TAKE YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH
FOR MANY EDUCATORS, the inspiration to teach comes from a desire to make a positive difference in students’ lives. As they seek to guide students toward their big goals through trying times, teachers need resources that strengthen social and emotional skills. Facing this very challenge, Allison Silverman, a teacher at Port Chester Middle School in New York, turned to the lessons in the Lead4Change program. Lead4Change is a free student leadership curriculum that provides opportunities for student engagement through collaboration, critical thinking, problemsolving and reflection. Resulting student-led, service-learning projects can be submitted to the Lead4Change Challenge contest. Each year, winning teams are awarded grants of up to $10,000 for their charity or school.
The Lead4Change Leadership programs offer numerous benefits for students. An independent research study found that participating in Lead4Change contributed to significant growth in areas such as leadership skills (60% of students improved), respect for others (54%) and ambition and innovation (53%). Teachers can have equally transformative experiences.
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