Exploring the Need for Improvement in a Student Leadership Program
Purpose Statement:
The intention of this research was to explore how one Catholic secondary school develops leadership potential in young adolescents, and to identify how improvements could be made to the existing student leadership program.
Research Questions:
What do the elected student leaders perceive to be the benefits emanating from their participation in the leadership program? What do the elected student leaders perceive to be the shortcomings (if any) of the way the school is currently approaching student leadership development? In what ways (if any) do the elected student leaders believe the school should modify its approaches to student leadership for the benefit of the participants and the institution?