KICK IT IN & TAKE THE LEAD!
by Fran Kick
This creatively interactive book, with great graphic design, and super high energy text will inspire you to really make things happen! A quick 36 page read that contains 18 individual/interactive lessons, a leadership style survey, a leadership interview, an attitude analysis, a personal intrinsic/extrinsic motivation indicator, additional reading resources, inspiring quotes, questions and activities.
What Teens Need to Succeed
by Peter Benson, Judy Galbraith and Pamela Espeland
A very thorough, tons of ideas, references, resources, true stories, checklists, and self-quizzes kind of book! Based on surveys of more than 370,000 youth in hundreds of communities across the United States, this book has the proven, practical ways to succeed in all areas of your life.
  
Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Chicken Soup for the College Soul
Edited by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
All from the Chicken Soup Series, these books share super stories for kids and the many people who work with them. Great insight in every story!
Don't Sweat The Small Stuff For Teens
by Richard Carlson
One of the many books based on the original, this book of 100 chapters, each just a few pages in length, captures the wisdom of "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... It's All Small Stuff!"
How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
A "classic must read" for anyone who deals with other people in their daily lives. Certainly a required reading in terms of self-motivation and personal leadership.
Lead Now or Step Aside
Edited by Eric Chester
A wonderful collection of leadership thought from many of the most talented youth presenters in the business.
 
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Journal
by Sean Covey (Stephen Covey's son)
Ages 13 to 19 relate to the guidance and stories in Sean Covey's interpretation of the 7 Habits. The book and journal are invaluable guides sharing universal principals that will enhance your effectiveness as a leader. Includes a resource section with hotline numbers and web sites.
Knowing Me, Knowing You
by Pamela Espeland
Based on the DiSC I-Sight profile, discover your own dimensions of behavior. It's a simple, score it yourself approach. The book puts the power of DiSC in your hands along with helpful background information, thought provoking activities and practical strategies to build self-awareness and positive people skills.
Teens Can Make It Happen
by Stedman Graham
An excellent handbook for teenage life, this book covers nine steps to success with many self-reflecting activities, quotes, stories and ideas and interactively entertaining.
The Education of Character: Lessons for Beginners
by Will Keim
A quick read with great quotes and thoughts.
 
Psychology for Kids: 40 Fun Tests That Help You Learn About Yourself
Psychology for Kids II: 40 Fun Experiments That Help You Learn About Others
by Jonni Kincher
"Are you an optimist or a pessimist? What body language do you speak? Are you a leader? Based on sound psychological concepts, 40 fascinating self-tests promote self-discovery, and self-awareness as well as empowering you to make positive choices about your life.
Through My Eyes: A Journal for Teens
by Linda Kranz
This journal for young people, offers teens a place to express themselves and the inspiration to begin. Thought starters on its lined pages encourages adolescent writers to explore their relationships with their parents, with others and with themselves. Blank pages are interlaced throughout for recording hopes, dreams, memories, or for pursuing artistic talents.
 
Leadership 101 (Student Workbook)
Leadership 101 (Facilitator's Guide)
by Mariam MacGregor
This guided exploration of leadership covers, communication, consensus, ethics, gender, and a whole lot more! great by itself and even better with the facilitator's guide!
  
Being Happy! A Handbook to Greater Confidence & Security
Making Friends: A Guide to Getting Along with People
Follow Your Heart: Finding Purpose in Your Life and Work
by Andrew Matthews
Three books that everyone should read in their lifetime! All of them quick, fun, fast reads that relate to understanding yourself and others. Tons of great quotes, cartoons and insights for fifth graders to Fortune 500 executives!
Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead... Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference
by Larraine Matusak
An inspiring book filled with examples of ordinary citizens who make things happen in their communities. As a former officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Larraine has first-hand experience and awareness as to what works when it comes to leadership. This step-by-step grassroots approach to learning and developing personal leadership highlights the balance between leadership and followership. Down-to-earth examples with great resources
 
Life Strategies for Teens
Life Strategies for Teens (Workbook)
by Jay McGraw (Phillip McGraw's son)
If you're tired of books constantly telling you about doing your best to understand your parents, doing your homework, making curfew, etc... this book (and workbook) are for you! A guide to teenage life that won't tell you what to do, or who to be, but rather how to live life best.
Building Assets Together: 135 Group Activities for Helping Youth Succeed
by Jolene Roehlkepartain
Developmental assets are the building-blocks that will help you grow into a competent, contributing, responsible individual. These interactive experiential activities encourage communication about your needs, issues, concerns and hopes to take responsibility for building your own assets - and those of your friends.
 
A Kick In The Seat Of The Pants
A Whack On The Side Of The Head
by Roger Von Oech
Both books are filled with excellent creativity ideas inspiring you to KICK IT IN!
Eat Dessert First
by Steve Wilson
A classic collection of hundreds of humorous quotations, this is both a cheer-you-up and a reference book. When you need a quote to promote or reinforce the benefits of humor, laughter, play and joy, this book is cross-indexed by quote number and author. Clever cartoon illustrations by Michael Senett keep you laughing while you discover what hundreds of doctors, teachers, celebrities, politician and others have said about the importance of humor and fun when you KICK IT IN!
The Peace Project (Audio CD)
by Frank DiLallo
Here's an audio CD that can help you to relax, focus and find the peace within yourself. We're all more sensitive to the reality of stress in life and yet how do we learn to KICK back? Frank DiLallo has figured it out and now you can share in his thought-provoking educational approach to learning relaxation and visualization skills. Frank has teamed up with Grammy award nominated musician Tim Story to create an incredible voice and music combination approach to KICKin' back! The content is first rate, the process is very cool and the impact can be huge! You'll also find some excellent involvement activities for parents, teachers and kids to dig deeper into the process and learn more every time you KICK back with The Peace Project.
Professional References
KICK IT IN & TAKE THE LEAD!
by Fran Kick
This creatively interactive book, with great graphic design, and super high energy text will inspire your students to really make things happen! A quick 36 page read that contains 18 individual/interactive lessons, a leadership style survey, a leadership interview, an attitude analysis, a personal intrinsic/extrinsic motivation indicator, additional reading resources, inspiring quotes, questions and activities. In addition, the PDF facilitator guide details learning outcomes for every lesson. It contains review questions to use individually and/or in follow up group discussions, additional projects, supplemental activities to increase application of learning, points to consider when leading "in & out" of lessons, reflective journal writing guide pages, cross curriculum references, additional educational resources cited, and FREE unlimited updates of the facilitator guide via email (like software upgrades - except without charging you the upgrade prices!).
  
Portfolios Across the Curriculum and Beyond
by Donna Cole, Charles Ryan, Fran Kick and Bonnie Mathies
This best-selling, easy to read, step-by-step guide to using portfolio assessment incorporates current teaching practices and cutting-edge technology. The jam-packed updated second edition is a valuable resource for teachers, administrators and teacher educators. This book is also available in a Thai language edition.
Why We Do What We Do
by Edward Deci
A complete look at both sides of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) with special attention given to developing intrinsic motivation.
Effects of Human Relations Training on the Social, Emotional, and Moral Development of Students, with Emphasis on Human Relations
By Stephen R. Covey
This dissertation which is available from University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI presents some interesting findings based on Stephen Covey's Doctoral program at Brigham Young University. (Request Publication No. 7704823)
 
Principle Centered Leadership
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey
Two excellent books of the personal success habits needed to succeed in today's world!
Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom
By William Glasser
A refreshing approach to psychology that's non-controlling. This book is clear and vivid with numerous examples about the power of personal choice.
The Self Perceptions of Self-Concept and Self-Esteem: A Theoretical Analysis
By Fran Kick
Fran's masters thesis, available from ERIC Document Reproduction Service, is an exploration and synthesis of the theories relating to an individual's self perceptions including self, self-concept or -image, and self-esteem. (Request Document No. ED353529)
    
Unconditional Parenting
The Schools Our Children Deserve
No Contest: The Case Against Competition
Punished by Rewards
The Brighter Side of Human Nature
By Alfie Kohn
Five books, well researched, that will challenge some of your assumptions about parenting, schools, competition, rewards and bringing out the best in people.
Designing Student Leadership Programs
By Mariam MacGregor
A guidebook to prepare adults who work with educating youth leaders. Full of checklists, ideas, activities and questions to consider when establishing a program or evaluating existing efforts.
Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change
By Ed Oakley and Doug Krug
One of the best in terms of describing a new emerging model of leadership. Gives some organizational ideas on how we do what we do to get things changed, done and/or working with others.
Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training
By Karen Pryor
If you're looking for a good book to clearly explore the power of positive reinforcement as an extrinsic motivator, check out the book even B.F. Skinner recommended. Focuses entirely on positive vs. negative behavioristic approaches in learning.
150 Ways to Increase Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom
By James Raffini
A strategy filled, research based, teacher tested, instructional resource guide that needs to be on your bookshelf if you want to motivate your students to learn without relying on bribery or punishment.
The Art of Mixing Work and Play
by Steve Wilson
A.K.A. "PwLoArYk" this book is a handbook that contains and explains the principles for putting the right kind of humor to work at the right time at work, at school and at home. It features dozens of examples from America's most successful corporations that employ a "conscious fun philosophy" to win customers, reduce stress, and improve teamwork. Hilarious cartoon illustrations by Michael Senett. Plus 50 specific ways to use and teach humor in the classroom!
Moments of Substance (Audio CD)
By John Blumberg with pianists Tim and Ryan O'Neill
Too many motivational tapes and CDs talk to you. This audio CD does not do that at all! In fact, it's perhaps one of the freshest, relaxing, and thoughtful CDs you'll ever listen to. The music is wonderful! The ideas presented are both timeless and timely. Ultimately this musical audio journey helps you stop the world each time you listen to it and causes you to think about what's truly important to you so you can KICK back and reflect a bit about what makes you KICK!
Links
http://www.bbbsa.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the oldest mentorship organization serving youth in the country, remains the leading expert in the field. BBBSA has provided one-to-one mentoring relationships between adult volunteers and children at risk since 1904. BBBSA currently serves over 100,000 children and youth in more than 500 agencies throughout all of the United States.
http://www.ccl.org
The Center for Creative Leadership is an international, nonprofit educational institution founded in 1970 in Greensboro, NC. Through research, they have developed models of managerial practice. Through training programs and products, they are applying these models as guides for assessment and development. This combined approach helps make leadership research accessible and leadership training practical.
http://www.charactercounts.org
CHARACTER COUNTS! is a nationwide nonprofit initiative to support nonpartisan, nonsectarian character education. Leading educational and human-service organizations work together as the CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition to reinforce the basics of good character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
http://www.childtrends.org
Child Trends, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analysis.
http://www.dallasbrass.com
Michael Levine is a good friend and since founding the Dallas Brass in 1983 they have become one of America's foremost musical ensembles. The group has established a unique blend of traditional brass instruments with a full complement of drums and percussion, which creates a performing entity of extraordinary range and musical challenges. Each of the members of the Dallas Brass began their musical involvement in elementary school music programs. They remain dedicated to working with young musicians, frequently going into the public schools to present clinics and workshops for students of all ages.
http://www.dosomething.org
Since its founding in 1993, Do Something has helped inspire and empower millions of young people to be leaders who measurably strengthen their communities.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program is the Federal government's primary vehicle for reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence, through education and prevention activities in our nation's schools.
http://www.leadershape.org
The Mission of LeaderShape, Inc. is to offer the highest quality state-of-the-art leadership programs focused on men and women ages 17-25; to facilitate their application through follow-up and advisory support; and to expand leadership programs to new audiences.
http://www.notmenotnow.org
Not Me, Not Now was launched in 1994 by the Monroe County Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, as a multifaceted abstinence-only campaign to reduce the teen pregnancy rate in Monroe County. An advertising campaign serves as the centerpiece of Not Me, Not Now. The campaign, which features teens, communicates the consequences of teenage pregnancy.
http://leadershipcenter.osu.edu
The OSU Leadership Center, created in 1990, is located on the campus of The Ohio State University in the Department of OSU Extension. OSU has a rich tradition of developing high quality leaders and conducting leadership research. The center houses a comprehensive collection of resources for professional and personal growth. With over 1,700 titles available for loan, the Center offers books, videos, books on tape, slides, CDs, assessment instruments, periodicals, and journals related to leadership and management. Fran proudly serves on their Advisory Committee and has consulted with the center on other projects.
http://www.positivediscipline.com
Positive Discipline is dedicated to providing education and resources that promote and encourage the ongoing development of life-skills and respectful relationships in family, school, business and community systems.
http://www.search-institute.org
Search Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization committed not only to contributing to the knowledge base about youth development, but also committed to translating high-quality research on children and youth into practical ideas, tools, services, and resources for families, neighborhoods, schools, organizations, and communities.
http://www.topbrassmusic.com
Fran is proud to serve on the board of directors for one of the most refreshing performance ensembles to come along in a good while. Comprised of classically trained virtuosos, Top Brass has developed a strong reputation, winning several national chamber music competitions. They've performed around the world, appearing several times at Carnegie Hall, building a strong following. Whether playing classical, swing, Baroque or big band, the group approaches each performance with an exuberant, fresh look and sound that really KICKs!
http://www.wglasser.com
The mission of the William Glasser Institute is to teach all people Choice Theory and to use it as the basis for training in reality therapy, quality school education and lead-management.
http://www.worldlaughtertour.com
The humor and laughter movement has been going strong for many years. Some date efforts to promote the positive uses of humor and laughter back 5,000 years to Tibetan Buddhist laughter practices. Others identify the onset of the modern movement with the publication of Norman Cousin's Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived by the Patient. Whatever you think about when it all started, the laughter club is the most recent and practical contribution to the humor and laughter movement. Find out why a laughter club might be just the thing you need to KICK IT IN!
http://www.youthleadership.com
Youthleadership.com is an online resource for youth leadership education and development. Intended for individuals interested in the education and preparation of youth leaders through high standards and timely information, Youthleadership.com is designed to give you ideas and has a forum to discuss current issues related to youth leadership development. To access information updated monthly, a subscription is available for a small annual fee.
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