Many influences can affect a child’s academic success including physical, mental, social, economic , safety, and more. Leader in Me educators improve school culture with a belief that every child has genius and everyone can be a leader. More than just another program, Leader in Me serves as the foundational operating system that integrates seamlessly into each school’s unique priorities, initiatives, and culture. When implemented with excellence, Leader in Me redefines what it means to be a high-performing school in the 21st century. This new definition of school greatness is represented in three overlapping circles: leadership, culture, and academics.
MODEL – The Leader in Me model empowers educators with core paradigms and effective practices that drive measurable results in leadership, culture, and academics. This See-Do-Get Cycle represents a theory of change all schools can experience.
PROCESS – Leader in Me is a process of continuous improvement that develops students, staff and families. Through ongoing professional learning, coaching, and online resources, Leader in Me aligns class, level and school initiatives.
GLOBAL COMMUNITY – Leader in Me is a global community of educators dedicated to unleashing human potential. The principles and practices of Leader in Me unite diverse cultures around the world and prepare students to excel in a global economy with a common language.
Created by Educators for Educators
After receiving community feedback to improve her failing school in 1999, Muriel Summers, principal of A.B. Combs, integrated Baldridge-quality tools, the 7 Habits, and several other education best practices to implement a leadership model. Within a few years, A.B. Combs was named the #1 Magnet School in America – twice. Thanks to the success of A.B. Combs and other schools, Leader in Me has become a model and process that continues to improve based on feedback from educators throughout the world and the evolving needs in education today.
The Leader in Me is successful at all levels -
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K – 6) – Educating the Whole Child
MIDDLE SCHOOL (6 – 9) – Addressing Social-Emotional Needs
HIGH SCHOOL (9 – 12) – College, Career, and Life-Readiness
Award-Winning Leadership Content
FranklinCovey is the world leader in helping organizations from all industries achieve culture change with award-winning content, tools, methodology, training, and coaching – all based on a foundation of timeless principles and proven practices.
Evidence-Based Results
Ongoing empirical research from over 30 institutions reveals evidence of the significant impact Leader in Me can have in schools, creating the conditions that drive results in the following areas:
Leadership
Culture
Academics
Student Success in the 21st Century
Leader in Me is endorsed by CASEL as an evidence-based social-emotional learning process (K-6). Leader in Me helps schools prepare students with the college, career, and life-readiness skills necessary to thrive in the 21st Century, including:
| Critical Thinking | Relationship Building | Listening Skills |
| Creativity | Goal Achievement | Time Management |
| Self-Discipline | Public Speaking | Leading Projects |
| Vision | Global Awareness | Self-Directed Learning |
| Initiative | Emotional Control | Valuing Diversity |
| Communication | Teamwork | Problem Solving |
In addition, Leader in Me high school students develop essential skills, like:
