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Gary Morgan

The Student Leadership Excellence AcademyPresented at The Leadership Challenge Forum

San Diego, CAAugust 5-6, 2010

Using

The Student Leadership Challenge

to Develop Young Leaders

The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2007 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley. ww.pfeiffer.com. All Student Leadership Challenge and Student LPI materials are the works of the authors and used by permission.

Other content in this presentation is Copyrighted © 2010Gary Morgan.

Workshop Objectives

Participants will:

• Create a brief understanding of the differences in young leaders; middle and high school and college ages

• Explore how to express the Five Practices to young leaders

• Understand of the student/young leader “market”

• Think about your role in developing young leaders

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Faculty Engagement

• The Student Leadership Challenge book, Facilitator’s Guide, Student Planner

• Measurement: Overview of Five Practices in training• Online resources for workshops, retreats, college course,

secondary lesson plans• Classroom Assessment Techniques (CAT’s) (college oriented)

– One minute papers, application cards, impromptu speeches, super password, etc.

• Move from cognitive understanding to behavioral challenges– School activities, involvement, experiential opportunities

• Peers to teach leadership • Appropriate Context


Leadership is…

• Everyone’s business

• A relationship

• Self-development

• Learned

• An ongoing process

TheLeadership Challenge, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2007 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley. ww.pfeiffer.com

Middle School

• Desire for Independence, but has little• Acceptance, peer pressure, bullying

Look outside of self more• Opposite sex comes into relationships

Influences self identity• Short attention span• Need greater structure• First experience with student activities (what leadership is)• Physical, emotional, intellectual development high gear• Beginning to hope and dream

What are other major aspects to consider in leadership development?


Source; National Middle School Association

High School

• Struggle with identityself expression

• No longer a kid• Opposite sex really comes into relationship• Rebels – Why?• Immersion into activities – greater meaning, purpose• Growth/exploration balanced with structure/challenge/support• Leadership is more positional• Recognizes service to others (what is the priority?)• Larger life decisions

Transition to adulthood



College

• Taste of Independence/FreedomManaging emotions and conflict

• Accountability• What do I want to do/Where do I want to go

What do I need to get there• Developing competence• Challenges authority• Personal identity• Development of deeper, more meaningful relationships• Defining integrity• Sees responsibility to community



Common Denominator in Teaching Leadership

Context to the Student Experience

• What meaning does it have for students’ lives?• Why do they need to learn it?• How is it relevant to what they are experiencing “here

and now?”• Demonstrating the value over other things


Five Practices of Exemplary Student Leadershipand Ten Commitments

MODEL THE WAY• CLARIFY VALUES by finding your voice and affirming shared ideals.

• SET THE EXAMPLE by aligning actions and shared values.

INSPIRE A SHARED VISION• ENVISION THE FUTURE by imagining exciting and ennobling

possibilities.

• ENLIST OTHERS in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations.

The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2007 by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner. Reproduced by permission of Pfeiffer, an Imprint of Wiley.

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CHALLENGE THE PROCESS• SEARCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES by seizing the initiative and by looking

outward for innovative ways to improve.

• EXPERIMENT AND TAKE RISKS by constantly generating small wins and learning from experience.

ENABLE OTHERS TO ACT• FOSTER COLLABORATION by building trust and facilitating

relationships.

• STRENGTHEN OTHERS by increasing self-determination and developing competence.


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ENCOURAGE THE HEART• RECOGNIZE CONTRIBUTIONS by showing appreciation for individual

excellence.

• CELEBRATE THE VALUES and victories by creating a spirit of community.


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Leadership Impact


Research confirms that students who engage in The Five Practices of Exemplary Student Leadership get results.

• Higher degree of personal credibility

• Able to increase others’ motivation, performance levels, teamwork

• Successful in representing themselves and their group(s) to others

• Effective in meeting leader-related demands and demands as a student

• Higher-performing and functioning

• Loyalty and commitment

• Reduce apathy, lack of involvement, commitment and attrition

Use of Data to Help Students and Stakeholders Understand Leadership Growth

• Assessment

• Capture point in time snapshots. Does this mean you can measure growth?

• Comparative results and baseline for own campus

• Sharing data (colleagues, assessment plans, department reviews)

• Evidence that students have leadership skills?


Student LPI

Building The Student Leadership ChallengeInto Student Leadership Programs

• What are the core principles in your leadership programs or school that align with the Five Practices?

• What do you currently do on your campus to develop leaders?

• Where are your deficiencies?

• Whose needs are you meeting/not meeting?

• What is the value of better leadership development for your students and organizations at all levels?


• Intensity of training– Format of training, various training designs (time and place)

• Going beyond leadership “skill” to leadership behavior

• How to Measure

• Think about what you can help students become

• How can you re-frame what is currently done?

• How do you articulate your work and success with students with various stakeholders?

• Examples of what you have done

To Help the Student Market


Overview of Activities and Classroom AssignmentsUsed with the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership

Handout posted online or available via e-mail

Includes:• Samples of Objectives/Competencies Related to the Five Practices

• Sample Activities/Course Assignments Related to the Five Practiceso Personal Best Leadership Experienceo Simulationso Case Study Sampleo Skitso Forced debateo Papers/Short writeso Movies and Film

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