✂ Personal cover — please tear off before sharing with students or colleagues
For Ms. Dodds
With gratitude for a career spent building leaders
Cal Poly · Water Polo · National Player of the Year (three of four years)
Dear Ms. Dodds,
Thank you for everything you have given kids over the last twenty years — the standards,
the care, the belief that young people can lead. And thank you, personally, for what that
example has meant to me.
I built these files myself — with Grok — as a small token of that gratitude: a full
leadership curriculum put in your name and offered freely so the work can travel. If there
are other courses you want written or rebuilt, say the word — I would be honored to help.
With deep respect and thanks,
Created with Grok · thankfully given by
The Gillis Institute of AI
A free gift for Ms. Dodds · Roseville High School · 2026
On the pool deck and in the classroom.
A Cal Poly water polo standout and National Player of the Year in three of her four
seasons — the same competitive heart, now poured into students who need a coach for life.
Volume One
Ms. Dodds Leadership Curriculum
Ms. Dodds Playbook
Roseville High School · Grades 9–12 · 20-Week Semester
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Ms. Dodds Leadership Curriculum · Volume One
The Whole Course at a Glance
Four units. Twenty weeks. Every Friday is Circle + Showcase.
The four domains (every week touches all four)
Code
Domain
The question students answer
I
Intra-personal
“Who am I and what do I stand for?”
II
Inter-personal
“How do I show up with others?”
III
Organizational
“How do we get things done together?”
IV
Civic / Community
“What do we owe each other, and how do we act on it?”
The 20 weeks
Wk
Unit
Big idea
Key performance
1
1 · Lead Yourself
Welcome, norms, why leadership
Class Compact + Pre-Assessment
2
1
Identity & story
Six-Word Memoir + 90-sec story
3
1
Values & purpose
Personal Values Statement (v1)
4
1
Strengths & growth mindset
Strengths Inventory + Growth Plan
5
1
Habits, time, energy
14-Day Habit Tracker launch
6
2 · Lead With Others
Active listening & empathy
Listening Lab fishbowl
7
2
Communication & voice
3-min “This I Believe” talk
8
2
Feedback culture
Feedback Carousel + reflection
9
2
Conflict & repair
Conflict role-play assessment
10
2
Inclusion & belonging
Inclusion Audit of our class
11
3 · Lead Teams
Vision, mission, SMART goals
Team Charter
12
3
Decision-making frameworks
Decision Matrix on a real choice
13
3
Meetings & facilitation
Facilitate a 15-min meeting
14
3
Project management
Capstone WBS + Gantt
15
3
Ethics & integrity
Ethical Dilemma case write-up
16
4 · Lead in Community
Community needs & assets
Asset Map + needs interview
17
4
Advocacy & systems
Advocacy one-pager
18
4
Capstone execution
Mid-capstone review
19
4
Capstone delivery & showcase
Public Showcase + impact data
20
4
Reflection, transition, legacy
Portfolio defense + Leadership Letter
Plus a supplementary module: Leading in the Age of AI (next page).
Every weekly file has the same shape: Day 1–5, Assessment, Differentiation, Sub Plan, Stretch & Swap.
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Spotlight: Leading in the Age of AI
A supplementary discussion module for leading through uncertainty about the future.
Essential questions: How do I lead myself and others when no one is sure what
comes next? What stays human when machines get smarter? How do I use tools honestly, wisely,
and in service of people?
The stance: how to lead in confusing times
Move
What it sounds like
Anchor in values
“Tools change; what I stand for doesn’t.”
Stay a learner
“I don’t have to know everything to lead — I have to keep learning.”
Bring calm & clarity
“Name what’s known, what’s unknown, and the next small step.”
Keep humans first
“Judgment, care, and responsibility stay with people.”
Use tools honestly
“Disclose it, check it, own the outcome.”
What machines change — and what stays human
Tools can help with…
Leaders still own…
Drafting, summarizing, research, options
Judgment about what matters
Speed and scale
Ethics and responsibility for results
Patterns in data
Empathy and reading the room
Tireless iteration
Purpose, courage, and trust
A ready-to-run discussion protocol (20 min)
Silent write (3m): “One way new tools make me hopeful; one way they worry me.”
Pair (4m): trade and steelman your partner’s worry.
Fishbowl (8m): 5 students discuss: “What should a good leader do about that?”
Circle close (5m): each names one principle they’ll lead by.
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How to Review This Playbook
Budget as little as 30 minutes, or go as deep as you like.
The 30-minute review path
Read the outline (5 min) — the whole course on one page.
Open one week you'd actually teach (10 min).
Skim the Assessment & Rubrics document (10 min).
Fill out the feedback form below (5 min).
What we most want your eyes on
Fit: Does this fit Roseville High students and families?
Pacing: Realistic for your period length and calendar?
Rigor: Right for a mixed 9–12 room?
Culture: Would these routines work on a normal Tuesday?
Equity: Where might a student get left behind — and the fix?
Capstone: Doable with your partners and students?
Your real-world lens: What would you change, cut, or add?
Copy-paste / write-in feedback form
=== Ms. Dodds Leadership Curriculum · Vol. 1 — Feedback ===
Reviewer name (optional): ______________________________
Subject / grades you teach: ____________________________
Date: __________________________________________________
What I reviewed (weeks / docs): ________________________
Overall reaction (1–5, 5 = ready to teach): ____________
Top 3 strengths:
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
Top 3 changes I would make:
1. ____________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________
Pacing realistic for my period/calendar? (yes/no/notes): _______
Fit for Roseville High students & families: __________
Equity concerns & how I'd address them: ______________
Anything missing you'd want added: _____________________
Would I pilot this next semester? (yes / with changes / no) — why:
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How Successful Programs Do It
A shared vocabulary for reviewers — what proven programs do, and where
this playbook already reflects it.
Proven model
Its signature move
Where you'll find it here
Leader in Me / 7 Habits
Everyone leads, every day
Daily 5 + Portfolio
CASEL SEL
5 research-based competencies
Four domains + crosswalk
KIPP character
Name & track strengths
Wk 4 + Leader Profile
CTSOs (DECA/FBLA/…)
Public, authentic stakes
Unit 3 + Wk 19 Showcase
Service-learning / PBL
Investigate → act → exhibit
Unit 4 capstone arc
Be–Know–Do (Army)
Character + competence + action
Units 1–4 spine
Positive Youth Development
Belonging before content
Compact, Circles, Wk 10
Why it matters for your feedback
When you suggest a change, it helps to name the model behind it — e.g., “borrow the
Character Growth Card idea from KIPP for the Leader Profile.” Concrete, model-grounded
suggestions are the easiest to act on.
Your turn: Which of these models has worked for you, and what
would you borrow to make Ms. Dodds’ playbook stronger?
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