Programs for Students

The Leadership Advantage:Beginner Series (Parent/Child)

You read to young children to instill a love for reading and give them a head start in school. You teach your children to swim so they will enjoy and feel confident around water. You enroll in The Leadership Advantage to help your child develop one of the most valued traits in our society –– leadership. Introduce leadership to your child when she/he is building life-long behaviors

Topics covered in this class include:

• Successful people have an attitude, try out this attitude for yourself
• Develop your charisma in 5 steps
• Practice 5 secrets used by successful goal-getters
• Learn to get rid of fear with the Sarnoff Squeeze
• Find out what the T'NACI monster is and how you can slay it
• Learn how to build your own self-esteem
• Discover how you benefit others and yourself when you power praise someone

The premise of this class is that true leaders first learn to lead themselves. This leadership occurs in 3 character building areas: attitude, goal-setting, and self-esteem.

Class Schedule

This is a four part class, two hours per class.

Comments:

Jim teaches important lessons for all ages. He provides effective tools that empower our children. Heidi Fertig Stoesser, parent

I am so excited to hear the students using the language you taught them in order to be successful leaders. Just the other day, while observing students during a math tutorial, I overheard a conversation between two boys. One was complaining about a difficult problem, saying "I can't do it." The other responded, Don't say that, say "I could if I......, I complimented the student on the transfer of knowledge from your workshop to real life. I then commented to the teacher in charge, giving her the background...she now uses this phrase as a regular part of her tutorial program. Thank you again for fabulous tools you provided for the young eager minds at K.R. Smith! Diane Hemmes, Resource Coordinator for K. R. Smith Elementary School

As always, it was a pleasure having you at Holly Oak. Thank you for working with our student council students. They not only enjoyed your teaching and stories but they learned a lot about the power of positive thinking, and the importance of courage and self-determination. Kathy Gomez, Principal, Holly Oak Elementary

Several comments from a survey of GATE students: "There is a lot of team work and cooperation and it is challenging." "He helps us plan things for our lives." "He gives us great activities to do." Maria Clemo, Vice Principal, Encinal Elementary

Jim's workshops are great. They encourage children to be more aware of themselves and others, to take control of their own activities, to recognize their own potential, to have high expectations for themselves, and to reach for personal, significant goals in an organized and methodical way. Kelly Takahashi, parent coordinator for GATE at Garden Gate Elementary