⏰ Do Now — Start Here
Have you ever been in charge of a group project? What was the hardest part of leading instead of just doing your own piece?
🎯 Today's Big Question
- What does it take to lead and coordinate a whole team's work for a day?
📈 By the End of Today, You 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.
🧰 What You'll Need
- Ongoing studio jobs to coordinate
- A simple rotation schedule
📋 Your Plan for Today
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?
📚 Key Words
- 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.
✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include
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.
📊 Before You Leave
Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.
🔗 Want to Learn More?
- No extra links for this lesson.
🚀 The Extra Mile
Cross-Class Connection: The same delegation-and-leadership skill a Business or Student Government class covers directly.
Career Connection: Studio lead / art director experience is exactly the kind of leadership line that separates senior roles on every income table across the Careers hub.
Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:
- Write a short leadership log documenting real decisions you made running the studio, honest wins and mistakes included. Start here: write down one real decision you made today, right or wrong, before trying to summarize the whole week.
- Design a "studio lead handoff" checklist for whoever leads next — real operational material. Start here: list the three things you wish someone had told you on your own first day leading the studio — that's the checklist's first draft.