JSOnline - ULS Credited with Incorporating Leadership Lessons into Class Activities
4/13/2010
Nothing taught University Lake School senior Katie Effertz as much about leadership as the trip she took with some classmates last spring to Santiago, Chile.
There, she helped guide a group of Spanish-speaking students through some of the games and other lessons her class had prepared on leadership for other high school students in Waukesha County. And she did it all in Spanish.
"It definitely helped me grow in confidence," Effertz said. "I think I shook throughout the entire presentation."
Some believe that leadership is something you either have or you don't. But schools such as ULS believe leadership can be taught.
The private college preparatory school in Delafield started its leadership program about 10 years ago, and now it teaches leadership skills - from conflict resolution and goal-setting to decision-making and tolerance - to students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Read the full story @ JSOnline >>>
 Seventh-grade students lead fourth-grade students in the leadership curriculum at University Lake School by participating in the "human knot" exercise on the school’s rope course. Leadership lessons at the school require students to teach other groups of students and complete service projects. |