QVE- Leadership Development Model
Dear QVE Family,
Our mission at QVE is to inspire and equip all learners to create innovative solutions to learning by becoming leaders of their own learning.
Instead of looking at leadership as a position such as a CEO or a manager, we define leadership as taking 100% responsibility for your actions and being accountable for your results. We believe that if each member of our community (teachers, staff, students, and families) exercised their power of choice- we will develop a community of people that are effective problem solvers that have the courage to take initiative when presented with challenges.
A few of the ways we are introducing our students to leadership include:
· Adopting Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as a way to teach our students and staff habits of successful people.
· Have each student track/monitor his progress using data notebooks.
· Displaying leadership bulletin boards around to the school to remind students that they are all leaders.
· Distributing wrist bands that display the habits to reinforce the behaviors we wish to see.
We are proud of the results of these initiatives and after giving careful consideration to our leadership development model and its’ impact on our culture, community, and student attendance data we have decided to go one step further and become a Leader in Me School!
As a Leader in Me School our students, staff, and families will:
· Become trained in the 7 Habits by members of Franklin Covey’s team.
· Have the ability to continue use of the habits with proper licensing.
· Receive resources and support as we build out our leadership development model.
· Be a “model” leadership school for the district and the world as we set out to become a Lighthouse School.
· Be introduced to other forms of data tracking tools that will enable our students to interpret, monitor, and guide their progress.
Becoming a Leader in Me School does come with a price, as we would have to raise money for licensing to continue use of the 7 Habits, training, and resources. Our team of teachers are looking at fundraisers, talking to community businesses, and seeking other ways to fund the Leader in Me model. Soon you will receive information about how you can help us reach and support our goal.
I have met with our staff, members of the PTO, and talked with some of our student leaders who are behind this initiative and excited about becoming a Leader in Me School.
This is just another way we are finding innovative solutions to the learning needs of our 21st Century students!
We appreciate your support and look forward to building out a leadership model we can all be proud of!
Your partner in education,
Principal Spears and the Quail Valley Elementary Students, Teachers, and Staff
*See video below for more information about Leader in Me