Leadership
Criteria
Student takes on a substantial leadership role, initiating action, motivating and influencing others, and creating change, either within or outside of school, and reflects on what they have learned about leadership.
Student takes on a management position but does not have the authority to determine the direction of the group’s actions.
Student joins an activity but accepts responsibility only for their own actions.
Examples
A student has a longstanding commitment to a school service club and has held various management roles, rising to the top position in Grade 11. After a year of successful management, the student identifies a creative new project that can help the club more successfully pursue its mission. The student also reorganizes club communication strategies. Through creative leadership, this student re-defines her role and creates positive change.
A student who plays volleyball in school and on a community club team rises to captain of both teams. For the school team, this role includes organizing practice warm-ups and fundraising. For the club team, this role includes calling plays and communicating with the team, families, and community. When the club team wins a national championship, this student is recognized for transformative leadership by the coach and teammates.
A student recognizes a need in the community for English tutors and, through building positive relationships with peers, builds a team to volunteer at a local community center to deliver English lessons and small group tutoring to children and adults alike. Over the course of two years, this initiative grows into a much larger project popular in the local community. Recognizing the positive bridge to the community, the school provides a faculty advisor and a small budget to help the new club be sustainable after the student graduates.