{"id":310,"date":"2016-11-19T06:36:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T10:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/?p=310"},"modified":"2016-11-19T06:39:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T10:39:41","slug":"student-leadership-engagement-enthusiasm-and-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/2016\/11\/19\/student-leadership-engagement-enthusiasm-and-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Leadership: Engagement, Enthusiasm, and Empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three years ago, I got the chance to start working in our newly formed program called Leadership, Character, and Values (LCV). Aimed at building leadership from grade 9<a href=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-18-at-8.48.45-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-311 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-18-at-8.48.45-PM-232x300.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-11-18-at-8-48-45-pm\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-18-at-8.48.45-PM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/cohort21.com\/timrollwagen\/files\/2016\/11\/Screen-Shot-2016-11-18-at-8.48.45-PM.png 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a> through to grade 12, it focuses on scaffolding successful leadership skills as students moved through their high school experience and then off to post-secondary education. Like most independent schools,\u00a0the diversity of \u00a0student programming is both wide and sometimes competitive (often competing against each other for time and space).<\/p>\n<p>We have spent the past few years building the program and slowly earning the\u00a0respect (program-wise) of both staff and students. That being said,\u00a0our students are constantly pulled in many directions which creates\u00a0a hierarchy of priority, which sometimes results in &#8216;Leadership&#8217; being prioritised\u00a0differently when up against academics, athletics, arts, and other programs. By empathising with the students, it is easy to understand why they might disengage\u00a0in a program like LCV when it&#8217;s new, mandatory, and immersed in a program demanding school such as mine. Though\u00a0I have seen an increased engagement over the years, I am still challenged to create an engaging program that drives enthusiasm and empowers students to embrace and value skills surrounding leadership and character.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it all come down to?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All leadership is based\u00a0on the ability to work together and build relationships. If the students aren&#8217;t aware of their own abilities and &#8216;types&#8217;, then how are they able to correct actions that would affect their own ability to work with others on a day to day basis.<\/li>\n<li>Values must be core understandings of who they are and what they can contribute to the class\/program<\/li>\n<li>Awareness of who <strong>THEY<\/strong>\u00a0are is key.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This year, I&#8217;m hoping to tackle three distinct areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Build a program that engages students to think deeply about their\u00a0leadership potential (as defined by them)<\/li>\n<li>Empower students to make decisions, plan events, and become aware of their own strengths and weakness as they apply it to working with others and building relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Create an enthusiasm around the leadership, character, and values program.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Scaffolding the year:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I ran a two-hour leadership retreat for the grade 11&#8217;s. The goal was to create awareness around\u00a0their &#8216;type&#8217; (defined by Extrovert\/Introvert, Thinker\/Feeler, Sensor\/Intuitive, Perceiver\/Judger) and how it affects their ability to work in teams as they are tasked this year with designing the student Christmas party and a Global Literacy Initiative week in the spring. Teamwork, awareness of self, and leadership will ultimately be the key to their success.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the morning retreat, each grade 11 completed a newly designed Personality Type &#8216;Verifier&#8217; through a program called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.type-coach.com\/\">TypeCoach<\/a> developed in association with Harvard and Stanford. From\u00a0the results we designed a program to\u00a0increase personal awareness of how their type will affect their ability to work with others. The resulting report is eye-opening and gives areas to work on, challenges they face, strengths they have, and suggested techniques when working with other &#8216;Types&#8217; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/lcs.on.ca\/file\/d\/0B471a24wX2GNM1g1c0dYNmVyQTQ\/view?usp=sharing\">Here is my report for an idea of what that looks like.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a few team challenges (including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H0_yKBitO8M\">18-minute Marshmallow Challenge developed by Tim Wujec<\/a> &#8211; see below) and individual reflection we had them &#8216;own&#8217; their type and make commitment statements for the year. \u00a0I am hoping that we can circle back throughout the year to their type and these statements.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Build a tower, build a team | Tom Wujec\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H0_yKBitO8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Love to hear your thoughts, feedback, suggestions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My Challenge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How might I build a leadership program for the Grade 11 class that empowers and engages a meaningful and enthusiastic approach to leadership, character, and values?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three years ago, I got the chance to start working in our newly formed program called Leadership, Character, and Values (LCV). 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