Building Leaders for Today

Beginning: (9-11 Year Old) Life Skills and Activities
Concept or Skill Development	Life Skills	Behavioral Indicators/Ages and Stages	Activities to Help Learn Life Skills
Identifying your leadership interests – leader, follower, worker, helper, etc.	Hands - Leadership	Like to explore new things, idolize older children and adults.	#19: Road to Emerald City #22: Three Positions
Leadership roles and opportunities to develop skills – committee member, committee chair, helper, sub-committees, officer.	Hands – Teamwork Head – Marketable Skills	Like to help and want to demonstrate new skills. Imitate older boys and girls.	#26: Build a Machine
Committee work – what is a committee and the various opportunities through committee work.	Heart – Cooperation, Social Skills, Communications, Sharing Hands – Teamwork	Eager to try new things.	#13: Recycled Art #15: Interference
Communications – accepting difference, conflict resolution, verbal vs. non-verbal.	Heart – Communications, Conflict Resolution, Accepting Differences	Enjoy working in same gender groups.	#8: Surrounded by Beauty
Teamwork – leadership is about leading a meaningful life and having a heightened awareness and understanding of our individual strengths and weaknesses when contributing to group efforts.	Health – Self-responsibility, Self-discipline Hands – Contributions to Group Effort	Group and club membership is important and they enjoy symbols and ceremony.	#5: Team Hand Squeeze #11: Human Knot #12: Spider Web #16: Happily Ever After #17: Fragmented Fairytales
Cooperation - compromise.	Heart – Concern for Others, Nurturing Relationships Health - Managing Feelings	Don’t accept failure well, sensitive to criticism.	#3: Winners #9: Find Your Tree
Learning to learn – Planning and organizing.	Head – Planning/Organizing, Goal Setting, Problem Solving	Short attention span; often don’t like to keep records.	#7: The Sales Pitch #21: Can of Worms
Developing responsibility – doing what is right, keeping your word.	Health – Character Hands – Responsible Citizenship Head – Decision Making	Youth have limited decision-making abilities, activities should be chosen to ensure early success and build confidence.	#14: Believe It or Knot

Intermediate: (12-14 year old) level skills and activities
Concept or Skill Development	Life Skills	Behavioral Indicators/Ages and Stages	Activities to Help Learn Life Skills
Refining Leadership Skills –committee chair, officer, time management, working within limitations and boundaries.	Hands – Teamwork, Marketable Skills Health – Stress Management, Character Head – Goal Setting	Want to participate in decisions and be independent.	#12: Spider Web #22: Three Positions
Developing teaching skills with the aid of a mentor – planning, organizing and conducting a workshop.	Heart – Sharing, Cooperation Head – Planning/Organizing, Critical Thinking, Keeping Records, Wise Use of Resources, Learning to Learn Hands - Volunteering, Marketable Skills	Still needs adult guidance, enjoy attention from older youth.	#19: Road to Emerald City
Community Service - Service learning and volunteerism, helping others, participating for the good of the whole (organizations, club, county, etc.).	Heart – Concern for Others, Empathy Hands – Teamwork, Contribution to Group Effort Head – Service Learning	Prefer action oriented activities.	#7: The Sales Pitch
Communications – accepting difference, conflict resolution, verbal vs. non-verbal.	Heart – Communications, Conflict Resolution, Accepting Differences Health – Managing Feelings	Concerned about being liked and developing social graces.	#6: Distance Dance #15: Interference #27: Knot or Not?
Teamwork – Nurturing relationship (club, community, family, school, etc.).	Heart – Cooperation, Accepting Differences, Social Skills, Empathy Health – Managing Feelings	Enjoy working in coeducational groups.	#18: Tossing the Pizza
Celebrate Yourself – confidence, self-respect, identifying strengths and weaknesses and how to use to your advantage.	Health – Self-esteem, Character Heart – Accepting Differences	Concerned about physical development, preoccupation with the body and belonging.	#1: Can and Able #2: The Best Product Ever #3: Winners
Increased Responsibility – making choices/decisions, taking responsibility for coordinating school and extracurricular activities.	Head – Critical Thinking Health – Healthy Lifestyle Choices, Personal Safety, Self-discipline Hands – Self-motivation	Youth are striving for increased freedom from adult controls.	#4: Urgent Telegrams
Opportunities to develop skills at developmental level of 12-14 year old.	Head – Resiliency Hands – Marketable Skills Health – Healthy Lifestyle Choices Heart – Social Skills	Youth want to feel wanted and enjoy opportunities to show their skills in a group where they feel at ease.	#10: Seeking Shelter

Advanced: (15-19 year old) level will focus on
Concept or Skill Development	Life Skills	Behavioral Indicators/Ages and Stages	Activities to Help Learn Life Skills
Applying Leadership Skills – take full responsibility for office, club, committees, and leadership roles. Counsel and communicate with adult mentors/volunteers. Conduct ones self as a role model, mentor, counselor and teen leader.	Hands –Marketable Skills, Community Service Volunteering Health –Character, Personal Safety Head – Critical Thinking Heart – Concern for Others	Want and need a strong voice in planning their own programs. Want adults to act as advisors instead of leaders.	#24 Flying in Formation #28: The Rescuers #29: Management Exam
Plan, organize and conduct educational programs and serve as a mentor for younger members.	Heart – Sharing, Nurturing Relationships, Communications Head – Planning/Organizing, Critical Thinking, Keeping Records, Wise Use of Resources, Problem Solving Hands - Volunteering, Marketable Skills	Are developing community consciousness, enjoy sharing their skills and talents.	#19: Road to Emerald City #18: Tossing the Pizza
Civic Involvement/Youth Governance – Identify needs of the community, environment, organization or individual. Take action for improving social needs by utilize the laws and the democratic process.	Heart – Concern for Others, Empathy Hands – Community Service Volunteering, Contribution to Group Effort Head – Wise Use of Resources, Service Learning, Resiliency, Problem Solving	Are developing community consciousness. Enjoy discussions and debates on social and economic problems.	#4: Urgent Telegrams #10: Seeking Shelter
Communications – accepting difference, conflict resolution, verbal vs. non-verbal (panel discussions, debate, extemporaneous, etc.).	Heart – Communications, Conflict Resolution, Accepting Differences Health – Managing Feelings Head – Critical Thinking	Have high social needs and desires. Often need an adult to talk to outside of their family.	#6: Distance Dance #15: Interference #27 Knot or Not?
Teamwork – Nurturing relationship (involving and preparing others for leadership roles - mentor) and sharing and delegating responsibilities.	Heart – Cooperation, Accepting Differences, Social Skills Health – Character Head – Wise Use of Resources, Decision Making	Want to improve decision-making skills, enjoy democratic group procedures and group discussions. Like their independence.	#22: Three Positions #23: Fast Forward and Rewind #25: Body Parts
Health Lifestyle Choices – serve as a role model in word, deed, thought and action.	Health – Self-responsibility, Self-discipline Heart – Concern for Others Hands – Self-motivation	Have the ability to recognize their position as a role model to younger youth. Developing a sense of purpose and future.	#20: Trust Lift #3: Winners #30: Reflections
Opportunities to develop and apply skills at developmental level of 15-19 year old. (Resume, applications, etc.).	Head – Record Keeping Hands – Self-Motivation, Marketable Skills Health – Healthy Lifestyle Choices Heart – Concern for Others, Conflict Resolution	Are beginning to think of leaving home for college, employment, etc.	#2: The Best Product Ever