A Piece of the Puzzle

It's such a privilege to be a piece of the puzzle within so many educational journeys. As I've written before, we understand the amazing commitment schools and educators have for the welfare and educational opportunities offered to their students as they progress through their school years. Education is a complex and interdependent journey, with many important pieces of a puzzle supporting students, staff and school communities to achieve the best outcomes for each individual. It's so humbling to be reminded of the positive impact we are apart of creating as we explore the possibilities, discover potential and act authentically, together.

"An extremely important and beneficial program for all students in Year 5, 6 and beyond. Our Year 5 students were fully engaged in every session and couldn't wait for the next Friday! Cameron is an enthusiastic, positive, approachable and kids relatable presenter. The success of this program is attributed to him and his interactions with our Year 5 students! Thank you Cameron." - Year 5 Teacher at one of our client schools

The feedback above came from one of our client schools at the end of last term. We were so humbled by the beautiful words that the organising teacher left us with on that final Friday. The 80 Year 5 students we got to work with were incredible. I can't wait to hear about the ripples they create as leaders of their school community next year. More importantly though, I can't wait to hear about the ripples they create as positive difference makers each and every day as leaders (not needing to wait for a badge or to be the eldest in the school to be called a leader).

"I haven't had this class for quite a while, the changes are just incredible." - Comment from a Casual Teacher who was present within a program experience last week

Our new L.E.A.D. with Me Program is providing us with the opportunity to have ongoing contact with a cohort over a longer period of time. Each class completes sequential weekly sessions of 90 minutes in length over the course of a term. The comment from the Casual Teacher above came last week as we worked with the Year 4 group for the 8th of 10 sessions. The growth and development within the 3 classes has been fantastic, and it's so humbling to not only have this noticed and reported back by their classroom teachers, but also by others within the school community.

"Absolutely fantastic and worthwhile day.... This will give all teachers at our school leadership techniques to inform their students. Thank you!" - Year 5 Teacher at one of our client schools

Something that we love about our program experiences is that learning is not just for students. We are constantly learning from the wisdom and contributions of the participants, but also the teachers are constantly learning as well. What we're most passionate about is meaningful connection to action beyond the program day. And for that to happen we know that the teachers play a really important role. It's so humbling to receive feedback like the one above from a new client school last week who'll have teachers within the school creating new leadership ripples after those who were apart of the experience share with other teachers as well.

"One of the Year 5 parents I was speaking to was wondering whether you offered any small group outside of school programs?" - Email question from a Principal last week after beginning an ongoing L.E.A.D. with Me Program

We love hearing from school communities about how much students share with home about their experiences. It's great to know that the participants want to pass on information about what they loved, what they learnt and what happens now. We were also really humbled by the email enquiry above we received last week looking at ways we can further support the learning and leadership journeys of students within our programs. It's an exciting development that we're looking into as we journey towards our vision of 'informed, connected and empowered individuals believing deeply in their own and others potential'. Thank you to all those we have the privilege of sharing this journey with.