Leader in Me Secondary provides a comprehensive system to prepare students for life beyond high school—whether they choose employment, enrollment, or enlistment. With aligned curriculum and professional learning, schools create environments where every student can lead and every adult is empowered to support them.
Explore the Curriculum"We only get one chance to prepare our students for a future that none of us can possibly predict."
Today’s graduates are stepping into a world that values communication, collaboration, and character as much as academic achievement. Yet many schools face challenges bridging that gap.
Leader in Me Secondary responds with a scalable, student-centered model that builds transferable skills, enhances school culture, and prepares students for success—while in school and every day after.
The Leader in Me curriculum helps students develop the habits, mindsets, and skills that set the stage for personal growth and academic ownership—all aligned to the Student Leadership Portrait. Through relevant, real-world learning experiences, we aim to cultivate the leadership abilities and character traits necessary for success both now and after graduation.
Through collaborative, competency-based lessons, students in levels 6–8 learn to:
Key Features
Students emerge more confident, connected, and prepared to lead—both now and in high school. The Grades 6–8 experience builds the essential leadership foundation that supports success in the Life-Ready Leadership Curriculum for Grades 9–12.
The Life-Ready Leadership Curriculum engages students in interactive lessons, peer collaboration, and authentic, project-based learning. Students earn leadership micro-credentials by demonstrating essential skills—and leave with a portfolio of competencies that matter to colleges, careers, and communities.
Students learn to:
Key Features:
Professional learning supports every adult in creating a leadership-centered school. With flexible formats and modular design, our Core 1 workshops and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® sessions provide practical tools aligned with staff roles and school goals.
Educator Learning Includes:
Personalize Your Learning Needs with Flexible Modules
15-minute modules are available to support educators’ busy schedules and lack of professional learning time in schools. The secondary solution also includes level-specific Leader in Me Weekly articles, videos, and podcasts created for secondary, as well as microlearning to continue and reinforce new learnings and coaching days. Modules can be delivered onsite, live-online, or on demand.
Professional Learning That Drives Results
Leader in Me Professional Learning equips your staff to bring the Life-Ready Leadership Curriculum to life. Whether they’re leading lessons, supporting student facilitation, or overseeing credentialing, educators receive practical training that’s built around your school’s structure and goals.
With Leader in Me Professional Learning, your team gets the confidence, clarity, and support they need to build a high-impact leadership experience for every student.
Leader in Me helps schools build systems of support that extend leadership learning from the classroom to the culture and back again. Schools thrive across three interconnected areas: leadership, culture, and academics. Schools may choose to administer the Secondary Measurable Results Assessment (MRA) to track school-wide progress.
Leadership:
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