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Student Leadership

Twelve Skills Of Leadership

At Good Shepherd Christian School, we prioritise the development of servant leadership among our students. Our Student Leadership Council includes members from Year 5 to Year 12, with positions such as Junior Captains, Junior Leaders, Senior School Captains, Senior Leaders, and House Captains. Through these roles, students have the opportunity to hone their leadership skills and serve their school community with integrity and compassion.

Student leadership skills and capabilities are enhanced through exposure to increased expectations and levels of responsibility in a supportive learning environment. All students’ leadership efforts and endeavours must be processed and reviewed within this educational framework.

Twelve skills of leadership that should be developed in Christian leaders (according to Hay & Dempster, 2004) are:

  1. Project planning

  2. Reflection

  3. Problem-solving

  4. Team building

  5. Decision making

  6. Goal setting

  7. Time management

  8. Project management and resource allocation

  9. Effective communication and networking

  10. Conflict resolution

  11. Diversity awareness

  12. Self-confidence

 

Enhanced Leadership

Improving Students' Academic Outcomes

Indeed it is widely believed that enhanced leadership skills in students are inextricably linked to improved students’ academic outcomes, since the twelve skills listed above are embedded within the academic enabling skills of engagement, study skills, motivation and interpersonal relationships.

School programs at Good Shepherd Christian School, both in class and extra-curricular, are designed to disciple young people in the knowledge and understanding of Jesus Christ, and to develop the above leadership skills and experience, as it is believed that this will not only improve students’ academic outcomes, but it will also develop better citizens for our community.

 

Leadership Aims

The specific duties the School Captains will do are listed below.

  • To develop improved personal responsibility in all students at the school.

  • To provide opportunities for leadership skill development in students of all ages and all abilities.

  • To develop a student leadership team of the highest possible quality to assist in the continuation of positive school culture and to provide exemplary modelling of student behaviour and personal responsibility to model and teach specific leadership skills as appropriate for each position or responsibility.