Leader In Me
Krueger Primary and Karrer Elementary launched a vision of leadership for our young Bulldogs in 2023, when it officially became a Leader in Me school. Leader in Me is a whole-school transformation model that improves the performance of all school programs. As a Leader in Me school, students, families, and staff learn how to be responsible, show initiative, be creative, set goals and meet them, get along with people of various backgrounds and cultures, resolve conflicts, and solve problems.
Dr. Covey, the author of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, defines leadership as “communicating a person’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.” As a Leader in Me school, everyone learns how to apply the 7 Habits to their personal and academic/professional lives. We apply our leadership skills to academics through goal-setting, data tracking, and student led events. Together, we recognize and celebrate the greatness of each student, and provide opportunities for them to develop into their full potential.
Leadership is not for a few but for everyone! Leadership is not a position. It is action – the actions we take everyday. Let’s be leaders together and inspire change in our communities. Our hope is that each of you will join us on this journey of greatness!
For more information, visit the Leader in Me website. Ongoing research continually reveals evidence of the significant impact of the Leader in Me.
The 7 Habits
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is one of the key frameworks of the Leader in Me process. The 7 Habits help students learn and apply communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and social-emotional skills. Additionally, the 7 Habits give students, families, and staff members a common language and are essential in building a strong leadership culture at our school.
Habits for Leading Yourself
Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habits for Leading Others
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habits for Renewal & Contribution
Social Emotional
Essential to leadership development is Leader in Me’s unique approach to the application of effective social and emotional skills in real-life situations and student-led learning. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), the world’s leading organization in the practice of promoting integrated academic, social, and emotional learning for all children, conducted an extensive review of Leader in Me. CASEL determined that the Leader in Me training, support, and materials offer their highest level of support to schools across all five of their recognized settings; classroom, school, family, community, and general. As a result of their review and the research evidence, CASEL endorsed Leader in Me as a recommended evidence-based social-emotional learning (SEL) solution.
While Leader in Me and CASEL Competencies have different names, their underlying outcomes are so closely related that as Leader in Me students develop leadership competencies, they are also developing CASEL’s competencies. This aligned development provides students with the skills needed to be lifelong learners and Life-Ready Leaders.
