🗓️ Before Class: Teacher Prep
- Gather/set out: Ongoing studio jobs to coordinate, A simple rotation schedule.
- Pull up today's slide deck (see 🖥️ Slide Deck below) so it's ready to project.
🧑🏫 Substitute Teacher Guide
A scripted, step-by-step runsheet for today's class -- hand this to anyone covering the room who doesn't know the daily routine.
- Day 1: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
- Day 2: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
🎯 Essential Question
- What does it take to lead and coordinate a whole team's work for a day?
📈 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson (2 Days), students will be able to:
- Take on a rotating "creative director" role coordinating classmates' work for a class period.
- Practice giving clear direction and constructive feedback to peers.
- Reflect on the leadership experience.
📐 Standards Alignment
CDOS (Career Development & Occupational Studies)
- CDOS 2 — Integrated Learning -- students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
- CDOS 3a — Universal Foundation Skills -- basic literacy, communication, and problem-solving skills required for a career.
- CDOS 3b — Career Majors -- knowledge and skills required for success within a specific career pathway (here, Digital Design).
📚 Key Vocabulary
- Creative Director
- The role that keeps a team's work on schedule and consistent in quality, without necessarily designing everything themselves.
- Delegation
- Assigning tasks to others rather than doing everything yourself.
🧰 Materials & Tools
- Ongoing studio jobs to coordinate
- A simple rotation schedule
🧠 Do Now (Warm-Up)
Have you ever been in charge of a group project? What was the hardest part of leading instead of just doing your own piece?
📋 Main Workshop / Lesson Sequence
This lesson spans 2 Days. Suggested pacing:
| Day | Focus | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | First Rotation | Do Now (5 min, above). Mini-lesson (10 min): what a creative director actually does (coordinate, unblock, keep quality consistent). Leadership rotation, part 1 (25 min): the first group of student leads coordinates ongoing studio work. Debrief (5 min). |
| Day 2 | Second Rotation & Reflection | Do Now (5 min). Leadership rotation, part 2 (30 min): remaining students rotate through the lead role. Reflection (10 min): what was hardest about leading vs. just doing your own work? |
✅ Assessment & Exit Ticket
Leadership rotation observed informally; reflection checked for specific, honest insight.
Exit Ticket: Name one thing you'd do differently the next time you're in a leadership role.
📊 Pull up the anonymous Class Check-In for students to fill out before they go.
🧩 Differentiation & Accommodations
English Language Learners: model every step live, then check in one-on-one; provide translated materials and vocabulary support as needed. Students with IEPs: apply the accommodations and modifications listed in each student's plan (examples include extended time, graphic organizers, speech-to-text tools, chunked instructions, and visual schedules). Students with attention-related needs: break tasks into short, checklist-driven steps and provide brief movement or focus breaks. Students ready for a challenge: take on a leadership role critiquing peers' work, extend the project with a second iteration, or research how today's skill is used professionally in the field.
🔗 Resources & References
- None beyond this lesson's materials.