Below is a recent interview with Jean-Claude Brizard, the new CEO of Chicago Public Schools .Why did you choose to implement The Leader in Me process with Rochester City School District?“The program is part of an overall belief system, that too often when you look at education we tend to focus on the adults and what they are doing, and seldom do we look at what the children are doing.  We don't...

One year ago we began implementing The Leader in Me. As teachers, we felt that students were starting to understand this new philosophy. However, we never expected what happened at our school's Fun Fair just a few days ago!The station where I worked held a cookie stacking contest in which the top competitor was recorded for each grade level. Amber achieved the top record of 14 cookies for the f...

Recently a group from FranklinCovey Education met Robert, a 5th grade Student Lighthouse Leader from Beaumont Elementary, a Lighthouse School in Michigan. Robert exemplifies the best in The Leader in Me students; he greeted us, shook our hands, made excellent eye contact with each of us, and had a smile that lit up the room! As the only student in a group of adults, Robert’s confidence, poise ,...

CAMP Gator pairs athletes and non-athlete student leaders from the University of Florida with at-risk elementary and middle-school boys and girls. Many of the mentees have discipline issues, high absentee rates, and below average academic achievement. Collegiate student mentors are trained in the 7 Habits while enhancing their leadership, public speaking, and goal-setting skills. When these lea...

At Brentwood School of Business and Leadership, we have experienced some dramatic results in our first year with The Leader in Me. Suspensions at the elementary school have dropped 69% from a year ago, fourth- through sixth-graders are running an active junior chamber of commerce and every student is responsible for a leadership position—from lead gardener to student greeter. What we’re finding...

Just like every other school, we are concerned about bullying and character education. In the past we have had some teachers doing Tribes, others doing Character Counts and some doing other forms of Character Ed and Bully prevention. This year we had the opportunity to begin the year with all employees trained in the 7 Habits. We use the same language Pre-School to 12th grade wherever we are—in...

A 5^th grade student production leader took over 200 pictures of our Leadership Day event and took it upon himself to put it into a video. He brilliantly, without any teacher direction, captured the spirit of the day as students used their strengths as public speakers, greeters, reporters, tour guides, or manned a leadership booth. Enjoy!Matt Miller, PrincipalStanton Elementary, MO