Learner Leadership

• All learners wishing to apply for the Leadership Programme bring a Flipfile to school. These are then maintained and added to. At the end of the Grade 7 year these Flipfiles are handed over to the high school and/or the boys. The Flipfile becomes a working document reflecting a personal leadership and management journey over their school career (Gr 6 – 12)
• Applicants must complete a Leadership Project task and sign an application letter in order to be accepted
• All Grade 6 boys are invited to be a part of the programme – they must just meet the requirements above

Term 1 and Term 2 of Grade 7 year

• Monitors are divided into two equal groups for Term 1 and 2
• Learners ‘lead and manage’ and receive feedback
• Regular training opportunities, engaging boys on leadership and management
• Personal Flipfiles worked on and developed
• Leadership rubric evaluated once a term, signed off by parents/guardians and teachers
• Monitors engaged in as many ‘real life’ tasks as is possible

Term 3 and Term 4 2021

• A group of Monitors is elected by Junior School staff (based on performance in Term 1 or Term 2) and they lead committees/portfolios for Term 3 and Term 4
• Any boy on the programme not selected as a Monitor may function as an Assistant Monitor during Term 3 and 4 (on a portfolio of their choosing)
• Strong performance can result in promotion to the position of Monitor
• Boys will serve as ‘Group Leader’ of the Monitor Group on a rotating basis for Term 3 and 4 ie every 2 weeks or so
• A leadership award (voting by Grade 7s and Junior School staff) is made at the end of the year

Guiding principles

• All boys will lead and manage in life (own lives, husbands, fathers etc)
• Grade 7 is too early to select those who are out and out ‘leaders’, therefore everyone who is willing deserves an opportunity
• ‘Leaders’ (future business, community, political, education etc) will emerge though and require specific, in-depth training (in Term 3 and 4)
• Participation must be voluntary
• Encourage leaders to emerge across all parts of school life
• Make training opportunities in ‘Leadership and Management’ available to all boys

Junior School Committees

• Grounds, gardens and litter
• Break-time conflict management
• ‘Seasons’ eg marbles, tops etc
• Assemblies (sports announcements, presentations)
• Events
• Marketing and communication ie newsletter
• AV Club
• Sport
• House leadership
• Corridors and noticeboards
• Lines (Morning, break, assembly)
• Organising ‘Fun Competitions’ eg Rubrics Cube Challenge, Chess Championship etc
• Legacy project
• Monitors’ DT
• Uniform check
• Class reps
• Late-comers admin