Educator Level Student Leadership Development
They are the boots on the ground. They represent the organization’s goals and those that work above them. They establish relationships with students and are the role-models of leadership.
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Leadership education differs across age levels. Leadership development at younger ages can lead to long-term leadership skills. (Brungardt, 1997).
Youth characteristics can be used to address leadership skills. They want to make a difference, they are emotionally charged and they are self-conscious (Welsh, 2007).
Teachers and students should be able to work in an effortless and seamless way—known as the flow state (Rosch & Meixner, 2011).
Students learn from adults around them what strong leadership looks like (Brungardt, 1997).
•Keep leadership education developmentally appropriate
•Build trust and relationships
•Maintain credibility through appropriate relationships demonstrating balance
•Create a learning culture of inclusion
•Develop their independence and give opportunities for them to demonstrate it
•Use the conditions of the flow state
•Be the role model your students learn from
•Be transparent and honest
•Respect them and show your faith in them
Teton Science Schools’ grey band of leadership principles to be created based on age groups
Community and Culture Building
Lesson Plans to be added