ad poor performace i school. This activity itroduces studets to listeig strategies they ca immediately employ to actively liste. Pages 8-9 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will be able to idetify the importace of listeig ad the qualities ad beefits of active listeig. I additio, they ca use active listeig strategies to liste more effectively i the classroom ad i their persoal lives. Be a good listeer. Your ears will ever get you i trouble. Frak Tyger
Teacher Tips Ask Questios Share with your studets a problem you had because you failed to liste. What kid of problem have you created for yourself by ot listeig? What do you thik active listeig meas? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Discuss the Chiese Character for listeig. Play the game Telephoe. Discuss what happeed durig the game ad how active listeig strategies helped. Wat More? Have studets ask several people they kow ad respect to rate their listeig abilities. (As a class compose 3-4 questios to ask their iterviewees ad give them time to practice with a parter.) Ask a fried Ask a brother, sister Ask a adult paret, teacher, coach, aut, ucle Whe they complete the assigmet, have studets share oe thig they leared about their listeig skills.
3. Ask Questios Big Idea Successful studets ask questios. Askig questios egages the brai ad helps studets stay focused ad attetive i class. While may tees are reluctat to ask, the more they ca lear about how ad what to ask ad practice these skills the better prepared they will be to ask the thoughtful ad egagig questios that will help them succeed. Pages 10-11 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will kow whe ad how to ask a variety of questios. They will be able to use both ope ad closed questios to gather the kids of iformatio they seek. I additio, they will be able to explai why askig questios is importat. Askig is the world s most powerful ad eglected secret to success ad happiess. Percy Ross
Teacher Tips Ask Questios How ofte do you ask a questio i class? How comfortable do you feel askig questios? What kids of questios do you have about goig to high school? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Play the questio game. Write o the board or overhead goig to high school. Go aroud the room ad ask studets to share a ope-eded questios about this topic. Write studets questios o the board. Ay questio is acceptable as log as it is ope-eded ad has ot bee asked before. The game is over whe studets caot offer a related ope-eded questio without repeatig oe. Wat More? Ask studets to write 3 questios they have about high school. Have studets work with a parter to share ad practice askig their questios. As a class, idetify 5 questios they wat aswered ad ivite a high school couselor or former studet to class to aswer their questios.
4.Work iteams Big Idea I today s world, studets are coectig ad collaboratig like ever before, but they may ot have the social skills to make the best ad most rewardig coectios. Whe workig i a collaborative eviromet, studets must kow what makes teams valuable ad what it takes to develop a successful team. Providig studets with opportuities to practice ad build their collaborative skills will give them a added advatage i our itercoected world. Pages 12-13 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will be able to idetify the advatages of diverse teams. I additio, they will uderstad the essetial team roles that cotribute to successful teams ad the roles they prefer whe workig i a team eviromet. Noe of us is as smart as all of us. Japaese Proverb
Teacher Tips Ask Questios What kids of teams have you bee o? What s the best thig about beig o a team? What s the worst thig about beig o a team? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Have studets form teams with four to five members. Have team members explai to the group what team role they like to play. Have groups idetify members who would be good leaders, harmoizers, orgaizers, ecouragers, ad iovators. What positios is each group missig? What role is the most difficult to fill? Wat More? Ask studets to discuss with their families what makes a good (family) team member. Make ad share a list of characteristics families thought were importat. Show ad discuss Lessos from Geese.
5. Thik Creatively Big Idea All aroud us are matters of atioal ad iteratioal importace that are cryig for creative solutios peace i the Middle East, uiversal health care, global warmig. Our coutry eeds creative ideas to fid iovative solutios to these problems. Cosequetly, we eed a cadre of iovative thikers. Sice the ability to thik creatively is a skill that ca be developed, we must give studets some guidace ad practice i growig their creativity. Pages 14-15 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will be able to use braistormig to fid iterestig possibilities to the problems/challeges they face. I additio, they will better uderstad the creative process ad why creativity is importat. Imagiatio is more importat tha kowledge. Albert Eistei
Teacher Tips Ask Questios What is creativity? Why is beig creative importat? What is braistormig? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Give studets time to braistorm with a parter/s for the Braistorm Your Way to High School activity. Share ideas o how they pla to make their high school years more memorable. Wat More? Use these 2 short video clips to show how to braistorm ad how ot to braistorm. Discuss what they leared from watchig these teams i actio.
5. Thik Creatively Big Idea I a recet IBM report 1,500 Chief Executive Officers from 60 coutries ad 33 idustries worldwide, reported that more tha rigor, maagemet disciplie, itegrity or eve visio, successfully avigatig a icreasig complex world will require creativity. To thrive i the workplace of tomorrow our studets must appreciate ad develop their creative capabilities. Pages 16-17 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will be able to use the braistormig process to create a uique persoal product. You ever truly kow someoe util you ve walked a mile i his shoes. Author Ukow
Teacher Tips Ask Questios Are you wearig TOMS Shoes? Why do you thik they are so popular? Discuss TOMS Shoes ad show TOMS website ad video. The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Put out ay available art supplies, colored pecils, markers Tur o some creative music ad let the studets have at it. Wat More? Have studets do short presetatios to share their shoes ad explai their desigs. Copy additioal shoe pages for studets who choose to desig more shoes for extra-credit. Post extra-credit shoe desigs.
6. Solve Problems Big Idea May experts coted that developig a good problem-solvig ability is the cogitive passport to the future. A SWOT is a problem solvig tool that helps studets defie a problem, orgaize iformatio, ad idetify actio steps to take to solve the problem. Studets ca use this tool over ad over agai to help them aalyze ad address the solutios they seek. Pages 18-19 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will be able to use a SWOT to help them address ad aalyze simple ad complex problems. They ca use the tool i the classroom ad i their persoal lives. Do t fid fault, fid a remedy. Hery Ford
Teacher Tips Ask Questios Whe you have a problem what do you do? Have you ever heard of a SWOT? Itroduce a SWOT. The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Use a SWOT with your class to address a commo class problem or challege do it together. Divide studets ito small groups of 3-5 ad have them complete a SWOT Share some SWOTs. Wat More? Ecourage studets to use the SWOT to solve a problem at home or at school. Offer additioal credit if studets share what they did ad how it worked.
7. Set Goals Big Idea Studets who defie their goals ad write them dow are much more likely to reach their goals. Goal settig is a critical compoet of success. I a Harvard Study, cited i What They Do t Teach You i the Harvard Busiess School they foud that the three percet who had clear, writte goals were earig, o average, te times as much as the other 97 percet put together. Pages 20-21 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will be able to use the SMART goal settig process to set goals for school ad i their persoal lives. I additio, they will be able to idetify the advatages of goal settig. A ma without a goal is like a ship without a rudder. Thomas Carlyle
Teacher Tips Ask Questios What goals have you set? What happeed whe you set a goal? Why do you thik goals are importat? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Have studets work with a parter to make a SMART goal. Share studets SMART goals. Wat More? Prit copies of this excerpt o Goal Settig from Michael Jorda s book, I Ca t Accept Not Tryig. Give studets time to read, review ad discuss Jorda s advice. Ask some reflective questios. How does Michael Jorda set a goal? If you followed Michael Jorda s advice, what kid of goal would you set for yourself?
8. Maage Time Big Idea Look at the words we use to describe life today words about time 24/7, rushed, time-starved, too much to do ad ot eough time to do it. To avigate this world, studets eed to be able to focus, to determie what is importat ad to pay attetio to the task at had ad avoid distractios. Pages 22-23 i Studet booklet Stellar outcome Studets will be aware of how they sped their time ad be able to idetify what activities they wat to icrease ad what time wasters they wat to avoid. I additio, they will be able to use the two-miute rule to use their little chuks of time. The begiig is half of every actio. Greek Proverb
Teacher Tips Ask Questios What is procrastiatio? How well do you thik you maage your time? Whe you get a assigmet that is due i a moth whe do you begi? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Discuss how studets use their time. Based o their time audits, what chages would they like to make? Braistorm thigs studets ca do i about 2 miutes Wat More? Show studets the assigmet calculator site ad demostrate how it works. Have studets use the calculator for oe of their projects.
9. Be Positive Big Idea: Positive eergy ivigorates us ad makes us healthier ad happier. Oe of the best ways to icrease your positivity is to focus o the bright side by seekig out ad sharig iformatio about the good thigs goig o all aroud us. Sice attitude is a choice, helpig studets recogize the beefits of positivity, will help them succeed. (Watch this Bejami Zader video o possibility thikig a positive outlook.) Pages 24-25 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will idetify the beefits of a positive outlook ad attitude. They will also have the ability to recogize thigs they ca do to develop their positivity ad how they are iflueced by positive ad egative people. Attitudes are cotagious. Is yours worth catchig? Author Ukow
Teacher Tips Ask Questios Draw a cotiuum o the board egative to positive ad ask : where does your attitude lie o this cotiuum? Why do they say attitude is a choice? The Activity Review the directios ad give studets time to complete the activity. Have studets work with together to compile a list of thigs they ca do to be more positive. Thigs to Do Hag out with positive people Smile, say Hi Thigs to Avoid Walk aroud with my head dow Sped time with egative people Have studet share their lists. Wat More? Have studets agree to sped time aroud the most positive perso they kow ad report o this experiece. Have studets try beig positive/cheerful i the morig for 1 week ad report o the outcome.
Edig Activity Big Idea This edig activity is desiged to provide studets with a active way to demostrate what they leared ad how they will use the iformatio as they move forward. It gives them a opportuity to make the message their ow. Pages 26-27 i Studet booklet Stellar Outcome Studets will idetify the ideas, tips ad quotes that will help them i high school ad show how they will use them i their lives. The oly real thig stoppig you from reachig your dreams is you. Ket Healy Success Priciples for Teems
Referece Materials Usig some of the latest research from educators like Elle Galissky ad Toy Wager as well as the NACE survey ad CTE stadards, we idetified the most essetial skills studets will eed to succeed i high school ad beyod. Here are the direct liks to those resources. Elle Galisky Mid i the Makig, The Seve Essetial Life Skills Every Child Needs. Toy Wager Global Achievemet Gap. Natioal Associatio Colleges ad Employers (NACE) Skills Employers Seek. Califoria Career Techical Educatio Stadards Grades Seve through Twelve. This project was fuded by the Chacellor s Office, Califoria Commuity Colleges Goveror s Career Techical Educatio Iitiative (SB70/SB1133) Career Techical Educatio Commuity Collaborative Grats #08-140-830 ad #09-140-830, which were awarded to Coast Commuity College District. Summer 2011 Writte & Desiged by Leadig Edge Lessos www.leadigedgelessos.com