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Welcome to Education Unimagined, where current and former students share how they imagine education and schools could be regarding student leadership! It’s time for a change in education, we need to empower our youth with both education and leadership so that they can take up the mantle of our future. What are we doing to empower students who want to make a difference? When we say an educator’s job is to inspire the future generation, we should take this seriously. So why not start imagining what could be, and that starts with listening to the voices of students? How about a particular school where all students are encouraged and supported in leadership roles that are relevant to their personal interests? In many ways, schools can be devoted exclusively to student aspirations while Education Unimagined is an opportunity to give students a voice, in a system where often their voices are unheard. We ask them to share their experiences and offer advice on how we can do better for all.
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Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
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Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
When I started thinking about leadership this way I was still teaching chemistry. In school, we often ask students who understand the content to support other students who might be struggling. We don’t express to either student that this grouping has much more value than just helping one student better understand the material. Leadership skills (confidence, communication, and listening to name a few) are being developed, both students are stepping out of their zones of not learning (comfort and panic) and into their challenge zone. I loved this method so much, but as a chemistry teacher, I didn’t know how much power there was in using this in all areas of education, and personal growth.
When I stepped into a leadership coach position for students at the High School where I taught, I took the idea embedded in the program - our leaders (junior and senior students) worked to help freshmen develop study skills and leveled that idea up with what I was dining in my chemistry class. Some of my senior students were in their second year of the program and they had acquired skills that the new leaders hadn’t. I took that and had the returning seniors give training to the new leaders. It put them in a leadership position that the new leaders wanted to try - which built up their confidence. I have never wanted to be the one with all the knowledge as a teacher - it seemed so one-sided, and so I took this back into my chemistry classroom. Sitting here writing about this today - I don’t know if I realized how I integrated this model in so much of my teaching those last few years in the classroom. It truly set me up to create the best possible programming for the company Peers not Fears.
When I left the classroom I had so many ideas on how leadership could be developed, I created a curriculum, I shared segments of that curriculum with all ages and it worked every time. Some groups needed more guidance and direction, but it still worked.
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