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 he/she has 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 his or her 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.