A little bit about Leadership Education
Leadership Education is not just an educational philosophy but rather it is a family and community culture. When you choose a Leadership Education for your family, there are many new principles that it incorporates, including:
A Core Book – A book(s) that contain your values.
Leadership – Both in the Home and Community
Virtue – Both private and public
Education in phases – Including your own
Actively mentoring your children through their education.
Family involvement– parents taking responsibility with their children to guide, direct, and own the education of the family members.
These principles are part of a culture that is not found in every neighborhood. So when people sense their value, they immediately start trying to find others to join with them in their culture, for themselves, and especially for their adolescent youth.
One pattern that we see is that families are pretty comfortable with the pre-school through elementary ages. The very idea of these two ages is liberating to most people because it is refreshing to be able to do what seems natural.
Leadership Education at these younger ages is all about establishing the foundation for future success. Teaching right and wrong, good and bad. It is also where we develop the lifelong love of learning.
As this is a departure from the educational methodology that most people grew up with, we’ve found that it is really helpful to have a community to support you on your homeschool journey. It also helps you, as the parent, prepare for the next phase in your child’s education.
However, the scholar phase does not have the same natural feel because most people who are educated in public education today have not experienced a scholar phase themselves. “Scholar phase” is the phase of education where each of the students put in thousands of hours studying the classics of all-time, learning how to think, shaping their hearts and minds, and obtaining the kind of education that is required for freedom. It is also where the Scholarship Ladders become essential.
Scholar Phase can be broken down into four parts:
Practice Phase: when students begin to gain scholar skills in reading, writing, thinking, computing, etc. to such a degree that they become independent thinkers. At first, it takes a lot of practice and looks inconsistent; in time, it becomes easier and easier, and the student’s ability to focus increases. It becomes more consistent with practice.
Apprentice Phase: study hours are doubled once again, from four to eight. This is the bottleneck of scholar phase, where many, many scholar skills are learned so that the student’s time can be used effectively.
Self-Directed Phase: this is “The Bar,” where a student has proven that they have the skills and abilities to read anything, speak persuasively, write persuasively, obtain the mentors they desire, work with mentors, and think.
Mentored Phase: this is usually done at college.
Although there are many ways to accomplish the scholar phase, LEMI has provided methods, tools, and mentoring to assist both parents and youth to progress through the various levels of the scholar phase as they prepare for a broad, deep study of the classics.
Leadership Education Mentoring Institute
594 North 1100 West
St. George, UT 84770, US
951-223-1781
HOURS:
Monday-Friday:
10:30 am-4:30 pm
Mountain Time
Saturday-Sunday:
Closed