EQUIP 2
STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR YEAR 11 OR YEAR 12 STUDENTS- ONLY AVAILABLE AS PART OF A 2 OR 3 DAY PACKAGE.
UPP student leadership training days are action-packed, fun-filled and designed to equip your year 11 cohort with leadership skills that will have them stepping up to the challenge to be positive leaders and role models - by example, service and action.
“Equip 2” is full day workshop. It is a high energy, high impact training, and it calls upon every student to contribute through their influence, strengths, teamwork and actions. The following sessions are the next steps along the leadership pathway for your students. It provides a deeper exploration of the themes we embedded through EQUIP LEADERSHIP. Many schools use this as a very effective format for a 3 day school camp.
FULL DAY OUTLINE
SESSION 1- THE POWER OF INFLUENCE
What is influence? What difference can I make?SESSION 2- T.E.A.M.S.
Team building session with a focus on building synergy, communication and working together. Revisiting the A.S.P.I.R.E concept learned on Day 1.SESSION 3 - DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP STRENGTHS
Explores 3 types of leaders (prophet, planner, people). Helping to understand our strengths, and those of others in order to achieve synergy.
For your formal student leadership groups, our "Leading from the front" workshop is designed to provide support to students who have been entrusted with the responsibility of leading the school in a formal way. It is a great follow-up to the whole cohort EQUIP LEADERSHIP day.
“Equip Leadership is an outstanding experience of leadership, through connection, activity, conversation, engagement and influence.”
Expertly Designed Workshops
All UPP workshops are expertly designed by respected educator Luke McKenna and delivered by our team of highly trained specialists. Since 2015, these practical, engaging, and age-appropriate programs have positively impacted over 400,000 Australian students and are trusted by teachers and principals nationwide.
Engaging Learning Approach
We use a proven learning, action, reflection approach in every workshop, engaging students through videos, stories, interactive activities, reflection, teamwork, and partner sharing. For more details, check out our guarantee.
Follow-Up Resources for Teachers
Follow-up resources are provided for teachers after each workshop to reinforce key messages throughout the school year. These resources provide clear language and practical strategies to help continue your students’ learning in an engaging, consistent way.
Details and Pricing
The investment for this engaging and transformative incursion, including follow-up materials, is $22 + GST per student (minimum investment of $1,800+GST/day), plus travel expenses if applicable. Delivered at your school — by team members based in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne — this whole-cohort workshop works best in a school hall or similar space. For the greatest impact, we recommend that teachers with an interest or role in the development of the cohort attend for the whole day (Eg Heads of House), as this has many benefits to the students and school moving forward.
Schools outside these areas may consider our online workshop option.
Contact Us
If you have questions about how our workshops can benefit your students, please contact Luke at 0407 677 253.
What our partner schools say
“UPP are highly professional in their approach, facilitating a leadership day with our College that both reinforced the work we had already undertaken with the students as part of our leadership process while introducing complementary information to enhance their understanding of student leadership. They did this using theory and practical activities which engaged and inspired the students to make an impact as College leaders in their senior year.”
“This is a very worthwhile program that is perfectly aimed at the age bracket, their current place in the world, their values and especially their degree of resilience. I especially enjoyed the program and activities in immediately taking all of our students out of their comfort zone, challenging them physically, emotionally and intellectually. Presenters very quickly established great rapport and respect. Awesome.”
““The UPP program is dynamic, highly engaging, relevant and meaningful to our students and staff. I highly recommend the UPP team.””
““The Equip Leadership day was great, high energy and engaging, the student feedback was great. Keen to book again for next year.””
“A big thank you to the UPP team. The session Pete and Hogan ran was fantastic and really allowed our students to come out of their shells and engage with one another. We surveyed students at the end of the day and there was an overwhelming positive response about the UPP session.”
“UPP worked with our Yr 11s on a leadership preparation program again this year. They listened to our needs and catered a program around them. It was heavily activity based, delivered with intensity and humour which kept our students engaged throughout the day. Our students are extremely diverse culturally, racially and socio-economically, yet this program was once again able to reach every single student.”
Praise for UPP
"This is the best program I have seen in many years in this job. Well presented, energetic, meaningful with clear messages. Appropriate activities that allowed leadership and teamwork to be shown. An excellent program." Stan Kosiek- Head of House- Marist College, Ashgrove
"Fantastic program. Excellent to see all students actively participating. Students were highly engaged and had a lot to take away." Teacher- Toogoolawah SHS.
"The UPP team find creative and active ways to communicate, while making meaningful and authentic connections with students." Peter Lavercombe- Year 11 Pastoral Leader- St Benedict's College, Mango Hill
Very, very engaging- the students responded really positively well to you. You related to them and they related to you." Year 11 teacher- Southern Cross Catholic College.
"I would just like to say that I really enjoyed your presentation and the general consensus from students was that you were their favourite speaker on the leadership camp." Liana Tufuga-Mika- Teacher- Southport SHS
"This presentation was excellent and very engaging. Had the right amount of humour. The stories from our presenters had a massive impact." Tim- House Dean-- St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe
"Would recommend UPP personnel to any senior school group." Year 12 Teacher- Trinity College, Beenleigh
"Activities were really good- students were engaged and thoroughly enjoying themselves." Year 11 Teacher- Pimpama State College
“UPP provided a very professional, engaging and interactive leadership camp where students developed and improved a number of individual and team building qualities. It was such a great experience and (two weeks later) the students have not stopped talking about it! This camp has definitely been a fortunate stepping stone in developing fantastic leaders in our Year 11 cohort.” Danielle Kelly, Year 11 Coordinator, St Eugene College, Burpengary
"Both presenters were engaging, knew relevant information, were well prepared and kept the whole group of 180 boys on task." Steve Copping- House Dean- St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe
"Super engaging and simple messages that are easy to implement straight away to influence people." Year 11 Teacher- Pacific Pines SHS
"UPP really strikes a chord with students. Presenters use the best of teaching techniques to leave a lasting, practical and positive impact on young people. Real strategies. Real world. Real life." Christine Clarke- Principal- Mary MacKillop College, Nundah.
"Engaged the whole group and developed a great rapport with students." Jenny Gilshenan- Year 11 Teacher, Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay.
"A great mix of information giving and physical activities to illustrate the point being made. Student were engaged from the outset of camp, until the end." Year 11 teacher- St Benedicts College, Mango Hill.
"UPP presenters were energetic, enthusiastic and engaging on our leadership camp. Students were connecting well with their peers and were well supported by the UPP staff." Amanda Spooner- Year 11 Teacher- St Benedicts College, Mango Hill.