The LEADER in ME Model

Can THE LEADER in ME impact schools in such a way as to impact mental models?
Notes from the book:

"By teaching the skills of self-discipline, self-reliance, and self confidence, the teachers are fostering the opportunity to learn life skills... my children are being educated to open the door to their future rather than waiting for the door to open."

Jennifer Collins a parent at a Leader in Me school

"Everyday I get to see empowered five- and six-year-olds truly caring about our school's learning environment."

Maggie Lozano, Kindergarten Teacher at Stuard Elementary

"We concluded that students who go through the 7 Habits will be planners, they will take responsibility for their own learning..."

Jeanne Paynem Professional Development Coordinator, Decatur City Schools

The intent of this program as Stephen Covey puts it is to,

"teach them (children) how to lead their individual lives and how to succeed in the twenty-first century."

An old proverb reads with the same emphasis on the next generation: "My son, if you accept my words
and store them up within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding,
3 and if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand …
and find knowledge.

We may have to rally our students to confidently attack their own individual gaps in order to close our achievement gap. Each child has a choice to make about their future- and we might have some tools that can help them.