Secondary School Leadership
Our Secondary School Leadership programmes aim to encourage students to learn more about leadership and give them opportunities to gain confidence to lead younger students in a safe and supported environment. Scroll down to learn more about:
- Junior Secondary Leadership
- Waikato Young Leaders Day (WYLD)
- Youth Volunteering Programme
- Senior Secondary leadership
- Youth Leading Sport
- HeadzUp
Junior Secondary Leadership
Many of your junior learners will have participated in WILSS leadership programmes at their Primary and Intermediate schools. In these programmes they were the seniors of the school which allowed them to demonstrate leadership with the younger learners. Now they are at Secondary School, often they feel there are limited opportunities for them to step up and grow their leadership capabilities.
WILSS can support your junior learners by providing them with leadership development training as well as collaborating alongside your school structure by supporting with opportunities to step up and lead.
Some examples may include:
When the senior learners leave school for exam preparation.
To instigate clubs at school where their passions may lie.
To organise lunchtime activities for other learners who would like to be more active in their break times.
To find out more about this programme, contact Paula Dewar – School Programmes Manager. Phone 027 579 2680 or complete the form below.
Waikato Young Leaders Day (WYLD)
This unique leadership event invites up to 450 Year 9 students from secondary schools in and around the Waikato region, to the University of Waikato who host this event.
Designed for Year 9 students
This Waikato Young Leaders Day (WYLD) day, with WILSS, will challenge learners to reflect personally on what they can achieve if they focus, set small goals, have patience, perseverance and have belief in themselves.
Core Components
Learners are learning to:
Develop and display confidence in themselves and others in order to demonstrate leadership/volunteerism in their school and wider community.
Make the best out of new situations.
Identify strengths and challenges of working with others.
Identify their own passions/strengths and recognise how these could be used to influence others.
Reflect upon new situations and act in ways that benefit themselves and others.
Offer their own ideas with confidence and value the ideas of others.
Themes for the Day:
Knowing who you are – is about knowing yourself, your strengths and how sensational you are; knowing what your passions/interests are; getting to know and connecting with people in new places and spaces. It is about feeling comfortable in ‘your own skin’ to have the confidence to make the most of a variety of situations and opportunities. Knowing your passions.
I Choose – making those positive choices, taking up challenges and opportunities; dealing with pressure, challenges, and change; encouraging and empowering others.
Walking the Talk – believing in yourself; look ahead, take little steps to bigger places – believe you can, and you will, lead with enthusiasm back at school, working towards your IT.
To find out more about this programme, contact Paula Dewar – School Programmes Manager. Phone 027 579 2680 or complete the form below.
Youth Volunteering Programme
This programme is designed as a way of developing leadership through volunteering, within a school or community environment.
Years 9 to 13
Learners will gain:
Practical experience
Making a positive contribution to your school and community
New skills and knowledge
An award to help make their CVs stand out
There are three different tiers that learners can work towards gaining: Tier 1 (20hrs), Tier 2 (45hrs) and Tier 3 (100+hrs). Learners will take ownership for their leadership development through volunteering, by being part of a Google Classroom, where they reflect on the volunteering opportunities, they are a part of and the leadership skills they are developing through these volunteering sessions.
To find out more about the Youth Volunteer Programme, please contact Kim Guest - Volunteer Programme Coordinator. Phone 027 508 5508 or complete the form below.
Senior Secondary Leadership
All students have the potential to affect change, make a difference and exercise their leadership skills!
Whether learners are holding positions of responsibility such as head or deputy head leaders; leaders of arts, cultural, academic or sporting activities; or whether learners are given the opportunity to exercise their leadership skills WILSS can assist your senior learners with custom made programmes that will support the leadership structure/culture within each unique school.
Content can include:
Managing people
Holding and running meetings
Dealing with conflict and bullying
Communicating positively and effectively
Leadership styles
Identification of strengths and areas which can be worked on
Running events.
To find out more about this programme, contact Paula Dewar – School Programmes Manager. Phone 027 579 2680 or complete the form below.
Youth Leading Sport
Developing Sport Leaders within your School.
Designed for Year 12 and 13 learners who hold leadership roles in sport or volunteer in sport e.g. coach/umpire/referee.
Core Components
The day will cover topics that relate to developing and supporting young leaders within the school sport context including:
What leadership can look like
Team building
Coping with negative side-line behaviour
Volunteering
Importance of effective communication
Public Speaking
Building confidence
How to run successful meetings and events
Planning and delivering a training session
To find out more about the Youth Leading Sport Programme, please contact Kim Guest - Volunteer Programme Coordinator. Phone 027 508 5508 or complete the form below.
HeadzUp
The WILSS HeadzUp Day is designed specifically for Head and Deputy Head Students to explore and develop their individual leadership qualities and how to implement them throughout their school and wider communities.
Designed for Year 13 students
It helps prepare students by taking a leadership in action approach within their own schools and communities. It provides a way to demonstrate pathways of leadership to younger leaders.
This unique leadership event invites up to 160 Year 13 students from secondary schools in and around the Waikato region. This event is held in the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts at the University of Waikato.
The purpose of HeadzUp is to provide leadership education based on the roles and responsibilities these leaders will experience this year.
‘HeadzUp’ has been designed with the key competencies from the New Zealand curriculum document providing opportunities for students to:
- Interact with the University of Waikato Hillary Scholars of similar age and engage with a panel of past head students
- Reflect on their personal leadership attributes and experiences and those of others
- Broaden and develop the skills to lead within their own unique support network
- To build effective relationships with others and develop a leadership support network by networking with leaders in similar roles from other schools
- Encourage a personal vision of leadership that encompasses the roles and responsibilities of being a leader within and beyond the school gates.
To find out more about this programme, contact Paula Dewar – School Programmes Manager. Phone 027 579 2680 or complete the form below.
