Leadership Camp

2018
Lesson 1 - So You Want To Be a Leader

Systemic Leadership

Vs

Servitude Leadership
I Went On a Search to Become a
Leader
Read the article and think about how
it applies to your life and leadership.

“A key part of leadership is not

boasting in one’s accomplishments,
but raising others up through what
you accomplished together.”

-Emma Thomas, DAY 1 2018

Leadership
Character traits
game
TED talk on leadership

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm8cASg_CQo
 What do you want the
Organization to Achieve?
1. Make a list of 10 goals that serves as the perfect
description of your “Dream Group.”
2. The “Dream List” provides the framework or context
within which an organization's strategies are formulated.
Begin to create the foundation of a mission statement
that will:
a. Guide the actions of the organizations
b. Spell out its overall goal
c. Provide a path
d. Guide decision-making
Con’t

3. The various group goals/dreams will serve as the

blueprint to guide the focus of every action taken on
behalf of the groups’ growth.

4. Write a letter stating why you want to be a leader

and what you want to contribute to your organization/
community via your leadership skills and talents.
Break time!

Let’s return at:

Lesson 2 - Mission
Statement
Reflect on our Dream Lists:
- WHAT we want our group to be
- HOW we intend to reach the goals
- WHY we think this is a valuable investment of time and
energy
Mission Statements should:

- Guide the actions of the - Provide a path

organization - Influence all
- Spell out its overall goal decision-making
“Every organization’s WHY is the
mission statement.”
Let’s look at some examples of mission statements, then
create our own for the GHS Performing Arts.
Our mission is to develop students into lifelong music participants who can
intelligently discuss and engage in a wide variety of music and explain what music
they prefer and why. Our mission includes giving students a global understanding of
the evolution of music.

The John Burroughs High School Dramatic Association is dedicated to creating a

collaborative learning environment with high quality education in the performing
arts. Our aim is to elicit creative self-expression, critical thinking, and artistry
through our theatre course offerings and mainstage productions as students grow as
performers, directors, designers, and stage technicians. We are also committed to
producing shows that will continue to delight, entertain, and educate audiences.
The West Hartford Public Schools' Music Department will provide all students with a
comprehensive, standards-based music education. The study of music fosters artistic
development, critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and the pursuit of life-long
learning. Through performing and responding to music, all students develop
individual skills, realize a sense of belonging, and establish connections to the
community.

The mission of Natomas Charter School’s Performing and Fine Arts Academy is to
prepare 6-12th grade students who have strong personal interest in the arts to
successfully pursue higher learning and a profession in an ever-changing world.

​The mission of Trollwood Performing Arts School is simple, “…to inspire those we
serve through the arts to realize their full potential and be a positive influence in the
global community.” TPAS believes that the arts have the power to transform people’s
lives — to open them to the greatness that lies within them and in others.
Music is a natural form of expression in the development of children and should be an integral part of the school curriculum
from preschool through out high school. The music program has aesthetic, creative, cultural, and academic values that
complete and further the educational and social values of a quality education. The school is responsible for helping all
children understand and enjoy music. It should assist in discovering and nurturing musical talent. Every child should have
the opportunity to develop their potentiality for musical expression through exploration, experimentation, exposure, and
enrichment.
The study and playing of a musical instrument and vocal training, whether alone or in a group, offers the young person a
lifelong enjoyment and appreciation of music. This might be attained through creating, performing, or eventually, just as an
educated listener. The pursuance of music, one of the Fine Arts, leads to deeper understanding and love for the other Fine
Arts. This ability to value the aesthetic to a higher degree raises the joy of living and offers the person a foundation to
become happy, well-adjusted, and useful cooperative citizen.
The Goals for the Lake Shore Music Program are;
1. To develop in the student an understanding and appreciation of the various types, styles, and forms of music which
can be beneficial during an entire lifetime.
2. To develop better citizenship. Music participation emphasizes the ability to work with others as a member of a team.
It teaches the importance of a cooperative effort, acceptance of leadership, acceptance of differences, and the need for
self-discipline and responsibility.
3. To make students aware of the possibilities music offers as a career or vocation.
4. To contribute to help broaden the cultural life of our community.
5. To help achieve self-realization through participation in the music program. Some results should be aesthetic
experience, emotional development, creative attitudes, skill and knowledge, physical, and mental health, mental stimulation
and high level thinking, leisure time activity, self-expression, spiritual development, and personality development.
6. Our performing groups should strive to perform at the highest artistic level consistent with the experience and
maturity of the group. The needs of individuals must not be sacrificed to this end, however.
Let’s Review:
Mission Statements should:
- Guide the actions of the
organization
- Spell out its overall goal
- Provide a path
- Influence all
decision-making

Jot down your ideas for our

mission statement.
 GHS Performing Arts
Mission Statement:
The GHS Performing Arts Department will foster an all-inclusive culture that encourages and
inspires lifelong appreciation through immersion in the performing arts.

Definitions
All inclusive: Everything, everyone. All viewpoints.
Appreciation: Respect, understand, embrace the gaps
Immersion: Surround, get lost in it, completely involved, study, perform/executing, audience
Culture: Customs, arts, social groups
Environment: includes culture
Game/Exercise

Line Games

1. 2 groups, 2 captains
2. Captain gets instructions to put group into pattern
Break time!

Let’s return at:

Lesson 3 - Creative Goal Setting

“We certainly won’t arrive if we don’t

know our destination.”

“Leadership is a VERB. It requires

action.”
 The Leadership Trap

Read the handout and think about how it relates to

completing goals.
The relationship this has to leadership:

The human is a creature of habit. We often wait until the last minute to fulfill our
responsibilities. We are infamous for procrastinating, delaying, and the age-old
excuse of blaming someone else when a given task is not completed.

Creative goals offer:

1. Valid road signs (scheduling, agreed upon participation parameters, etc.)
2. A chance to measure your own self-discipline
3. A posturing of active leadership that transfers to a worthy role model

It’s not what we CAN DO that counts. It’s not what we WILL do
that counts. It is what we DO DO that counts.

On Your Own...
Create 4 measurable short-term goals
that support our mission statement.
THEN…
Share these goals in your pods
and decide on one goal you
want to share out.
Fill out a SMART goal chart for
this to be shared.
Solution-Driven Leaders

- Focus on the solution, not the - Create energy and enthusiasm.

problem. - Create an atmosphere of
- Emphasize what is already effective and efficient problem
working. solving.
- Encourage open
communication and personal
involvement.
- Keep everyone focused on the
goal.
 “The secret to all
leadership is the ability to
choose one’s attitude at
every moment of every
day.”
 Homework:
- Identify 1-2 core goals you would like to see us accomplish
this year as a PA department.
- Identify your rationale for each goal - be prepared to share
your thoughts tomorrow.
 Lesson 4
Communication: Part 1
“What we hope ever to do with ease we must learn first to do with
diligence.”
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author
Or more simply put...
“All problems can be solved
with communication, and all
problems stem from lack of
communication.”
Types of Communication

- Verbal (10% retention)

- Visual (24% retention)
- Tactile/Kinesthetic/Physical Movement
(80% retention)

People tend to remember things best when

they are ACTIVELY involved.
Communication

Communication can be:

- Intentional/unintentional
- Conventional/unconventional
- Linguistic/nonverbal

Communication is designed to bring people together who

share a common goal or mission. This is your NUMBER 1 tool
for success!
Game/Exercise

Trust Game

2-1 game

What did you learn from this experience?

Game/Exercise

Communication Exercise

Count off by 1-2

Core Goals

- Strengthen our performing arts family

- Improve quality and quantity of participation
- Get more parents and community members involved in
FOTPA
To strengthen our Performing Arts family.

- Communicate within the group

- Performing arts bonding activities or PA exchange
- More positivity toward one another
- More department-wide fundraising or activity-based
- Carnival/Taste of Gateway/Haunt-cert/Performing Arts Gala
- Visiting concerts and events
To improve quality and quantity of
participation.
- Increase number of chamber performances and small ensembles
- Solo and ensemble festival
- Media and communication
- Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat
- Torch Time - announcements of what’s happening
- Posters
- Reps from PA to attend orientation/registration for freshmen
- Announcements made in other classes
- Recruitment for MS and elementary schools in December
- Performance showcase at freshmen orientation
- Promo video
To increase community and parental
involvement in FOTPA.
- Reach out to family and friends to help out
- Advertise what’s going on and what we need help with more
- Texting with parents
- Advertising in community - flyers
- Scholarships for involvement
- Boosting events on Facebook
- Mall - flyers - permits?
- FOTPA meeting - students invite their parents
- FOTPA reps attending classes to discuss needs
- Registration paper with FOTPA info
- Table with info about FOTPA
Lesson 5 - Communication
Part 2
“The fundamental basis of ALL
effective communication is TRUST!”
We follow people we trust.
Trust is:

An assured reliance on the character,

ability, strength, and truthful
communication of another.

Case study: Read and reflect on the

handout.
Communication Activity

Every good leader first communicates the

WHY, then the HOW, and finally the WHAT.
Game/Exercise

Recreate the Communication Circle, but in reverse!

Focus on recognizing attributes of the person you are talking

to.
Reflection

In your journal, write about what you learned from the

Communication Circle that was different than the last
experience.

How can we incorporate this kind of communication into our

program?

Read the Top 10 Handout

Card Game
Lesson 6

Building Trusting Relationships

“Appreciative words are the most powerful force for good on

earth!”

George W. Crane
Ask Yourself

In your journal, identify 3 things you can do to create a

positive culture in our school and classes during a regular
school day.

Ex. Holding the door for someone

Doing the RIGHT thing for the RIGHT reason.

Trust Game
Lesson 8 - Standing in Their
Shoes
“Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who
offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who
is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.”

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

Simply put...

It is viewing each situation through a We/Us filter, instead of a

“What’s in it for me?” viewpoint?

Effective leadership is based in part on supporting the goals of

the followers.
 Exercises

Privilege Activity...

Reflect on how this activity relates to

our job as leaders.

Standing In Their Shoes…

Apple Activity
Lesson 9
Going the Extra Mile
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out
how far they can go.”

T.S. Eliot
 Measuring Leadership

The measurement of leadership is in the action.

“Going the extra mile means doing more:

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help.

Do more than believe: practice it. Do more than be fair: be kind.

Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”

- William Arthur Ward

Game/Exercise

What If?

This is an individual exercise.

Reflect on the difference it would make if all of us completed

our ‘What If’ lists.
Quote

“Vision without action is merely a dream.

Action without vision just passes time.

Vision, with action, can change the world.”

- Joel Baker
Requisites for Successful
Leadership

Listen to the following statements and write down the ones

that stand out to you.
Something to think about...

“Leadership is not a part-time assignment, it is a full-time

lifestyle.”
Activity Break
Dinner Break
Lesson 10 - Becoming the
Ultimate Role Model
“Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped
with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own
must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.”

- Winston Churchill
“Whether we think we can or whether we
think we can’t, we are always right.”
“Wat y ho t ; t e b ey or .
Wat y or ; t e b ey a t .
Wat y a t ;t e b ey ab .
Wat y ab ; t e b ey ha t .
Wat y ha t ; it me r e t .”
- Mah Gan
5 Rules to be Happy

1. Free your heart from hatred

2. Free your mind from worries
3. Live simply
4. Give more
5. Expect less
“No one can go back and make a brand new
start. Anyone can start from now and make a
brand new ending.”
The relationship this has to leadership:

The most potent form of leadership is ROLE MODELING. It is

context over content. Think of a subject in school, and then think how
the content changed based on the instructor/teacher/leader. The
messenger was equally as important as the message. WHO we are
is much louder than WHAT we say.
Ask yourself

How do you see yourself contributing to this?

How does it relate to you? Your life?
You have a choice.
What do you want your life to be?

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
~Aristotle

Write about your thoughts about this quote. (Journal)

Read “The Lesson” pg. 96
Lesson #11

Advancement of the GROUP by FOCUSING on COOPERATION

OVER COMPETITION

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more,
you are a leader.
-John Quincy Adams
 Case study

Ask yourself:
How can we lift each other up as separate parts of a Performing Arts department?
How can we encourage each other in order to create a positive environment?
Read: When the leader is ready the followers
will appear p. 106

I. Leadership Style Positive or Negative

II. Motivation by FEAR and/or DESIRE
III. Quieting the ego
IV. Agree to disagree: Harmony is the key
V. Our mind leads us in the direction of our most dominant thoughts
VI. One person makes a difference
Lesson #12

Not the final chapter but the beginning of the leadership journey

“When the best leader’s work is done, the people say, ‘We did it
ourselves.’”
- Lao Tzu
The more we know, the more we know we
don’t know; this is the new beginning
Exceptional Leadership

Exceptional Conversations

Exceptional Relationships

Exceptional Connections
Ask yourself?
Optional Game/Exercise
Assignment/Conclusion
Lunch Break
Departure