LEADERSHIP: ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES & PRACTICE 3

Lesson Plan: LEAP 3 BUS School-Initiated LEAP (LIA)

Key Learning Points:
1. All of us are different in terms of skills, values, strengths and attitudes.
2. We all can serve our community and add value to ourselves and others.
3. One way to lead in the community is connecting with others individually, developing our
Community Quotient (CQ), and serving the needs of others and the community.

Time Resources
Stage Activities
(mins) Required
Preparation 10 min. Recap
LEAP 1
Students to review the Five-Stage Model for Service Life Mission
Learning in Leap 3 Topic 3.2 statement
Students to recap their Life Mission statement in LEAP 1
Students to reflect on how volunteering is related to
their values

Instructions 50 min. Connection

Students to browse
https://www.giving.sg/or
http://www.ncss.gov.sg/home/index.asp
http://www.straitstimes.com/tags/causes-week
for ideas
Identify a community need /social cause and reflect why
this group is significant to them
Consider the social problems, needs and service gaps
Proposal need not be executed but there is the option to
do so

Activity 240 min iHELP - Promote A Social Cause

Student to propose a strategy, initiative, event or pledge

to take certain actions
Proposal need not be executed but there is the option to
do so and show evidence of activities carried out.
Student may also participate online e.g. Facebook pages,
blogs and contribute to discussions of their identified
social cause

Reflection Review
Students to write their strategy, initiative, event or
pledge using the Reflection Template from pg 2 Template on
Page2
Deliverable Ready to Go!

Students to submit the Reflection Essay to tutor Template on

Page 2
TOTAL 300 min.

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Template For Reflection Eassy

Questions (Reflection of at least 500 words)

Planning

1. Identify a community need or a disadvantaged group that you are interested in, and briefly
describe the current situation or share why this group is significant to you.

2. What problems do they face, and what do you think they really need? Give example(s).

3. What improvements do you wish to see in this group? What ways can you volunteer your service
to help this group?
(30 marks)
Strategy and detailed action plans

4. Think of a tentative strategy and if applicable, state the (i) pros and cons, (ii) costs.
(Costs may include supplies, materials, transport, rental, utilities, manpower, etc.)

5. Based on your recommendation in (4), draw up a tentative action plan.

(40 marks)
(Question 1-5 may be a group effort. Question 6-7 must be an individual reflection)
Reflection on LEAP Values

6. How is doing something for the community related to your Life Mission statement?

7. How does volunteering effectively reinforce at least one of the LEAP key principles or values? (eg
Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Moral Courage, Ethical Judgment, Building Trust and Respect in
the community etc)
(30 marks)

Rubric Students submit a Reflection on LIA 3 Planning Activity that fulfills the following:

Pass with Commendation: Pass: Fail:

Submits an insightful, Submits an appropriate Non-submission or very
engaging and meaningful reflection : superficial and
reflection: incoherent reflection:
(Total :80 -100 marks) (Total: 50 -79.9marks) (Total: 0 -50 marks)

Shows Shows Shows

o Planning- strong understanding of some understanding of little or no
Needs and the identified social the identified social understanding of
gaps of problems, needs and problems, needs and the identified social
identified service gaps service gaps problems, needs
group and service gaps
(30 marks)
(24-30 marks) (15-23.9 marks) (0-14.9 marks)

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o Strategy & Demonstrates and provides Demonstrates and provides Unable to demonstrate
Action plans evidence of in-depth evidence of some and provide evidence of
that meet the involvement in planning involvement in planning involvement in planning
needs and gaps activity. activity. activity.
(40 marks)
Scope and/or depth of Meets the expectations of Proposed strategy &/or
planned activity clearly the tasks assigned. planned activity show
exceeds expectations of the Proposed strategy &/or poorly considered or no
tasks assigned. planned activity show involvement of self in
Proposed strategy &/or reasonably planned the service to
activity show and considered community
active involvement of involvement of own
own skills/abilities to skills/abilities to serve
serve the community the community
Activities may include any
one or a combination of the
following:
Actively planning a
strategy
Conducting interviews
Visiting and serving the
community / group /
environment / animal
groups/ person in need
Designing a web page,
facebook page, blog

Where possible, students

may carry out the proposed
strategy and show evidence
of the activity.
(32-40 marks) (20-31.9 marks) (0-19.9 marks)

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o Reflection of Demonstrates clear Demonstrates knowledge & Demonstrates a poor

self and how knowledge and in-depth some understanding of the and very sketchy
the LIA understanding of the principles in leading the understanding of the
Assignment principles in leading the community. principles in leading the
reinforces LEAP community. community.
Key Principles.
(30 marks) Demonstrates strong and Demonstrates some Does not demonstrate
explicit relation when relation when reflecting on any relation when
reflecting on the principles: the principles: reflecting on the
principles:

All of us are different in All of us are different in All of us are

terms of skills, values, terms of skills, values, different in terms
strengths and attitudes. strengths and of skills, values,
We all can serve our attitudes. strengths and
community and add We all can serve our attitudes.
value to ourselves and community and add We all can serve
others. value to ourselves and our community and
Report incorporates others. add value to
issues of: Respect, ourselves and
Responsibility, Integrity, others.
Moral Courage, Ethical
Judgment, Building Trust
and Respect in the
community etc)
(24-30 marks) (15-23.9 marks) (0-14.9 marks)