CONFERENCE BOOKLET
GRIP STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
A PRACTICAL AND INTERACTIVE TRAINING CONFERENCE FOR STUDENT LEADERS
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INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS
Where to sit
Adults are encouraged to sit with their students in the seats allocated by our ushers.
Break times
As you are aware, food is not provided today. Please advise your own students of instructions for break times. We kindly ask that everyone refrains from going onto the stage during breaks. You are welcome to take photos in front of the stage, or go on stage as soon as the conference concludes.
STUDENTS SENSITIVE TO NOISE
Schools love the upbeat nature of our conference. Part of creating this atmosphere includes some activities that will be loud. We have strategies to care for attendees who might fi nd this challenging. Please read the information at gripleadership.com/inclusion
Resources
You are welcome to browse during sessions as well as breaks. One of our new resources is totally free, our team can assist you in claiming this. For paid resources, a 20% discount is off ered for purchases made at the conference, and an invoice can be sent to the school if you wish. (A description of the brand new resources is at the back of this booklet.)
Certificates
Personalised certifi cates for participants can be claimed at: gripleadership.com/certifi cate
Feedback
We would highly value feedback from every adult here today (including non-teachers). It only takes 1 minute and is designed to be easily completed on your phone at gripleadership.com/feedback
Program
9:15am SESSION 1
Topic: Making Our School a Great Place for Others
10:45am Break 1
Optional Session: Top Tips for Time Management
Student leaders usually have many responsibilities that demand their time. This short session will give practical strategies to help manage these pressures before it becomes an issue. (This will only go for the first 10-15 minutes of the break so that you can still get some fresh air afterwards.)
11:10am SESSION 2 - Commences with all students in Main Room
Topic: The Responsibilities of a Student Leader
Elective Workshops (choose 1 of the 2 options below)
Creating School Events that Everybody Can Connect To (Room _____________)
Every student leadership team wants more students to be involved in the events that they organise. The solution isn’t to just keep putting up more posters. This workshop unpacks practical strategies so that all students feel that an event connects with them personally, leading to greater participation and enthusiasm from everybody.
Creative Ideas for Your School that Aren’t Events (Room _____________)
Being a student leader should always be more than just organising events, but sometimes it can feel like the events are the fun part. This workshop shares lots of great ideas from other schools to help student leaders add variety to the way in which they positively influence students, the school, and the community.
12:30pm Break 2
1:00pm SESSION 3 - Go straight to Elective Room after lunch break
Elective Workshops (choose 1 of the 2 options below)
Being a Leader Who Supports Others (Room _____________)
Student leaders should not only think about ‘organising things’. An important part of leadership is having an impact on the people around you. It’s unrealistic to think that a student leader can solve every problem that others are facing, but this workshop has lots of tips for being supportive in a practical way.
Tackling Something at Our School that Feels Impossible (Room _____________)
There are things about every school that students want to improve, but it can feel like it would be impossible. This workshop will look at how to approach challenges in a positive way, as well as three practical strategies that give the best possible chance of making a lasting improvement to the school.
1:45pm Everybody back in Main Room: Q&A with GRIP Leadership Team and Final Review
2:15pm Finish (you can be assured of a prompt 2.15pm finish. We appreciate that departing efficiently for your return journey is important.)
Pre-Conference activities
For those who arrive early, compete against your friends to be the first to complete the following puzzles. When you need to check the answers you can find these at gripleadership.com/answers
One rabbit saw six elephants while going to the river. Every elephant saw two monkeys going towards the river. Each monkey holds one parrot in their hands. How many animals are going towards the river?
ANSWER:
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How was that possible?
ANSWER:
You are trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door, there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door, there is a fire-breathing dragon. How do you escape?
ANSWER:
An Uber driver is going the opposite way down a one-way street. They pass five police officers along the way, none of which stops them. Why not?
ANSWER: Instructions:
Arrange the tiles of letters below into the 7 words to match the 7 clues. Tiles may only be used once and do not become available for other words.
1. With much jubilation
2. Indonesian skewered meat
3. Turf tamer
4. Asset’s opposite
5. Vitamins and probiotics
6. They may be blue or cloudy
7. Extraterrestrial beings
WOULD OULD YO
RATHER ATHER YOU
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Involvement doesn’t come from it comes from ______________________.
discussion for section 1:
Making Our School a Great Place for Others
discussion for section 2:
GAME:
DISCUSSION for section 4:
It’s a good idea to start at the bottom of the triangle and make sure your school is doing a good job at that section before moving up to focus on the next section above. Look back at the triangle now (starting at the bottom). What is the fi rst section you feel needs a lot of improvement?
What ideas do you have for improving the section you identifi ed?
Explore this topic deeper with our new resource ‘Making Our School a Great Place for Others’. The videos, tips and activities will help you make your school excellent at every section of the triangle.
The Responsibilities of a Student Leader
1)
Responsibility is more than following a ______________ it’s about taking ownership for the standards of our _______________.
DISCUSSION: 2)
We only had time to cover three responsibilities at the conference, but you can go further with our new resource ‘The 12 Responsibilities of a Student Leader’. Each responsibility is structured as a lesson plan with a video, discussion points, an activity and refl ection questions.
Creating School Events that Everybody Can Connect to
The connect effect
Number: ___________ Reason why: __________________________________________________________.
part 1
Students feel connected because there are: __________________________________________________.
DISCUSSION: Leaders
Our new resource ‘The Template Toolkit’ has word templates for every step of planning school events. There are also templates for every other part of student leadership. Flip through a printed copy at the resource table to see the 50 templates that are created for you.
Students feel connected because there is: ______________________________
CREATIVE IDEAS FOR YOUR SCHOOL THAT AREN’T EVENTS
We shouldn’t dive into what ____________________________________ we should always take time to find out ________________________.
1) DISCUSSION:
2) DISCUSSION:
3) game:
1) ________________________________ 2) ________________________________
3) ________________________________ 4) ________________________________
4) My instant invention is: _____________________________________________________
If you want creative activities, then check out our ‘GRIP Leadership Games Box’. By popular request, this new resource includes games from over 10 years of the GRIP conference, ready to use in your assemblies or classroom. Over 100 games in total!
Being a Leader Who Supports Others
GAME:
Take this topic further with our new resource ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me: Being a People Focused Leader’. The videos and workbook have tools, tips and ideas to help all leaders keep their focus on people.
TACKLING SOMETHING AT OUR SCHOOL THAT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE
Take this topic further with our new resource ‘Doing Difficult Things: Showing Resilience as a Leader and a Team’. The videos and workbook give you the tools to achieve things that otherwise might seem too diffi cult.
This form is available for easy online completion at: gripleadership.com/feedback
Name:
Instead of using this paper form, complete the simple ONLINE form right now and it will INSTANTLY email you our series of free posters relating to today’s topics.
School: Conference City/Town: ________________________________________________________
How worthwhile was today’s conference for your group? Very Partly Less
What did you like most about the conference?
Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
Our offi ce can still email you the leadership posters in due course if you provide your email address below:
(To receive the free posters instantly, fi ll out this form online at gripleadership.com/feedback)
If you have used this paper version of the feedback form, it can be handed to our team at the resource table.
View our entire range at the display table today.
101 TIPS FOR TIME MANAGEMENT
Normally $25 | FREE FOR ALL
CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
Practical tips to help students and teachers get more done and enjoy the journey of being a leader.
THE 12 RESPONSIBILITIES OF A STUDENT LEADER
Normally $50 | Conference Discount $40
Each of the 12 responsibilities is structured as a stand-alone lesson plan with a video, discussion points, an activity and refl ection questions.
MAKING OUR SCHOOL A GREAT PLACE FOR OTHERS
Normally $50 | Conference Discount
$40
The videos, workbook tips and activities will help you focus on the ideas that best fi t the needs of your school.
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME: BEING A PEOPLE FOCUSED LEADER
Normally $50 | Conference Discount $40
Take this conference topic further with videos, workbook tips and activities to help all leaders keep their focus on people.
DOING DIFFICULT THINGS: SHOWING RESILIENCE AS A LEADER & A TEAM
Normally $50 | Conference Discount
$40
Leadership is never as easy as it looks! The videos, workbook ideas and activities give you the tools to be resilient and achieve things that otherwise might seem too diffi cult.
ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF TEMPLATES FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Normally $50 | Conference Discount $40
Make your job quicker and easier with editable word templates for everything involved with student leaders, meetings, school event planning and more. Flip through a printed copy at the resource table to see the 50 templates that are created for you.
GRIP LEADERSHIP GAMES BOX (OVER 100 GAMES IN TOTAL)
Normally $65 | Conference Discount $50
By popular request, this new resource includes games from over 10 years of the GRIP conference, ready to use in your assemblies or classroom. Quick games and longer games, active games and brain games. Some are just for fun, and many have valuable lessons. Included are facilitator notes, handouts, PowerPoints and videos. purchase this whole page as a pack
