West Leadership Weekly Round Up: December 3rd - 7th

Hi all!

Last week was a productive one as we worked on our final semester projects and worked through our lesson on Hot Buttons.

On our Monday and Tuesday block days we spent time in class checking grades, following up with teachers, and then working on our final projects. Students mostly worked on their Google Slide presentations, saving their write up/essay for next week. This will be a big task to complete next week with our due date being next Friday with presentations taking place afterwards.

Wednesday and Thursday we had our lessons on Hot Buttons. We began by reviewing the belief cycle from our previous lesson and discussing what hot buttons are, how they present themselves, and how to manage them. From there students began to identify their own hot buttons through both our discussion and a questionnaire followed by our pendulum activity. Using examples from their own lives, students identified ways to turn their hot buttons into cool buttons and adjusting their reactions. Most of our triggers are pretty natural so it certainly takes hard work to be conscious enough to control your reaction and behavior and students discussed practical ways to address this.

We wrapped up the week by taking a quiz over the recent material from the past two weeks, doing our Fishbowl activity, and working on our projects. Overall it was a pretty productive week which is a good sign as we head into the final regular week of the school year. Stay tuned! -Ben