Girl Power Leading Learning & Influencing for Girls (Ages 14 - 16)

Students will unpack the concept of “Leadership as Influence” identify what it means to be a leader and an influencer. They will come away with an action plan of what their leadership and influence might look like in the spaces within which they engage.  
Over the course of 6 weeks, the girls will struggle with the concept of leadership development and what it means to be both a leader and an influencer: They will   
i)	Collaborate and share their ideas and experiences around leadership and leaders. 
ii)	Discuss how leadership traits are identified and developed. 
iii)	Identify their leadership traits and explore how they can use these traits to inform their lives and impact their communities. 
iv)	Create a profile of themselves as a leader and influencer around the statement of       
“Why Me, Why Lead, Why the Need, Why Now” (Why NOT Me) 

The class will have a small group discussion format and the breakout room feature in ZOOM will be used to facilitate that. Students will be assigned the following roles within the small group setting; E.g. Recorder; time keeper, and a reporter.  All students will be expected to be active participants within the class.

The following is a breakdown of the focus of each week's session:

Week 1: Introductions; students will complete a  pre-assessment survey to identify leadership strengths and challenges and share what they hope to gain from the class

Week 2: Results of previous week's survey will be reviewed while students respond to the following prompt: 
What is leadership? Name some leaders; what makes them leaders?
(question is it ok to use a Google form to conduct the the above mentioned survey from week 1? I will review it during week 2's class ) 
Homework: Reflect on Youth Leadership come to class next week prepared to share your thoughts and opinions.

Week 3: Review previous week's homework. 
View 2 min 13 sec video clip: What does leadership mean to girls - Source: https://girlsleadership.org/ https://youtu.be/n0v9N5Dsug0?feature=shared 
Combine thoughts from previous week's homework with insights from video and write a response to the following questions: Is there a need for girls to lead? If yes why? If not why not?
Homework: Reflect on the challenges of leadership, identify/name some of those challenges. how can they be overcome?

Week 4: Look at core values and identify their importance:
Students will begin creating a leadership profile with the following components:
a) Leadership Statement - A leader is...
b) Core Values: Name no more than 3 personal core values: Will use this mind map to discuss core values - https://www.canva.com/design/DAF9R8TqEhU/hvHZOQu0ZqgGnYF3RzJi2w/edit?utm_content=DAF9R8TqEhU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton
c) Leadership Strengths & Challenges: From survey results name leadership strengths & challenges
d) Goal Setting: Write a SMART goal stating how they will improve their leadership capacity
3) Vision Statement Use the SMART goal to write a vision statement around personal leadership
Homework: Students will continue working on their leadership profiles.

Week 5: Continue working on leadership profiles 
In groups depending on numbers students will begin sharing their leadership profiles.

Week 6: Students will continue to share leadership profiles
Share their main take-aways from the class, identify areas of growth etc.