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| Frederick
Douglas once said, “It
is better to build strong children
than repair broken men.”
Wildwood Hills Ranch works to
build strong positive leaders
with each youth that participates
in one of our leadership programs.
We focus on strengthening character
and leadership development in
all areas of camp- horses, team
building, art and aquatics.
With each program the youth
are involved, they learn, apply
and debrief the specific skills
we are working to develop. |
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| CHARACTER
COUNTS! In Iowa is a project
of the Institute for Character
Development (ICD) at Drake University.
Their Mission is to recognize,
enhance and sustain the positive
qualities of Iowans in order
to promote civility through
character development.”
Wildwood collaborates with the
Institute for Character Development
to incorporate Character Counts!
into every aspect of programming
at the ranch. Our curriculum
is rooted in the Six Pillars
of Character: Trustworthiness
- Respect - Responsibility -
Fairness - Caring - Citizenship
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| The
Character Counts! framework
is a process of teaching,
encouraging, advocating,
and modeling that these
six universal values are
important in all areas
of life in a community.
For more information on
Character Counts! or The
Institute of Character
Development, please
visit their website. |
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| In
our 13-15
year old Leader in Training
(LiT) Program , we build
on the 6 pillars of character
with Michael Brandwein’s
12 levels of General Leadership.
Michael Brandwein’s leadership
curriculum is innovative, intentional
and fun. We work with the LiT’s
on: |
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| Teamwork
- Responsibility - Respect -
Motivation - Listening - Planning
- Initiative - Creativity |
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| Persistence
- Presenting - Problem Solving
- Observation |
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| With
each skill, we work on Leader
Action and Leader Lingo: what
a positive leader is doing AND
what a positive leader is saying. |
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| In
our 16-18 year old
Team Leader in Training (TLiT) Program
, we build on both the 6 pillars of character
and the 12 levels of General Leadership-
with the addition of Michael Brandwein’s
12 leadership skills focused specifically
on Leading Children. As TLiTs, we work on: |
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| Group
Leadership - Game and Activity Leadership
- Body Language - Enthusiasm - Communication
- Developing Positive Behavior |
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| Managing
Undesired Behavior - Teaching - Caring -
Teaching Responsibility/ Problem Solving
- Working Together - Positive Learning |
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practice these skills in a variety of ways-
role playing, modeling, small group discussions
and journaling. |
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| For
more information on Michael Brandwein’s
Leadership Curriculum or to learn about
his other excellent teachings and training
opportunities,
please visit his website. |
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