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Lesson 10: Student Edition

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The document summarizes a lesson that guides students to review and reflect on a project they completed to fight hunger as part of a team. The lesson has students: 1) review their project by answering questions about progress, next steps, and sustaining impact; 2) celebrate their accomplishments as a team by recognizing contributions; and 3) revisit goals they set for themselves and make a new goal for personal growth. The lesson encourages students to continue developing leadership skills and applying them to help others in their community.

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STUDENT EDITION LESSON 10 You will review your project and reflect on your progress as a team. THE CHANGE IS NEVER OVER ACTIVITY ONE: REVIEWING YOUR PROJECT In order to make change happen, you must keep your Big Goal front and center in your own mind and in the minds of your target audience. The three best ways to keep this focus are through persistence, constant communication, and playing like you are behind, even when you are not. Becoming a leader can be a difficult but rewarding journey and during this project, you have gained many leadership tools you can carry with you throughout your life. Taking some time to reflect on the process and all you have learned will help solidify your growth. As a team, review your project and respond to the following questions: ? ? ? Page 1 Are there any new measurements or benchmarks you have reached? What is next for your project and team? What steps need to be taken to sustain the impact of your project on fighting hunger? 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
STUDENT EDITION ACTIVITY ONE: REVIEWING YOUR PROJECT (continued) 10 Real success comes from recognizing that there is always more to know and more to do. The change is never over. 揃揃 It is not just what you say, it is how you say it. You have to sell people on your goal. Market the change in the same way you would if you were selling a new product to a customer. The more compelling you make it for people, the more willing they will be to help you accomplish your Big Goal. 揃揃 With any goal, there are barriers to success you will need to overcome. You have to make sure you have heard from everyone about what they think the issues are because they might see things that you do not see. 揃揃 You need to measure the progress you make toward achieving your goal to make sure you are on the right track. Recognizing the progress you are making along the way and those who are doing an outstanding job will motivate people to see it through. 揃揃 Real success comes from recognizing that there is always more to know and more to do and that a leader can never let up. The change is never over and that applies equally to building a project and growing yourself as a person. Keeping the summary above in mind, respond to the following questions: 1 3 Page 2 hat Aha! moments have you encountered W while working on your project in the last few lessons? hare any new measurements or benchmarks S your team has reached. 2 o what? Now what? What will you start S doing differently tomorrow as a result of what you have learned in this section? 4 reate a Team Lifeline for your project. C What were the highs and lows as your team worked toward your Big Goal? 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
STUDENT EDITION 1 10 ACTIVITY TWO: CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE You will celebrate as a team and recognize those who have helped you take steps toward reaching your Big Goal. Great leaders grow their organizations by recognizing the people who helped achieve success. Because of that, celebrations are essential! They are shared experiences that keep people motivated and invested in achieving your Big Goal. What can you do as a team to celebrate what you have accomplished so far? You may create something unique and symbolic, like writing a note of appreciation to each team member. Notes of appreciation Thank you! Celebrate with the entire Lead2Feed community. Head over to www.lead2feed.com/lessons/lesson-10 and give a shout-out to one or more of your team members from your project. You can submit a short video or simply post a message in the message board. Celebrating together will help inspire one another to continue working as leaders! Page 3 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
STUDENT EDITION 1 10 ACTIVITY THREE: SELF-REFLECTION Tomorrow is the first day! Now that you have completed a series of activities to accomplish your Big Goal to fight hunger as part of a team, use those same principles to grow or change your life. Complete the circle and sustain leadership development in your own life. Now that you have developed your leadership You will revisit your three BIG questions and make a Big Goal for your own life. skills, put your new skills and tools to use. In lesson one, you answered three BIG questions. Look at that activity again and add to or change your answers. As you answer these questions again, think ahead to other projects you may want to complete as a class or on your own to help others in your community! What is the single biggest thing you can imagine that will help you grow or change your life? ? Who do you need to affect, influence or take with you to be successful? ? What perceptions, habits or beliefs do you need to build, change or reinforce to reach your goal? ? Page 4 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
STUDENT EDITION Tomorrow is the first day! 1 10 Are you ready to submit your project for a World Hunger Leadership Challenge award? If so, make sure you and your teacher have reviewed thoroughly all of the challenge guidelines located at Lead2feed.com. This is your opportunity to win funding for your hunger project charity. This way your project will have an even bigger effect on your achieving your Big Goal. Project submission checklist In order to submit your project to the World Hunger Leadership Challenge please be sure: Page 5 You have worked in teams of at least three. (There is no limit to the size of the team.) A teacher or adult advisor has worked with your team. (A teacher/advisor can work with more than one team.) You have completed all ten Lead2Feed lessons. Your teacher or adult advisor has completed all three checkpoints in lessons two, six and nine. T he non-profit organization with which you have partnered is a 501(c)(3). Non-profit status MUST be verified by submitting a copy of the text verification form in the teacher checkpoint in lesson six. A written overview of your project is between 500-1,000 words and typed. (Acceptable file formats are listed on Lead2Feed.com.) The final project submission includes all of the following: An online entry form submitted by a teacher or adult advisor. The written overview of the team project, including: Identification of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that your team supports. statement of the teams goal. This is not your Big Goal, but your actual project goal. A (Refer to lessons four and five.) description of your proposed solution and action plan. (Refer lessons five and six.) A statement of quantifiable results to date (i.e. how you made a difference in your choA sen community; such as meals served, cans collected, hours donated, Facebook likes, families served from an urban garden, etc.) (Refer to lesson nine.) You understand the criteria that will be used to judge all eligible entries include: Demonstration of Strategy, Structure and Culture. (Refer to lessons six through eight.) Strategy: Clearly states your goal and action plan. tructure: Shows effective use of the right resources and processes to meet your goal S and execute your plan. ulture: Demonstrates how you created a supportive, engaging and encouraging team C environment. Creativity and innovation of the solution (Refer to lessons four through nine.) Impact on ending hunger: projected and/or actual results. (Refer to lessons nine and ten.) Final project is submitted by April 11, 2014. (Winning teams will be announced on or about May 15, 2014.) Y our teacher or advisor has referred to Lead2Feed.com for all rules and regulations about the final project submission. 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.

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  • 1. STUDENT EDITION LESSON 10 You will review your project and reflect on your progress as a team. THE CHANGE IS NEVER OVER ACTIVITY ONE: REVIEWING YOUR PROJECT In order to make change happen, you must keep your Big Goal front and center in your own mind and in the minds of your target audience. The three best ways to keep this focus are through persistence, constant communication, and playing like you are behind, even when you are not. Becoming a leader can be a difficult but rewarding journey and during this project, you have gained many leadership tools you can carry with you throughout your life. Taking some time to reflect on the process and all you have learned will help solidify your growth. As a team, review your project and respond to the following questions: ? ? ? Page 1 Are there any new measurements or benchmarks you have reached? What is next for your project and team? What steps need to be taken to sustain the impact of your project on fighting hunger? 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
  • 2. STUDENT EDITION ACTIVITY ONE: REVIEWING YOUR PROJECT (continued) 10 Real success comes from recognizing that there is always more to know and more to do. The change is never over. 揃揃 It is not just what you say, it is how you say it. You have to sell people on your goal. Market the change in the same way you would if you were selling a new product to a customer. The more compelling you make it for people, the more willing they will be to help you accomplish your Big Goal. 揃揃 With any goal, there are barriers to success you will need to overcome. You have to make sure you have heard from everyone about what they think the issues are because they might see things that you do not see. 揃揃 You need to measure the progress you make toward achieving your goal to make sure you are on the right track. Recognizing the progress you are making along the way and those who are doing an outstanding job will motivate people to see it through. 揃揃 Real success comes from recognizing that there is always more to know and more to do and that a leader can never let up. The change is never over and that applies equally to building a project and growing yourself as a person. Keeping the summary above in mind, respond to the following questions: 1 3 Page 2 hat Aha! moments have you encountered W while working on your project in the last few lessons? hare any new measurements or benchmarks S your team has reached. 2 o what? Now what? What will you start S doing differently tomorrow as a result of what you have learned in this section? 4 reate a Team Lifeline for your project. C What were the highs and lows as your team worked toward your Big Goal? 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
  • 3. STUDENT EDITION 1 10 ACTIVITY TWO: CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE You will celebrate as a team and recognize those who have helped you take steps toward reaching your Big Goal. Great leaders grow their organizations by recognizing the people who helped achieve success. Because of that, celebrations are essential! They are shared experiences that keep people motivated and invested in achieving your Big Goal. What can you do as a team to celebrate what you have accomplished so far? You may create something unique and symbolic, like writing a note of appreciation to each team member. Notes of appreciation Thank you! Celebrate with the entire Lead2Feed community. Head over to www.lead2feed.com/lessons/lesson-10 and give a shout-out to one or more of your team members from your project. You can submit a short video or simply post a message in the message board. Celebrating together will help inspire one another to continue working as leaders! Page 3 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
  • 4. STUDENT EDITION 1 10 ACTIVITY THREE: SELF-REFLECTION Tomorrow is the first day! Now that you have completed a series of activities to accomplish your Big Goal to fight hunger as part of a team, use those same principles to grow or change your life. Complete the circle and sustain leadership development in your own life. Now that you have developed your leadership You will revisit your three BIG questions and make a Big Goal for your own life. skills, put your new skills and tools to use. In lesson one, you answered three BIG questions. Look at that activity again and add to or change your answers. As you answer these questions again, think ahead to other projects you may want to complete as a class or on your own to help others in your community! What is the single biggest thing you can imagine that will help you grow or change your life? ? Who do you need to affect, influence or take with you to be successful? ? What perceptions, habits or beliefs do you need to build, change or reinforce to reach your goal? ? Page 4 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
  • 5. STUDENT EDITION Tomorrow is the first day! 1 10 Are you ready to submit your project for a World Hunger Leadership Challenge award? If so, make sure you and your teacher have reviewed thoroughly all of the challenge guidelines located at Lead2feed.com. This is your opportunity to win funding for your hunger project charity. This way your project will have an even bigger effect on your achieving your Big Goal. Project submission checklist In order to submit your project to the World Hunger Leadership Challenge please be sure: Page 5 You have worked in teams of at least three. (There is no limit to the size of the team.) A teacher or adult advisor has worked with your team. (A teacher/advisor can work with more than one team.) You have completed all ten Lead2Feed lessons. Your teacher or adult advisor has completed all three checkpoints in lessons two, six and nine. T he non-profit organization with which you have partnered is a 501(c)(3). Non-profit status MUST be verified by submitting a copy of the text verification form in the teacher checkpoint in lesson six. A written overview of your project is between 500-1,000 words and typed. (Acceptable file formats are listed on Lead2Feed.com.) The final project submission includes all of the following: An online entry form submitted by a teacher or adult advisor. The written overview of the team project, including: Identification of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that your team supports. statement of the teams goal. This is not your Big Goal, but your actual project goal. A (Refer to lessons four and five.) description of your proposed solution and action plan. (Refer lessons five and six.) A statement of quantifiable results to date (i.e. how you made a difference in your choA sen community; such as meals served, cans collected, hours donated, Facebook likes, families served from an urban garden, etc.) (Refer to lesson nine.) You understand the criteria that will be used to judge all eligible entries include: Demonstration of Strategy, Structure and Culture. (Refer to lessons six through eight.) Strategy: Clearly states your goal and action plan. tructure: Shows effective use of the right resources and processes to meet your goal S and execute your plan. ulture: Demonstrates how you created a supportive, engaging and encouraging team C environment. Creativity and innovation of the solution (Refer to lessons four through nine.) Impact on ending hunger: projected and/or actual results. (Refer to lessons nine and ten.) Final project is submitted by April 11, 2014. (Winning teams will be announced on or about May 15, 2014.) Y our teacher or advisor has referred to Lead2Feed.com for all rules and regulations about the final project submission. 息 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.