Student Perspective: Leadership Challenge – Bullying

As a high school student you will navigate through situations both live and online, applying leadership practices along the way to facilitate positive outcomes. You find yourself being asked for advice from two friends about a bullying issue. At the same time, you encounter online bullying in a chatroom, and need to determine how you will respond, if at all.

Note that while this simulation is from the perspective of a student, it is designed to enable teachers and administrators an opportunity to reorient their point of view to engage with challenges faced by students.

Your Role: High School Student
Timeframe: A couple of weeks at the start of the semester.
Challenge: Navigate through live and online challenges, applying leadership practices along the way to facilitate positive outcomes.

Key Characters:

• Nathan – a good school friend
• Sofia – Nathan’s current girlfriend
• Amelia – a former friend of yours and Nathan’s who has returned to school
• Leadership teacher
• Counselor
• Chat room participants

Trade-offs to Consider

• Taking initiative in encouraging communication among peers vs. letting them work things out on their own.
• Getting an adult involved early in a situation vs. waiting until some time has passed.
• How to be courageous in dealing with difficult issues while at the same time demonstrating good judgement.

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