Register for the Leadership Labs that interest you the most! You can register for however many Labs you would like, but please register for only one Lab during a single time block (either 9AM-12PM or 1-4PM). You must attend the full 3 hour period in order to receive credit. As you know, you are required to complete a certain number of Leadership Labs in the High School Support Phase. If you have questions about how many more you need to complete, please contact your Academic Counselor or Simmy Kumar ([email protected]).
See the full list of Leadership Labs below, please click on the date and time in the home tab to register for the session.
Saturday, December 8: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Things I Wish I Would’ve Known in High School
Instructor: Jen Weigel | Description: It’s okay if you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up. No matter how many times you change your mind, there are fundamental skills that are valuable in any role. Your instructor, Jen Weigel, a global program manager at Amazon, learned these lessons by changing careers over the years: from accountant to lawyer to copywriter to data analyst to business manager. In this workshop, students who aren’t sure what they want to do when they “grow up” will learn more about skills that are valuable no matter what you do, and create an action plan to learn more about potential careers/majors that interest them.
Saturday, December 8: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Confidence. Clarity. Connection.
Instructor: Armani O’Neal | Description: Being able to convey a message is perhaps one of the most powerful tools there is. Learn to communicate effectively, as it’s becoming increasingly important in today’s social settings, classrooms, and organizations. Every great speaker demonstrates these three C’s: Confidence - learning to put nerves aside because you know the message you have to deliver is more powerful without them. Clarity - telling a story to listeners that they can easily follow. Connection - realizing the most important tool you have is your authentic self, your real-life experiences, and how they connect you with others. Armani’ O’Neal work with McGee Air Services as the Sr. Learning & Development Specialist. She oversees leadership development, performance management, and training delivery.
Saturday, December 8: 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost: Designing Technology For YOU
Instructor: Hannah Lewbel and Lisa Cherian | Tolkien once wrote that all that is gold does not glitter, and not all those who wander are lost. Come join technology leaders and friends, Hannah Lewbel & Lisa Cherian, for a fun hands-on human-centered workshop that teaches you how to build technology that helps people and integrates with your passions. You will be the center of your own web design project, learning how to ideate, design, and code in a team, and participate in discussions on cultivating empathy, facing and overcoming personal and career challenges, and designing products that work for diverse customers. Hannah Lewbel is a multi-disciplinary technology leader, both a Hardware and Software Engineer, a kickass single mom, an underwater photographer, and an inventor. Hannah has run her own product tech company, engineered computer systems for Apple, designed and built Kindles for Amazon, and is currently at Microsoft making a digital Whiteboard that helps teams create and brainstorm together. She volunteers locally teaching computer science to high school students, and works closely with many organizations that encourage and support women & girls in technical disciplines. Lisa Cherian is a Design leader and User Experience Designer who is passionate about creating technology that enhances people’s lives. She has extensive experience designing for diversity across many different types of products, and she’s fantastic at growing high-performing fun teams that enable people to be themselves at work. She combines passions for art and design with technology development, allowing her to do what she loves in ways that helps colleagues and customers.
Saturday, December 8: 1:00 to 4:00 PM
What is EQ?
Instructor: Erica Lerro | Description: What is EQ? In this session, we will explore emotional intelligence, or EQ and how to notice, manage, and learn from our human emotions. Research has shown that EQ leads to higher grades, improved memory, reduced stress, and increased attention. Through experiential exercises, group work, and interactive discussion you will learn how to identify and respond to your emotions in order to create a longer term plan for healthy emotional intelligence! Erica Lerro has been a adjunct faculty member, career coach, yoga teacher, psychotherapist, and talent development professional throughout her career. She currently manages talent programs for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and lives in Seattle where she can bike commute to work and catch a sunset over the lake each evening.
Sunday, December 9: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Connecting your Values and Interests to College and Careers
Instructors: Kimberly Petersen and Giovanni Milan | Description: Don’t rely on a Magic 8-Ball to tell your future! Ask yourself: what are your values and how do they shape who you are and who you want to become? What influences in your life have led you to those values, and how are they connected with your journey to college and beyond? Through a series of fun and interactive activities, come and explore your interests and how they relate to your choice of college, academic major, and career pathways. Kimberly Petersen and Giovanni Milan are part of the Rainier Scholars College Support team supporting college students and recent graduates with their career and professional development.
Sunday, December 9: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Helpful Calculator Hacks!
Instructor: Liz Sadler | Description: Being able to use your TI 84/TI 84+ graphing calculator well makes math classes so much easier, more fun and much more understandable. In this workshop you will learn how to program formulas (like the Quadratic Formula or Pythagorean Theorem) into your calculator, how to use the STO button to make calculations more quickly and without typos, how to use all the graphing tools - so you will be able to check your answers easily, as well as other helpful tools that a TI-84 can do. This workshop is best for students in classes below Calculus and/or those who need some more help in maximizing the benefit of their calculator usage. If you have one, you must bring your calculator to the workshop. This workshop is taught by Rainier Scholars’ very own Liz Sadler, who is the resident genius for all things Math.
Sunday, December 9: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Let’s Get this Bread: Credit, Banking, Investing
Instructor: Tola Atewologun | For young people entering adulthood, the 3 pillars of financial success are banking, credit, and investing. This Leadership Lab is meant to give students an introduction to money and finance. This workshop will help you understand why banks are the best place to put your money, why loans are often a necessary burden, and why investing is the among the best ways to build wealth in America. You will learn how the American financial system is a tool, and like any tool, if used correctly it can be used to serve your needs. The instructor is Tola Atewologun; he has spent over half a dozen years a public sector financial analyst. He has worked for the Social Security Administration, Department of Defense, and the Federal Reserve Bank. Tola is an autodidact, lender, avid investor, and is skilled at using existing financial systems to serve his own needs.