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The Leader In Me Stephen R. Covey, Sean Covey, Muriel Summers, David K. Hatch Welcome to our book study!  The Leader In Me has helped schools to develop students who are ready to succeed in the 21st century by teaching them critical skills and characteristics. We will be reading two chapters each week and responding to two questions. Your job is to read the assigned chapters and post your responses to this blog site. You should also respond to at least one other person's post.  Here is the schedule: Chapters 1 & 2 - June 8 Chapters 3 & 4 - June 15 Chapters 5 & 6 - June 22 Chapters 7 & 8 - June 29 Chapters 9 & 10 - July 6  Looking forward to your thoughts!
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Chapters 1 & 2

The Leader In Me Chapters 1 & 2 Chapters 1: Too Good To Be True?  How and why leadership principles fit today's realities Chapter 2 : How It Started - And Why  How and why The Leader In Me got started. Questions: 1. What are the "people skills" that were highlighted?  Do you agree that these skills are more importnat than ever? Why? 2. Why did Muriel need to reinvent her school?
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Chapters 3 & 4

The Leader In Me Chapters 3 & 4 Chapter 3: Teaching the 7 Habits  Chapter 4: Creating a Leadership Culture  Explains how educators see The Leader In Me as a better way of doing what we are already doing, rather than just one more thing to do. Questions: 1. How can specialist teachers and nonclassroom teachers be involved with The Leader In Me ? 2. Which events do we currently have that could incorporate student leadership?
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Chapters 5 & 6

The Leader In Me Chapters 5 & 6 Chapter 5: Achieving School Goals  Explains how educators see The Leader In Me as a better way of doing what we are already doing, rather than just one more thing to do  Chapter 6: Bringing It Home How engaging parents expands the impact of The Leader In Me Questions: 1.  How does the alignment of schoolwide, classroom, and individual goals facilitate progress? 2. What message does staff modeling of the 7 Habits send to students and their families?
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Chapters 7 & 8

The Leader In Me Chapters 7 & 8 Chapter 7: Engaging the Community How community members help to expand the impact of The Leader In Me Chapter 8: Shifting to Secondary and Beyond Focuses on how to adapt the program for secondary schools Questions: 1. According to several sponsoring agencies, which voids does The Leader In Me address? 2. What are the biggest challenges in taking The Leader In Me to the middle and high schools?
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Chapters 9 & 10

The Leader In Me Chapters 9 & 10 Chapter 9: Keeping It Alive Covers best practices for launching and sustaining The Leader In Me Chapter 10: Ending With The Beginning In Mind A summary and review of the importance of The Leader In Me in today's reality. Questions: 1.  What are the pivotal paradigms necessary to launch and sustain  The Leader In Me ? 2. Are the primary and secondary purposes of The Leader In Me worthwhile pursuits for our school?
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