Developing Student Leaders: Training and Instruction
While leadership experience and the role of a mentor and a community can be significant, at some point developing student leaders is going to require some training and instruction. These “leadership classroom”...
Developing Student Leaders: The significance of community
A relationship with a mentor who is modelling leadership character and skills is significant for a young leader, but can we go one step better? What might be the impact if they were connected to a community of young leaders who...
Developing Student Leaders: Modelling and Mentoring
What does it take to develop student leaders? In my previous post, I suggested that a good starting point might be to provide an opportunity for students to gain some experience in leading. Let them experiment a bit with the...
Developing student leaders: A leadership experiment?
When it comes to learning, I am a bit of a “theory first” person. I prefer to have a good understanding of the concepts and principles involved before I risk trying anything. So, when it comes to the question of...
What does it take to develop student leaders in your school?
Last month, the ACSI Europe team hosted our 21st annual student leadership conference. In fact, it was two conferences! There are more schools wishing to participate in SLC than we can accommodate at one time, so we ran the...
Creating Space for Creativity
There is little doubt that creativity is something that is valued, even demanded, in the modern workplace. But how much space do we allow in our schools and classrooms for teachers and students to think creatively and try out new...
Should I let my students lead?
Letting our students lead is a risk. They don’t have the experience or perhaps the maturity to see things the way we do… they are bound to make mistakes. Is it worth the risk of giving them some control over their...