Leader in Me

This year my school had received a grant of  $25,000 to be able to implement a program that is intended to improve the overall environment and performance of the school. This program is called "The Leader in Me" (LiM). Last year for our monthly meetings we had to read chapters in the book written for this program and discuss ways it would help improve our methods and strategies. This year we have a coach that is sent from the program to help implement its model into our current curriculum.

After reading this weeks readings on curriculum development I started to wonder if all schools adopted this method into its curriculum. Because goal setting is so important in developing and changing curriculum, I thought about this program and the goals that I started in the training of this program. I realized that LiM is aimed to empower individuality and create leaders in students to made education more student centered and less teacher led. The model is based off of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which is a book written by Stephen Covey. This model was originally made to improve workers in the business world and increase profits which ultimately creates successful individuals. Now with this program we are about to introduce it to schools.

About Leader in Me

Please check out the resources on the web site and watch the video labeled Why Leader in Me Works. 

Would you want to implement this program in your school?

 How would you apply the model to your own life?

 How can we teach students how to become leaders in their own education?

Why is this model important to you?

 Do you predict this will work in your school?