The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Training Program

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Training Program

Congratulations! As a Business Ownership student and an outstanding employee, you have been tasked with helping to train other teens at your workplace. The following are the guidelines on what you will need to do to prepare to conduct a training program on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. You will work on a team and will present (with your team) one key concept from the chapters in the book.

Step 1: If at all possible, read the text, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey. You are strongly encouraged to purchase this book, however, you can also borrow it from the local library, if you prefer. If you cannot obtain the text, some highlights will be provided, that will be needed to complete this activity.

Step 2: Form a group (size to be determined by the teacher) and get your assigned “habit”.

Step 3: With your partners, conduct preliminary research on your topic and decide the following:

• Key points you wish your audience to know about the “habit". Prepare an outline of what you plan to present (to be collected at the end.)
• One skit (or interactive activity) that represents your “habit”
• What type of creative evaluation can be conducted to assess the students’ understanding of the concepts (game, quiz, review questions, etc)
  
  Step 4: Choose one team member to act as secretary and record all decisions made in Step 3. Include this data in your final packet to be turned into your teacher.
  
  Step 5: As a group, create a poster to use as a visual aid in your training program. Be sure to include the "habit". Use examples that will help you explain how to implement the habit. Graphics are encouraged! Make your poster both creative and professional!
  
  Step 6: Present your "habit" to the class. Your team will have 15 minutes to present all material, conduct an activity, and provide an assessment.
  
  Step 7: Submit all written work to your teacher (outline/step 3 data, poster, etc.)
  
  Bonus Activities:Play the 7 Habits Matching Game or the Word Search! You can also begin your personal mission statement by doing "The Great Discovery"

DECA Students Achieve Success

DECA Students Achieve Success

The Foothill DECA chapter attended this year’s first Career Development Conference (CDC), which took place at Livermore High School on Thursday, October 26th, 2006.

DECA, an Association of Marketing Students, gives high school students the opportunity to explore today’s business world and gain hands on experience with industrial professionals as they compete.

The goal of this event was to train students to compete at the District, State & International competitions that will be held later this year. Close to 200 students, from 5 local high schools, participated in 4 different events in the areas of Retail Merchandising, Restaurant and Food Service Management, Business Services Marketing & Marketing Management. As always, the competition was intense, so we would like to take this time to congratulate our winners:

Amy Crawford
Austin Abbruscato
Calem Tamayo
Danica Gragg
Erroll Jenkins
Jordan Friedman
Justine Lecco
Katie Johnson
Megan Ortisi
Nick Martell
Russell Takehara
Sarah Spiegel
Scott Tomlin
Stephen Yoshida

This success gives us tremendous momentum as we proceed to train and develop all of our Foothill DECA members for future competitions.
Our conference schedule is as follows:

Nor Cal Career Development Conference (Nor Cal CDC)
San Ramon Marriott
January 12-14, 2007

State Career Development Conference (State CDC)
Costa Mesa, CA
March 1-4, 2007

International Career Development Conference (ICDC)
Orlando, FL Must qualify to attend
April 27-May 2, 2007

DECA, is a national organization whose program of leadership and personal development is designed specifically for students interested in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. For more information, contact Tami Raaker at traaker@pleasanton.k12.ca.us