Parma Plan It: The Leader in Me

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Leader in Me

Theodore Roosevelt once stated that, “to educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” In today’s educational system it has become apparent that we have begun to distribute the focus’ of our teachings unevenly, leaving small room for character development education. While academics are important to the growth of a person’s knowledge base, the use of character education helps students learn how to become responsible, caring, and productive citizens. If we are to have a future filled with sustainable families, communities, governments, and economies, we must first take action together to mold today’s children into tomorrow’s leaders."

Thank you for your work in implementing The Leader In Me. I believe it is important that our students continue to hear the language from all of us throughout the day. I have enjoyed observing some of the lessons in the classrooms and hearing the discussions and seeing the activities in the hallway. What other roles of leadership could we give to our students? Where can we let them lead? How can we help them take ownership of creating leaders in our school?

In our assemblies this week, I am reading The Bucket Book to our kids. I am talking to them about the fact that leades are bucket fillers, and that we want a building full of bucket fillers not bucket dippers. Please revisit this with the students. They, especially the younger students, seem to grasp the bucket filling idea.