More Information about the
Grade 6 Leadership Course at OELC
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
The Grade 6 Leadership Course at the Ontario Educational Leadership Centre is offered to grade 6 students who have been formally or informally identified with the single exceptionality of gifted or dual-identified with gifted as one of the exceptionalities. The course is designed to engage gifted students in a journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they develop the leadership skills necessary to effectively combine their ‘gift(s) with their passions’ to make positive contributions to the world.
Students will be involved in leadership development sessions and social justice workshops as well as a range of optional outdoor recreational activities.
Leadership Development Sessions
Sessions focus on:
• Developing a sense of belonging, inclusion, purpose and self- mastery;
• Developing, as a gifted learner, an understanding of each individual’s unique needs, interests, strengths, challenges; and
• Identifying areas of growth and strategies to foster that growth e.g. social interactions, working as part of a team, communication skills, conflict resolution, problem-solving, etc.
Social Justice Workshops
Students have a choice of three different workshops that explore, through a range of interactive approaches, social justice issues, events, situations at the school, community and global level. The purpose of each workshop is to provide students the opportunity to develop a greater awareness of their own ‘gifts’ and how they can be used to support school, community and global initiatives. Students explore the question who am I and how can I be an agent of change?
Sample workshops are:
• Designing Your Future through Drama
• Social Activism Creating change in your schools & world through group investigations and multi-media presentations
• World Energy Challenges such as constructing solar ovens and measuring carbon footprints
Outdoor/Recreational Activities
Students have a choice of many outdoor/recreational activities designed to promote participation, cooperation and just plain fun!
Activities include:
• Board Games Night
• Enviro-Art, Natural Graffiti
• Cooperative Games/activities frisbee golf, juggling, power yoga, hip hop..
• Morning broadcast
Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority, but in order to have them, it is necessary to preserve the soil in which they grow. Genius can only breathe freely in an atmosphere of freedom.