Inspiring, Encouraging and Empowering Leadership Leadership is not just about what you do but what you an inspire, encourage and empower others to do - Jon Gordon

At lunchtime today I was involved in a student council meeting with our Grade 2 and 3 students.  This was the first time we encouraged one of the students to lead the meeting, and he did a great job.  After the meeting my colleague and I were discussing student leadership and teacher leadership.  We decided that often when we talk about leadership we are discussing how we can be leaders as teachers, so that we can encourage the students to move forward and develop the skills they need.  Often we are not discussing leadership of the school at all.

Here are some ideas of what we felt we do as teachers to inspire, encourage and empower others:

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