TEAM LEAD

LEADERSHIP

EMPATHY

ACCOUNTABILITY

  DISCUSSION

 

Team LEAD in the NEWS!

November, 2010

"Educator Makes Impact"

September, 2010

Stan Davis cites Denise Koebcke in Tangled Web Blogspot  To view the entire article, click here.  To read about Denise, click here!

July, 2010

Team LEAD is featured in the 2010 Indiana School Board's Association publication:  

THE JOURNAL

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 NWI Society of Innovators

 honored Denise in November as part of the 2009-10 class at the 5th Annual N.W. Indiana Innovation Awards Induction at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN.

"We are celebrating 35 individuals and teams that are making a difference through innovation in the region, state, and world," J. Guadalupe Valtierra, Chancellor of Ivy Tech Northwest said.

"These inductees came from 87 nominations received, which is slightly below last year's record of 91, but contains more individual nominations than last year in which there were more duplicate entries", said Roy Evans, Chairman of the Society of Innovators and an assistant professor at Purdue University Calumet.

Selection is based on nominees meeting the Society's criteria for individual and project team innovations, which consist of an individual or team introducing new and different ideas that are implemented and benefit the quality of life of Northwest Indiana," said John Davies, Managing Director, Society of Innovators.

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RECENT

EVENTS

Spring/Summer  2010

 

ISU Workshop

Valparaiso Parks & Recreation Camp Counselors" Training

Hobart LEAD team workshop

Connersville Lead team workshop

Gurnee LEAD team workshops

EC Central Focus Groups

EC Central LEAD team training

Sept. 25, 2009

Drop-out Prevention Summit

Indianapolis, IN 

(More on "Resources" Page)

 

Oct. 1, 2009

United Way Youth Workers Cafe Presentation  Valparaiso, IN

 

CORPORATE CONSULTING SERVICES

Team Lead in the Workplace

Power Point Presentation  Available Now!

Making a Difference in an Indifferent World

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To learn more about the song and the artist, Kate Myers, go to:  www.myspace.com and search for "Kate Myers, Valparaiso, Indiana."

 

Read Because It Matters: 

Research that indicates classroom promotion of social empathy can actually improve academic performance. 

Click here!

 

Read about Denise's Bystander Leadership Approach in Stan Davis's new book:  "Empowering Bystanders in Bullying Prevention."

www.stopbullyingnow.com

 

Recent Comments and Opinions  expressed by those who have attended a Team LEAD program seminar.

Read the Letter of Recommendation Denise received from Galena, Alaska's Police Chief

View the D.A.R.E. Alaska Promotional Handout here

Articles About Denise's Work

Excerpt from Gurnee, Illinois Grade and Viking Middle School Workshop

Read "Taking the LEAD to Fight Bullying"  an  article describing the recent Gurnee, Illinois workshop

Prevent Child Abuse of Porter County:  2007 Hero for Children Award

Taft Takes On Bullying

Standing Ovation at National Conference

Porter Starke Services Community Impact Award

 

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Welcome to the Team LEAD Home Page

What Is Team LEAD?

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Team LEAD is a bystander leadership program for schools and communities based on student empowerment and broad-based education of staff and students.  A key component of the program involves student bystander leadership groups formatted as extra-curricular clubs which meet, preferably, during the school day.  Team LEAD promotes Leadership, Empathy, Accountability and open Discussion.  Team LEAD builds student resilience in the face of inevitable adversity through a focus on positive action and purpose.

Middle schools are an ideal setting for the Team LEAD approach.  The discussion group/forum format is enticing to young teens, and the leadership skills promoted prepare students for high school and beyond.  In addition, the Team LEAD program provides the foundation which naturally extends into both formal and informal peer mentoring within the middle school itself or between middle school and elementary students.

Team LEAD Goals

Leadership, Empathy, Accountability and Discussion

Gurnee, Il Team LEAD & Bears' Alex Brown Coat Drive

 

 

2008 Data Update

 

Question asked:  "I believe I can make a difference at school."

Format:  Anonymous Self-Report Survey of 345 6th and 7th Graders

Question Asked, October 2007:  66% said YES!

After 5 months of mentoring and bystander leadership programming. . .

Same Question Asked, March 2008:  77.5% said YES!

Statistically speaking, that is a 17.4% increase.

Yes!  We can create positive climate change!

Why Promote the Bystander Leadership Approach?

The majority of bullying occurs in the presence of other students; rarely are teachers present, and rarely do they even find out what has happened.

When students have ownership of the program, it means more to them; they take it more seriously, and it empowers them to be more positive leaders.

If bystanders ignore the bullying, the bullying simply continues, according to a 2006 Australian schools study by Rigby and Johnson. 

Rigby and Johnson (2006) found a significant correlation between tendency to intervene and expectations of friends; those who felt that their friends expected them to step in and support a target were much more likely to do so. (2006)

 

Team LEAD

RESEARCH-BASED & DATA-DRIVEN

A Bystander Leadership Approach to Safer Schools Promoting Bullying Prevention & Character Development

 

 

Team LEAD

IN ACTION!

Student Mentors Assist with School Issues

Read the article on Hobart City School Wires

 

 

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Click here to read "Michael's Legacy"

 

 

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