Glow Up Voices: Cultivating Student Leadership, Collaboration, Contests and Model UN

Outline

Introduction and Overview (3 minutes)
Overview of school-wide programs: Model UN, debate, contests, poetry, declamation, and talks.
Purpose: developing leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills.

Assessing Student Abilities (5 minutes)

Explanation of castings to evaluate student skills and identify strengths.
How assessment informs program placement and personalized development.

Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration (3 minutes)
Collaboration across languages and social sciences to maximize student engagement.
Examples of integrated activities: debates, Model UN simulations, and contests.

Device-based activity: attendees explore a sample integrated program schedule and examples of the rubrics we use, they can also see some of the castings we did and pictures about the events.

Strategies for developing critical thinking, communication, and leadership through contests and performances.

Outcomes

After this session, participants will be able to identify some of the school-wide programs that develop student leadership, communication, and critical thinking through contests, Model UN, debate, and performance activities that we do every school year.
They will learn how to assess student abilities, foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, and create engaging, skill-building experiences that prepare students for competitions and real-world challenges based on the skills that we need and the ones that third parties establish.

Supporting research

1. https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/polisci/modelun/wa-mun/documents/value_of_MUN.pdf?

2. https://www.bfischool.org/news/detail/~board/teaching-and-learning/post/benefits-of-model-united-nations-for-students?

3. https://snfi.stanford.edu/skills?