Do the Adventure!   It's new! It's easy! It's a process! It's Adventures in Leadership! It's a process to do MN FCCLA projects!     Anyone can do the Adventure: Individuals      Classroom      After School Chapter   What do I care about? Brainstorm to identify a concern you have. What do I do? Investigate solutions & plan. Do talk to others! Network with professionals. Just do it! Act on it. SHOW AND TELL! Demonstrate and tell others what you did.     Adventures in Leadership   The Minnesota Association of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America develops leadership in learners through a 5-step process called the Adventures in Leadership. Follow the process to learn, develop skills, and successfully execute projects. The process can be implemented in many different settings--in the classroom, in after school chapters, and by individuals.   The Adventures in Leadership process encourages learners to 1. Identify a content area and/or a concern; 2. Research the content area and plan possible solutions to the concerns or a project related to the content area; 3. Network with a person who has experience related to the content area and can provide guidance; 4. Act by doing the project or activity related to the content area and/or concern; 5. Demonstrate and share what was learned and accomplished with others.   Below are three illustrations of how the Adventures in Leadership process works in different settings.        1. Learn more about teamwork.   5. Developed a display of the team-building activity day and put it in the elementary library. 2. Read the Dynamic Leadership handbook and Take the Lead Power of One. 4. Organize team-building activities for six graders. 3. Speak with a manager from the local company about teamwork and how the employees work as a team.        1. Child Development-- Learn about age appropriate games for preschoolers.   5. Each team of students will create a display board on the age appropriate game they planned for the preschool. The boards will be displayed for a FACS Showcase of Work during elementary parent/teacher conferences. 2. Research information on age appropriate activities on the internet. Use state mentoring resources because students will organize a preschool and develop mentoring relationships. 4. Students plan a week of class for preschoolers. Preschoolers will come and do age appropriate activities planned by teams of students. 3. Students network with local day care providers. Students have to visit the daycare, interview workers and share with them one age appropriate activity idea he/she has.        1. Students are interested in violence prevention in school.   5. Representative from the chapter did a STAR Event on the project. Also, the chapter applied for the National STOP the Violence Award. 2. Students review at Jason Dorsey's book and use STOP the Violence and the MN Make the Peace materials. 4. Students organize a blue ribbon panel of violence prevention specialist for the school. 3. Students work closely with the local police officer and school counselor to develop a project.       Adventures in Leadership   The Minnesota Association of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America develops leadership in learners through a 5-step process called the Adventures in Leadership. Students follow the process to learn, develop skills, and successfully implement projects. The process can be implemented in many different settings--in the classroom, in after school chapters, and by individuals.    Identify concerns. Brainstorm and choose a concern that you would like to work. Example content areas: Families Career Exploration and work skills Character development Self-esteem Nutrition Financial management Consumerism Health and Wellness Child Development Resource management International affairs Violence Prevention Community Building Environmental Issues Public relations and marketing  Research Possible Solutions and Plan. Use the state & national FCCLA resources and identify other resources to develop a plan/project that addresses the concern identified within your school or community. National FCCLA Resources: Families First Career Connection Dynamic Leadership Leaders at Work Community Service Power of One Financial Fitness Student Body Public Relations Manual Step One STOP the Violence FACTS--Traffic Safety Japanese Exchange Program   State FCCLA Resources: LIFT Mentoring Individual Mentoring Jamaica Project Service Learning PEN Handbook Individual Excellence Awards Make the Peace Campaign  Network with an adult/professional. Ask a professional with experience related to the content area to give advice and guidance on how to complete the project. Resource People: Family Counselor Career Counselor Teacher Job Placement Center worker Pastor School Cook/Dietician Banker Business Professionals Day Care Provider Sports Manager/Athletic Director Community Leaders Reporter/Journalist/PR manager Group home worker Person lived/traveled abroad Local and State politicians Pediatrician Doctor Special Education Teacher Police Officer Retired person with experience related to issue Parent with a child with a learning disability  Act. Complete the project. Planning Process: Who, What, Where, When  Demonstrate learning/Peer education. Present to your peer, classmates or community on what the project entailed and key learning.  This could be the basis of a STAR Event or chapter display.    Ways to Demonstrate: STAR Event Presentation in class Display in public place Fact Sheet/Flyer handed out Public Service Announcements Press Release in paper Presentation to a community group Recognition for Learning: National Project Awards STAR Events STOP the Violence Award   Leaders at Work Scholarships   Community Service Award State Level Chapter of Excellence   STAR Events Local Level Pins   Certificates