Dream of a CHAMPION
CHAMPION RYLA – Rotary District 3190
· The Champion RYLA program emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims to demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth.
· The Champion RYLA core curriculum is based on experiential learning, learning by direct experience rather than through instruction alone, some of the topics included fundamentals of Leadership, Importance of Communication skills, Team building, Attitude and building self-confidence among the students to achieve their dreams.
Session Flow
Sl.No. / Topics / Time / Duration (Minutes)
1 / Inauguration / 09.00 am to 9.30 am / 30
2 / Communication / 09.30 am to 10.10 am / 40
3 / Attitude / 10.15 am to 10.55 am / 40
4 / Team Work / 11.05 am to 11.45 am / 40
5 / Leadership / 11.50 am to 12.30 pm / 40
6 / Lunch Break / 12.30 pm to 01.15pm / 45
7 / Dream of a Champion / 01.20 pm to 02.00 pm / 40
8 / Valedictory and Certificates distribution / 02.00 pm to 02.30 pm / 30
Divide the class into 4 small groups
Communication
Definition of Communication / Activity 1 Time Needed:5 minutes: Ice Breaker - Namaste, Salam, Salute· Question: Ask - What do they understand by the word communication? Components of Communication
· Prompt: Process of transmitting information, ideas, attitudes, feelings and emotions.
· Communication Should be – 4 C’s
Clear, Correct, Courteous and Complete
Purpose / · Q: Ask - Why is it required?
· P: To learn, make friends, work in teams and get the job done
· An essential, forgotten communication skill is that of listening
Implementation
/ · Q: Ask - What is effective listening?
· P:
Blocks / How to overcome?
Trouble in understanding / Ask for clarification
Day dreaming / Pay careful attention
Tired mentally / Motivation
Too much information / Avoid anticipation
Activity
Topics for Active listening –
1. When I become the President of India
2. How I can become a Crorepati
3. How I won the Olympic gold medal for India
4. Building the best computer game in the world
5. My journey into making of Indian Idol / Activity 2 – Listening: Time Needed:10 minutes
Pick 6 volunteers and 5 of them will go out of the classroom. One of them will remain.
The first person reads the Meena story and tells the same story to the second person and the second person will hear and relay the story to the third person and so on and finally the last person will narrate the story.
Moral of the story – The content of the story dissipates due to lack of listening.
Activity 3 – Active Listening Time Needed: 15 minutes
Ask Participants to break into group of three
Person 1 Person 2 Person 3
Round 1 Talker Listener Observer
Round 2 Observer Talker Listener
Round 3 Listener Observer Talker
Each talker to share something positive – Winning the Olympic gold medal
During each round the listener should use active listening skills. Restating the content of the message, with the feelings of the talker. So the key to active listening is to really listen what the others are saying and not projecting one’s own thoughts and feelings in to the message. The observer in each round should provide feedback
Values for Communication / · Q: Ask - Examples of people who communicate well
P: Amitabh Bachchan (Mera pass Gadhi hai, Bangla hai, Paisa hai, tumare pass kya hai ), Winston (V for Victory), Martin Luther King (I have a dream)
· Q: Ask - What value you have developed?
· P: Patience, Emotion, Developing Interpersonal Relationship
Students shout with enthusiasm 3 times.
I CAN … YES….YES…YES
I am a CHAMPION!
Attitude
Definition of Attitude / · Q: Ask - What do they understand by the word Attitude?· P: The way you respond towards a certain idea,object,person or situation defines your attitude.
· It can be positive or negative attitude.
· Good attitude or bad attitude
Activity 4 – THE “ASK” EFFECT
Purpose / · Q: Ask - Why is it required?
· P: Your attitude and not your aptitude can take you to a greater altitude
Implementation
/ · P: Always have Positive Thoughts
· I am a genius, I am Unique, I am a master piece
· Remove doubts, CAN I?, I CANT, ITS TOO DIFFICULT
Activity / Activity 5 – Attitude comparisons Time Needed: 10 minutes
· Q: Ask the students to list out Positive and Negative attitude
Positive Attitude / Negative Attitude
I CAN / I CAN’T
I WILL / I WONT
IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING / IT’S IMPOSSIBLE
I DARE / I DARE NOT
SMILE A LOT / FROWN
Activity 6 – WHAT IF Time Needed: 10 minutes
P: Here are a few examples of how to use WHAT IF to reduce anxiety & increase optimism: ask students to add further
WHAT IFmonsters are only in movies?
WHAT IFI become the president of India?
WHAT IFeveryone likes me?
WHAT IFI become the Indian cricket team captain?
Still not convinced? Look at the positive uplifting words “IF” can be found in.
Life, Shift, Beautiful, Lift, Gift, Uplift, Bountiful, Terrific, Magnificent
Values for Attitude / · Q: Ask – Examples of people with POSITIVE attitude
· P: Sudha Chandran, Helen Keller, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, Vijay Kumar, Gagan Narang
· Q: Ask - What value you have developed?
· P: Values - Self-motivation, Self-image, Self-discipline, Self-awareness, Self-esteem
Students shout with enthusiasm 3 times.
I CAN … YES….YES…YES
I am a CHAMPION!
Team Work
Definition of Team Work / · Q: Ask - What is Team Work· P: group of people get together in cooperation and coordination to accomplish a common goal.
Purpose / o Q: Ask - Why is it required?
o P:
Together Everyone Achieves More / Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success
Many hands make light work / There is no "I" in "TEAMWORK”
It is less me and more we / united we stand and divided we fall'
Implementation
/ · Q: Ask -Example of Team Work among animals and birds
· P:
· When geese fly in the “V” formation, they travel 71% faster than when they fly alone
· Insects, Birds and Animals are into team work besides human beings
· For some animals, the motivation for teaming together is defense
· Ants and Termites create big colonies
· Honeybees build Hives and store honey
Activity / Activity 7 – Titanic sinking Team Work activity - Time Needed: 20 minutes
Draw a square of 4 feet by 4 feet with a chalk, representing part of Titanic ship which is sinking.
Divide into 4 equal squares of 2 feet by 2 feet. If there is no space in the class room, draw the square in the corridor.
4 / 3
1 / 2
· Separate the students into boys and girls
· Make teams of 6 each, i.e. 4 teams pick a captain for the crew
· Under the guidance of the captain, All the 6 crew members should be accommodated within the four squares
· Once this is done, one square is sunk, i.e. by rubbing any two sides will reduce 4 squares to 3.
· The 6 crew members from the sunk square should be accommodated in the remaining 3 squares.
· The ship successively continues to sink until only one square is left, within which all the 6 crew members of all four teams should be accommodated to save them.
· The captain who manages to save maximum number of his/her crew members is the winner.
Q: ASK – lessons learnt – Leadership, Creativity, Team Work is FUN, Communication
Q: ASK - Team Member Characteristics
· Can lead as well as follow directions.
· Sharing
· Can be a Great talker, A great doer, A great listener, A quiet achiever.
· Very practical; good at hands on jobs.
Values for Team Work / Q: Ask – Examples of Team Work
P: Team sports, Astronauts
Q: Ask - What value you have developed?
P: ASK – Values learnt – The four S’s
Skills + Support + Speed = Sure Success
Trust, Enthusiasm and Motivation
Students sing together
Hum Honge Kamyaab / We shall overcome
Together we CAN … YES….YES…YES
We are the CHAMPIONS!
Leadership
Definition of Leadership / Q: Ask - What is Leadership?P: Capacity to guide, leading by example, create an environment for others to get actively involved and achieve the goal.
Purpose / Is to -
o Give confidence
o Self-belief
o Critical thinking
o Achieve the Vision
o See the larger picture
o Raise self-image
o Learning to take responsibility
Implementation
/ o Seek Role models
o Try being a leader inside and outside the classroom
o Inspire and Encourage others
o Start taking responsibility for others
Suggested JAM topics for Round 1
CATS make better pets than dogs
Water
SMILE
Pocket Money
Video games
Pizza or Paratha
Pepsi or Coke
Topics for Round 2
Recycling
Remove poverty
Nuclear Power be banned
Global warming – Is it Reversible
Paper or Trees
Are video games good for you?
Should animals be caged or left free? / Activity 8 - Time Needed: 10 minutes
· Overcoming stage fear – JAM (Just A Minute) Round 1,
· One Minute Topics – Choose a favorite topic from the box.
Activity 9 – Lateral thinking - Time Needed: 10 minutes
· Q1: You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus
· An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
· An old friend who once saved your life.
· The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your car, whom would you choose?
Your car can only contain one passenger, so who should it be?
Answer: The old lady of course! After helping the old lady into the car, you can give your keys to your friend, and wait with your perfect partner for the bus
Q2:. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?
Answer: The fireman is the only man in the room. The rest of the poker players are women.
Q3. How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?
.Answer: The baby fell out of a ground floor window.
Q4. A man and his son are in a car crash. The father is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't operate on this boy - for he is my son!!!' How can this possibly be?
Answer: The surgeon cannot operate on her own son; she is his mother
Q5. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
Answer: The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside.
Activity 10 – Time Needed: 10 minutes
Overcoming stage fear Round 2 – suggested social topics in the box
Values for Leadership / Ask – Examples of Leaders
MK Gandhi, Abdul Kalam, Indira Gandhi, Dhoni
· Q: Ask - What value you have developed?
· P: Thinking outside the box, Critical thinking, Decision Making, Problem solving,
Students shout with energy 3 times.
I CAN … YES….YES…YES
I am a CHAMPION!
Dream of a CHAMPION
Definition of Champion / · Q: Ask – Who is a Championo P: CHAMPION
o Champion is an individual who dreams and achieves the goals
o She/he has the Attributes , Aspirations and Values to achieve the goals
Values required of a Champion
/ Activity 12 – List out the qualities of a Champion
· Have a Vision - Communicate it - Believe in it - Follow it
· Be passionate – Make it happen
· A great decision maker – Be quick, committed, analytical and thoughtful
· Be a Team Builder
Ask - Are you a CHAMPION
Students say - I AM A CHAMPION
Emphasize - YES, YES, YES
Certificate distribution and Valedictory
Distribution of Certificates / o Write the names and distribute the certificatesExperience sharing / o Students to share the experience, Key take away
o Students echo three times
I am a CHAMPION
Valedictory function / o Students assemble at the venue for Valedictory
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