goLEAD: Becoming More Intentional About Student Leadership

Jason Beard

Approximately three years ago, during my journey towards a degree in educational leadership, I was encouraged to read, review, and dissect our school's mission statement-not in an accusative way, but in a way that begged the question, How can we be better? And there embedded in our school's mission statement were the following words: prepare servant leaders. From this came the inspiration to create a unique leadership program-goLEAD-that would develop and empower young people to lead today. Read More...

"Devoted Parent": Devotions from Christian Teachers to Parents

Linda Harrelson

About five years ago, the decision was made to increase the writing required in all classes at Summit Christian Academy. With a core value of igniting leadership, we thought, "What if our faculty led in this?" We could have each one of them write a devotion, put them all together in a book, and get it published. Our teachers would have the satisfaction and credibility of leading the writing effort by being published authors themselves. Read More...