THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

Specific Programmes within the Leadership Programme

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School Mission, Vision and Values – the cornerstone of an effective Leadership Programme is a complete understanding of these aspects of the school ethos and culture. These are to be discussed with all students. They are to be promulgated and communicated using a range of mediums including: Daily Assemblies; Learning Leadership for Year 9 and 10; Student Diaries and Workbooks; Staff and Prefect and senior student/Form Class role modelling; and the school website.

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Learning Leadership (LL) – this four year progressive formal leadership programme written for and designed to be taught in secondary schools is written by Dr Timothy Hawkes, the Principal of The Kings School in Sydney. This will be delivered by the Leadership Director to the junior school in seminar fashion on a frequency of twice per term, and to Year 11/12 through Character Education within the Leadership Programme in three seminars in Terms 1-3. The details for delivery are contained at Annex C. The Prefect group in 2014 commenced a new initiative to deliver leadership presentations to Year 9 classes, an initiative from their yLead experience in 2013. The Prefect group intend to continue with this initiative.

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Leadership 101 – this will be delivered to Year 13 students on application through the Recreation Programme in Terms 1 and 2 – it is compulsory for all Prefects; covers individual profiles utilising Myers Briggs (MBTI) and Neethling Brain Instrument; introduces leadership theory, leadership styles, personal values, decision making, and ethics.

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Character Education/Barrowclough Mentoring and Goal Setting – the Leadership Director provides the direct mentoring to senior school students in Year 11-13 for individual mentoring and goal setting as required.

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Prefect Development – the Leadership Director has joint responsibility with the Deputy Rector/Deputy Principal for and oversight of the development of the senior leaders in the student body.

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Project Inspire – young men are referred to the Leadership Director as required by Deans, Student Support Services Staff and Senior Management for assistance to reach their potential.

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Project Ascend – young men have mock interview boards arranged with relevant staff representing interview processes to prepare them for interviews for post-secondary placement in educational and other institutions.

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Project Tutor/Mentor – assistance as required with the community service and Mentoring Programme to allow senior students to provide tutoring, mentoring and role modelling to junior school students.

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Project Leader Watch – coordination of an objectivised assessment of all young persons in the school to identify the natural leaders in the school so as to provide advice to senior management when appointing leadership positions in the school.

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School and Community Service – it is recognised that service based or “servant leadership” has and will continue to be a major component of the Leadership Programme. The cornerstone for such leadership finds its roots in the manner in which the school best serves the community in which it lives. This will continue to be developed through Character Education within the Leadership Programme.

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Mentoring – selected Year 13 students, including Prefects will be invited to volunteer to mentor Year 9, 10 and Year 11 Form classes.