PCM Middle School

PCM is proud to be a Leader in Me School. Leader in Me is an evidence-based PK-12 model, developed in partnership with educators and designed to designed to build leadership in students, create a high-trust culture, and improve academic achievement.

Leader in Me focuses on developing the whole child by:

• Teaching leadership to every student.
• Creating a culture of student empowerment.
• Aligning systems to drive results in academics.

Leader in Me uses two frameworks to create and grow a leadership school:

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People helps us learn and apply leadership skills and gives us a common language for building a supportive school environment.
2. The 4 Disciplines of Execution helps us to identify, track, and achieve academic and personal Wildly Important Goals (WIGs).

PCM Middle School students will focus on Leader in Me during their Advisory period at the end of each day. The discussion-based lessons are based on the 7 Habits. and focus on growth mindset, coping skills, perseverance, empathy, and self-understanding. As the school year progresses, students will begin to take on leadership roles within our school.

Each month, we will send a newsletter, highlighting what students are learning at school so you can talk with your students about Leader in Me and how they are developing leadership habits. We'll also include table topics you can use to encourage Leader in Me discussions at home. This could be during dinner, in the car, or anytime you find is a good time to connect with your student.

Starting in October, our students will learn about Habit 1: Be Proactive. The picture on the right gives a quick overview of the skills students will learn. Look for more information in next month's newsletter.

Click the picture to watch a short overview of Leader in Me.

This guide gives a brief description of each habit and has some useful questions to help your students think about how their choices support these habits.

Do you want to help your student become a leader outside of school? Here are some ways they can use those skills at home!