How to Program Leader

HOW AND WHEN TO SET GOALS
When:

The person on the bus with the SL’s can have student leaders start thinking about goals. They can take time to set a group goal too.
Verbally set one goal on Sunday and explaining that more goals will be set the next day.
PM time on Monday is a good time for more in depth goals, since new SLs will have gotten a better idea of what ODS is like by this point.
Do a mid-week follow up along with mini daily check-ins.
Set daily goals through notes and offer feedback on their goal from the day before.

How:

Make sure their personal goal is their own and not something you make for them.
For returning SLs, check their file in the office – they’ve probably written goals in previous sessions.
The eval writing rubric is a good place to get goal ideas.
Try to make some tangible goals, or to break a general goal into tangible increments so they can have a sense of achievement. For instance, a goal of “making the cabin a welcoming environment” could break into “reading a story the first night,” “knowing the students’ names by Monday lunch,” “playing 2 games each day,” and “doing personal goodnights or a sharing circle each night.” That sort of thing.
Keep a journal between PL and SL to help keep track of goals.
Make a ‘rock of confidence’ - they carry it in their pockets at all times, hold it for confidence or have the rock to hold their frustrations.
Write goals on puzzle pieces and use them as beads on their wood cookie.

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