Building Leaders
Leading with Character
This planner program teaches students how to become leaders in their schools, communities and eventual workplaces. It shows how the 15 building blocks that make up Coach John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success™ are fundamental to strong leadership.
Students also learn they can make a difference, particularly in terms of personal leadership, communication skills, conflict resolution and teamwork. The planner presents themes of leadership, puts them in the context of the Pyramid and then poses introspective questions to prompt students to reflect on the themes.
Building Leaders - High School
Leading with character
Everyone is capable of becoming a leader. This planner program helps develop leadership skills while exploring character traits from legendary Coach John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success™.
High school students gain insight on how those character traits can be utilized as a leader. Each month’s reflective questions and writing space allow students to explore and process the topics. With this program, students recognize how good leaders with good character can be found throughout their school and community.
Monthly Themes
- What a Leader Looks Like
Students are introduced to leadership and the Pyramid of Success™ by thinking through what a leader is and what leadership means to them.
- Your True Colors
Looking at character in the context of leadership, students explore the Pyramid blocks of condition and poise. They look at being a role model, leading by example, developing good habits, and the difference between power, authority and influence.
- Communicating with Care
This theme helps connect communication and respect to the Pyramid blocks of Friendship and Loyalty. Students think about why listening, respect and caring are important parts of leadership.
- Getting It Under Control
This theme combines the Pyramid blocks of Self-Control and Initiative with the skill of decision-making. Students learn about making good decisions, resolving conflicts and taking responsibility for mistakes.
- Working Together
This theme teaches students about teamwork and the Pyramid blocks of Team Spirit and Cooperation. Students learn about working with others, cooperation and that many other people contribute to a leader's success.
- One Step at a Time
Leaders are lifelong learners. This month's theme connects that fact to the Confidence and Alertness Pyramid blocks. Students learn that it is not only important to set goals, but it is okay -- even as a leader -- to have a mentor or to ask for help.
- Watching the Clock
This theme combines time management with the Pyramid blocks of Industriousness and Skill. Students learn about using time effectively, setting priorities and the importance of being prepared.
- The Drive to Succeed
Leaders have strong motivation and they project Enthusiasm, a trait from the Pyramid block. Teach students about having a passion for what they do, a pride in their accomplishments and recognizing what incentive or reward they need to keep going.
- Finding Your Hidden Potential
Ambition and the Pyramid block Competitive Greatness are explored in this month's theme. Help students recognize that we should always do our best and everyone is capable of succeeding and being a leader.
- Facing Challenges
Determination, combined with the Pyramid block Intentness, helps leaders deal with challenges. Students learn the importance of following through on commitments, maintaining a positive attitude and facing challenges.
- A Leader in the Making
Students are encouraged to become leaders by putting the leadership skills they learn into action.
Specifications
Code: BUIH-B5
Size: 5" x 8"
Page Count: 176
Start Date: Aug. 6, 2012
End Date: June 24, 2013
Layout Format: Block
Take a Closer Look
Empower students to become leaders.
Leadership can come in a variety of forms, and everyone is capable of becoming a leader. Help students realize how they can become leaders and how they can display leadership qualities.
Help students see how they can make a difference.
Show students how leadership applies to school and community and how they can make a difference.
Effective role models.
As students learn about leadership and the importance of good character in leaders, they begin to recognize that the best role models show good character. Encourage them to find positive role models and become good role models themselves.
Elevate social and emotional skills.
Help students avoid the academic downfalls of peer pressure, bullying, disrespect, and a lack of desire to learn. When students have learned the Pyramid traits and how to incorporate them into their daily lives, their confidence soars. Educators experience less student absenteeism, classroom interruptions and administrator discipline. Instructional time becomes more effective for all students.
Supported with educator tools.
To ensure our products are easy to use and provide the most impact possible, we provide extra resources that help educators integrate the program into the classroom. Learn more about our product support in the Online section above.
What's Included
Product Support:
BuildingLeaders.schoolspecialty.com is a dedicated, password-protected resource. The website houses a variety of downloadable support items designed to help educators implement this program in their classroom. See the Online section above for details.
Monthly Theme Pages:
Each month, students explore a new leadership skill and one or two blocks from the Pyramid of Success™. Each new theme is introduced at the start of the month and reinforced throughout the weekly pages.
Monthly Calendars:
Allowing students ample space to record and respond to the content, this space also lets students to take an overview, month-by-month approach for the upcoming weeks. Goal outcomes can be outlined for better success.
Weekly Calendars:
The weekly pages encourage students to track homework and plan their time. Weekly pages also prompt students to observe leadership in action.
onTRAC® User Guide:
This tool is integrated into the weekly calendars. The User Guide, coiled into the front of each student planner, provides valuable how-to information, as well as extra tips and support. onTRAC® is an intuitive, flexible system that helps students organize tasks, priorities and, most importantly, their time. Think, Record, Act and Check are the four basic steps that help students set and accomplish goals every day.
Resource Pages:
Academic content and reference pages are provided within the planner.
Cover:
Select a cover that matches the theme of your planner, such as Character Do or Be Yourself, or choose from our wide selection of free covers.
onTRAC® Pagefinder:
Let students find the current date easily with this helpful snap-into-place pagefinder. It also reinforces the onTRAC® process.
Online Educator Support Pieces
The educator support pieces elevate the program’s effectiveness without adding work for busy teachers. That is why we created BuildingLeaders.schoolspecialty.com, a password-protected website where educators can download support pieces.
- Resource support package: Program overview, staff support guide, classroom teacher guide, and parent/family guide—- available for download to help teach the onTRAC® planning system.
- Lesson plans: These 22 ready-made plans reinforce concepts introduced in the Building Leaders planner. Extension activities are also included to help take specific lessons further.
- Resources: Utilize various items relating to Coach John Wooden and the Pyramid of Success™.
- PDFs for use on interactive whiteboards: Download a reusable onTRAC® calendar PDF that helps educators model planner use and teach the onTRAC® planning system. Go one step further and order the full planner PDF to model the student planner in its entirety.
- Family newsletters: Send these prepared newsletters to encourage home-to-school communication and address the same topics found in the Building Leaders planners.
- Quarterly educator newsletters: These newsletters provide information and tips to administrators and educators about the resources available and how to utilize them effectively. Delivered four times per year: August, October, January and March.
All this support adds value and helps educators get the most from the Building Leaders planner program.
Tribute to "The Coach"
Coach John Wooden: A Legendary Leader
"Success is a peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best that you are capable of being."
- John R. Wooden
October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010
Coach John Wooden dedicated his life to helping others become their personal best. He coached countless players to become winners not only on the court, but in life. He taught students the true meaning of success.
John Wooden’s Journey to Success began on Oct. 14, 1910, in Hall, IN. When he was 8, his family moved to a farm in Centerton, IN—the home his first basketball hoop. When he was 14, his family fell on hard times and had to leave the farm and move to Martinsville. The move brought many great things, such as the love of John’s life, Nell. It was a relationship that would last 60 years, until Nell passed away in 1985. It was also in Martinsville that John’s basketball career blossomed. He was a star player and team captain for Martinsville High School.
John’s success was not limited to the court. He was a strong student who was honored for academic excellence. After high school, he enrolled at Purdue University, where he studied English and played ball. During his university career, he was a three-time All-America player and was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame as an outstanding player; later, he was inducted for his coaching efforts. He is one of only two men to be enshrined into the Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.
In September of 1932, John Wooden officially became “Coach” Wooden when he took his first teaching and coaching job. As he taught, he realized he wanted to help his students and players achieve personal success, and to do so he coined his definition of success and began to construct the Pyramid of Success®. Coach spent 14 years refining and strengthening the Pyramid, completing it in 1948. Now, more than six decades later, these foundational behaviors have stood the test of time and are as rock-solid as the first day Coach established his two cornerstones of hard work and enthusiasm.
After a brief military career during WWII, Coach Wooden began coaching at Indiana State University. He coached his team to many wins, including the Indiana State Conference title. His team was invited to play at the NAIA Tournament, but he turned down the invitation, because African-Americans were not allowed to play. The following season he led his team to the conference title again, and this time the NAIA changed its policy to include African-American players. A proud moment for Coach was when he heard one of his African-American players tell a reporter, “Coach doesn’t see color; he sees ball players.”
In 1948, UCLA offered Coach Wooden a job that would change his coaching career. It was there that he coached his team to numerous records—records that will probably never be broken. Just a few examples are:
- The most appearances in the Final Four (16 times).
- The most consecutive victories (88).
- Thirty-eight straight victories in NCAA tournaments.
Coach Wooden also coached several athletes who later became NBA stars. However, even though his players were stars, he never focused on winning. He focused on teaching them to be the best people they could be.
Coach Wooden retired from coaching basketball in 1975. During his retirement, he focused on coaching people how to be their personal best through his Pyramid of Success©. He wrote many books, including a children’s book, “Inch and Miles: Journey to Success,” which teaches young children about the Pyramid. Incredibly, the wisdom that made Coach Wooden a master of developing talent at the high school and college levels many years ago is now being brought into elementary classrooms!
Coach Wooden was a man who dedicated his life to helping others reach their full potential. It is our company’s honor to present his life’s work in a form that helps youth set and achieve high goals.
Make it Your Own
Planners are great tools for your students, but why not have them work a little harder for you. Customize them with your school's information, and use them as a continual communication piece between administrators, teachers and students.
School Handbook:
The most efficient and cost-effective way to communicate school policies, schedules and events is to add your important school information to your planners. Learn more about school handbooks.
Handbook Resource Pages:
Add additional academic resources to your handbook. Choose from more than 100 different pages. Our extensive library can assist students in a number of subject areas. View our complete library of resource pages.
Content Supplements:
Put a spotlight on important issues relevant to your school by choosing from our vast library of supplements. Promote school priorities with resources tied to current curriculum and standards, critical life skills, health and wellness, and more.
Cover:
Add one of your own fully designed covers to reflect your school, or choose a cover that aligns with the goals you've established for your school. Incorporate your school name front and center, right on the cover!
Enhancements:
Add a few more features to make your planners truly inspiring to students. Planning stickers, pagefinders, trackable hall passes, planner tabs, student ID/CD/Home-School pouches, two-hole ruler attachments—choose the enhancements that raise the cool factor.
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