Leadership

Our School Values:

• Safety

• Respect

• Responsibility

• Effort

    Learning For Life

For many years Sunbury has valued the importance of leadership for its potential to develop attributes in students that help them become valued members of their communities.  This potential has been fostered through the student council where students from years one to seven are elected as class delegates to discuss issues such as fundraising for school and charities, purchase of resources to benefit students and planning for special events.  These representatives learn that by working as a team to achieve shared goals much can be gained.

Over the last three years there has been a considerable focus on the leadership roles placed on the year seven students.  The scope of leadership roles has changed over time with the introduction of leadership in many areas to include leaders for:

• The School
• Sports

• Cultural
• Music
• Library
• Technology and
• The Arts
• Environmental

Students need to develop an idea in their own minds of what leadership means to them and the school as well as the roles they are about to play.

Students in year six and seven are taught the Five Building Blocks of Leadership from the ‘New Young Leaders Program’ developed by Michael Grose.  These are Public Speaking, Responsibility, Confidence, Organisation and Team Skills. ( More information about the New Young Leaders Program program can be found at www.youngleadersprogram.com.au

The path to becoming a school leader at Sunbury involves understanding the building blocks, taking part in the schools Leadership Camp, nominating oneself as a candidate and seeking endorsement from a member of staff, making a speech to staff and students, being short listed by peers, being interviewed by staff as to potential and finally becoming elected.  Despite this path being long and demanding, over 80% of eligible students choose to take part; a clear indication of how much our students value Leadership.

We realise that not all of our students will aspire to be leaders, but we believe that all students should understand leadership and the role they play in it, as students and as adults.

Our leadership program is held in high regard by students, parents and teachers as it prepares our students to be responsible contributing members of our community.  It has had a positive impact on student reputation as our senior students realise that they are role models for all students at our school and as such are leaders.