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A Resource for Student Leadership Education
Student leadership development (SLD) is comprised of the experiences, created by educators or particular life experiences, that cause students to change their behaviors and actions towards authentic leadership. Leadership education are those experiences created, specific interventions by educators, which serve to change behavior towards leadership. Leadership education works to define and ehance those skills needed for students to lead.
This website is a resource for institutions, education coordinators, and educators to refer to when developing leadership education experiences for students. This webpage was created with Teton Science Schools in mind, because a focus group of Field Education faculty from the organizaton helped to provide feedback and resources for the website. That said, this website offers a lot of information on leadership education that pertains to other parties as well.
This website is organized by three different levels: INSTITUTION, COORDINATOR, and EDUCATOR. These levels are not to be thought of as seperate entities with different roles, but rather more holistically. Each level has a role to play and each must be aligned with the next in order to create strong leadership education programs. Each level has its own page as seen across the top of the navigation bar. On each page is a three-column table that highlights the underlying theory, ideas for best practices, and concrete examples. This is the easiest and fastest way to explore this website. You will find links among these tables to resources (citations) and to another part of this website with more information (EXECUTIVE SUMMARY).
The final part of this website is the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY that captures a lot of the the theory and research on student leadership education including the importance and history of SLD as well as people using it and how to implement it. In additon, is the RESOURCES page with the literature reviewed for this project.
If you have anything to add to this website, questions, or concerns I can be reached at matmc11@gmail.com until August of 2015. You may also comment at the bottom of the RESOURCES page.
Thank you,
Megan Matthews
This project would not have possible wthout the contributions of the following people and organizations.
Research Committee and Partnerships
Research Committee
The University of Wyoming provides quality undergraduate and graduate programs to 13,800 students from all 50 states and 94 countries. Established in 1886, UW is a nationally recognized research institution with accomplished faculty and world-class facilities. Offering 200 areas of study, UW provides an environment for success.
TSS is an organization in northwest Wyoming and Idaho comprised of many program areas sharing a common vision of education. They have been teaching about the natural world and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem since 1967. The organization has educated, trained and inspired thousands of children, youth and adults, bringing them together through the study of nature and place-based education. They serve students from across Wyoming, the Intermountain West, the nation and around the world.
Kate Welsh, Ph. D.
Joy B. Johnson. Ph. D.
Doug Wachob, Ph. D.
Leslie Cook, M.A.
These committee members have worked with me to craft this executive summary and research project. As established educators and researchers they have reviewed my work and collaborated with me to complete this research project.