Comments on: How do you teach leadership in high school? http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/how-do-you-teach-leadership-in-high-school/ Management and Creative Thinking Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:47:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kirsti http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/how-do-you-teach-leadership-in-high-school/comment-page-1/#comment-646343 Kirsti Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:26:39 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1133#comment-646343 hello! I am an Empowerment Coach for women, children and parents and also deliver leadership programs for businesses and organisations. I am in consultation with some schools now about running leadership programs in schools to empower young children. My aim is to teach life skills that is not taught at school. With the right help, right influence, role models and experience, I believe everyone can reach for their dreams with unshakeable confidence.

I have completed a Bachelor of Scinece (Hons) from UNSW and worked as a Social Scientist and studied human behaviour for 10 years in both the public and private sector in Sydney. I have worked extensively with organisations such as The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), News Limited (Newspoll) and Tourism Australia. I moved into Life and Performance coaching three years ago to assist and inspire people to become influential leaders and people.

I have featured in magazines and editorials and am also the resident Life Coach for an online company http://www.mumzone.com.au.

I am passionate about healing mothers, women, children from the inside out to be the best they can be. I am passionate about assiting children to overcome self limiting beliefs, setting and achieving goals, improving communication skills and confidence. I am also committed to working with leaders in communities to achieve positive change. My philosophy is to ‘build people up, not tear people down’. I was recently asked to be the keynote speaker for Interntaional Womens day in the kakadu, NT.

I would be more than happy to talk to you about developing leadership programs.

Regards,
Kirsti Boothroyd

Kirsti’s services include personal coaching, executive coaching and leadership programs.

]]> By: Terrie Gifford http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/how-do-you-teach-leadership-in-high-school/comment-page-1/#comment-625896 Terrie Gifford Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:08:11 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1133#comment-625896 Contact your local Toastmasters International club. Toastmasters International offers a program of practicing leadership and public speaking in a supportive environment. Ask for someone who has an advanced designation to come to speak to your group. Contact your local Toastmasters International club. Toastmasters International offers a program of practicing leadership and public speaking in a supportive environment. Ask for someone who has an advanced designation to come to speak to your group.

]]> By: Katy Jurney-Davey http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/how-do-you-teach-leadership-in-high-school/comment-page-1/#comment-617690 Katy Jurney-Davey Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:13:09 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/?p=1133#comment-617690 I am a teacher in a remote, rural school district in Alaska. A few years back we recognized that leadership within our district had drastically dropped off. Under the guidance of our School-to-Life program coordinator, several staff got together and formed the Student Leadership Advisory Committee (SLAC). We put together a leadership program that continually evolves as our students grow and their needs change. Our main goal is to expose all students in the district to the traits of a good leader, which were determined and described by our original group of leadership students. We expose students to these traits through lessons written by the members of the SLAC and implemented by the student leaders (though we are currently in the process of teaching our student leaders how to develop this curriculum themselves). Because our 13 village schools are spread out around 29,000 square miles, we have to fly our students into one village for athletic events, which we have turned into Leadership and Athletics Jamborees, adding an extra day to engage the students in leadership activities. Downtime between games is also filled with leadership activities. Plus, students in the leadership group also take time to present lessons to the younger kids in the classroom at the schools in which the jamborees are held (the jamborees are always in different villages so that all the students in the district get a chance at exposure to the leadership curriculum). The results have been awesome to watch, and our whole SLAC is incredibly proud of our leadership kids and the participants in the jamborees. I am a teacher in a remote, rural school district in Alaska. A few years back we recognized that leadership within our district had drastically dropped off. Under the guidance of our School-to-Life program coordinator, several staff got together and formed the Student Leadership Advisory Committee (SLAC). We put together a leadership program that continually evolves as our students grow and their needs change. Our main goal is to expose all students in the district to the traits of a good leader, which were determined and described by our original group of leadership students. We expose students to these traits through lessons written by the members of the SLAC and implemented by the student leaders (though we are currently in the process of teaching our student leaders how to develop this curriculum themselves). Because our 13 village schools are spread out around 29,000 square miles, we have to fly our students into one village for athletic events, which we have turned into Leadership and Athletics Jamborees, adding an extra day to engage the students in leadership activities. Downtime between games is also filled with leadership activities. Plus, students in the leadership group also take time to present lessons to the younger kids in the classroom at the schools in which the jamborees are held (the jamborees are always in different villages so that all the students in the district get a chance at exposure to the leadership curriculum). The results have been awesome to watch, and our whole SLAC is incredibly proud of our leadership kids and the participants in the jamborees.

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