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SCHOOL BASED PROJECTS

ABORIGINAL CULTURAL LEADERSHIP COURSE

FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL LEADERSHIP COURSE

The Aboriginal Cultural Leadership course was developed and piloted in three TVDSB secondary schools between September 2007 and June 2008. T

The First Nations Cultural Leadership Course was developed and is designed to group older and younger secondary students who are working on one of two credits—leadership or study skills—into the same classroom. It includes a peer mentoring course component which paired younger students with senior students and encouraged them to work together, learn from each other, and develop strong relationships.

The course provides students an opportunity to participate in cultural activities such as mask and drum-making, and allows them to assume the roles of student leaders and volunteers for Aboriginal initiatives outside their school. Course curriculum covered the topics of personal safety and injury prevention, healthy growth and sexuality, and substance use and abuse, while offering students the opportunity to learn together within a community circle setting during each class. Upon successful completion of the course, students received a credit for either Grade 9 Learning Strategies Course or Grade 11 Leadership Course.

The course is divided into four units: All about Me, School and Community, Leadership and Learning Opportunities.

Students enrolled in the Fourth R Aboriginal Stacked Course commented on what they learned and what they would tell future mentors:

“I learned a lot of leadership skills when being in this class. This class motivates me more when coming to school and facing problems. I learned to respect others more because you never know what is on their mind. To take consideration on what I’m doing because there is always someone watching. I would recommend this class to everyone that is coming to high school because it is the first class in the morning and it is chilling and is good for the people that get up early every morning. It teaches you to be a mentor right in the morning so you can show some leadership skills all day.”

“I would tell future mentors that in order to make this a fun class, you can’t be shy or always sitting in a corner. You have to speak what you want to say, show your feelings and talk to everyone in class. Being a role model to the younger youth is fun because they look up to you and expect you to be their guide when they need you.”

“Treat this very seriously, even if the person you’re mentoring is your friend, you must do everything you can and teach what you think would be helpful to them. It’s their future that you’re helping so don’t think it’s a joke because it won’t have good results in the end.”

PRICING FOR CULTURAL LEADERSHIP COURSE

This program is available for purchase in the options listed below. All curriculum binders contain teacher friendly lessons, including lesson objectives, learning expectations, teaching and learning strategies, handout and overhead masters, and marking rubrics.

Teacher Binder.........................................................................................................$125.00

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