Introduction

Leaders take responsibility for their actions. Everyone is responsible for having a positive school culture.

What might be some ways to make the culture of our school more positive?

What might be the results of your actions?

Critical Thinking

Consider the following situation on your own: You are a little worried about the culture of your school. There seems to be cliques of people and seems to be an unstated rule that different cliques do not sit together at lunch or rallies. There is also a tradition of hazing the younger students on campus and you worry that this is a negative practice to carry on. You have been elected to be on the student council next year and it seems like a good time to start more positive traditions. However, you know challenging the negative traditions of school culture could make you unpopular.

What do you do? Try to think of a few different things you could do (positive, negative, and neutral). What might the results of your actions be?

Collaboration

For a small group, each student presents their ideas to the whole class. Provide opportunity for positive feedback from peers or support if they are struggling to think of ideas.

For a larger group, divide students into small groups and have students present their ideas to the small group. Provide opportunity for positive feedback from peers or support if they are struggling to think of ideas.

Application

Review your SMART goal and think about this upcoming week. How might you take responsibility to help you achieve your goal? What actions will you take? What might the results of your actions be?

Observations

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