WITS LEADS Program
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Throughout the WITS LEADS Training Sessions, you will encounter the icons below. Read their descriptions to learn more about what they signify and how they can enhance your understanding and implementation of the sessions.

WHAT KIDS SAY
Actual responses from students in the WITS LEADS Program about WITS LEADS strategies and resources.

IMPORTANT IDEAS
Info and definitions for teachers that provide context for WITS LEADS strategies and activities.

The WITS LEADS Training Program is an innovative way for educators to teach children in Grades 4 to 6 about the problem-solving skills represented by the LEADS acronym: Look and listen, Explore points of view, Act, Did it work? and Seek help. The program consists of five training sessions, one for each problem-solving strategy, and focuses on leadership, social responsibility and teaching children to become WITS Leaders who can help younger students apply their WITS and seek help from a responsible adult.

Getting Started

The WITS LEADS Training Sessions help students explore concepts that promote positive peer interactions. The interactive sessions also encourage classroom discussions about strategies to resolve conflicts and incidents of bullying. Most of the sessions feature lesson plans based on easily accessible multimedia and widely available children's books.

Each training session builds on the previous one so optimally the sessions should be completed sequentially. For greater flexibility, however, the lesson plans included in the training sessions may also be used independently and in any order.

Use the icons below to access the five WITS LEADS Training Sessions