Student Centered Leadership: What does it mean?

What does student centered leadership mean?

Student centered leadership can mean many things. For myself I believe that student centered leadership looks like:

Self-directed learning
My goal for my Level 3 students this year to design a program where they drive what they want to do with their writing assessments. I am looking forward to working with Cynthia Orr (Team Solutions) who will help me put this program together. I believe that if the students find texts that they are interested in, their response to the text will be more genuine. Watch this space!

Learning needs of the students drive the learning objective
Teachers taking note of the student and their needs and adjusting their program to the need. I have spoken about this before, this is something I support and endorse.

Sharing of power in the classroom

We as educators can learn so much from our learners. This is something that I am interested in pursuing. There is so much value in what our students bring to the classroom and this can be utilized in way that will enrich the classroom experience for everyone involved. I am wanting to inquire in what has worked for our students who have achieved exploring what helped them succeed and how they applied this to their studies. 

Tom Webb states student centered leadership is "leadership that makes a difference to the equity and excellence of student outcomes". Education is a source of equity for our young people. If our focus is on making the learning needs the priority and encourage the sharing of power with our learners, our leadership will be one where it is not only leading from the front but from all areas.