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Infusing Student Leadership Development Year-round It’s all about the follow up!

11. Teach high school students how to run private lessons for References
middle school students starting in October and November. Medina, J. (2008) Brain Rules: 12 Principles
Notice the trend contained within all these ideas as they relate to for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and
better preparing students to lead and follow. School. (pp. 51-70) Seattle, WA: Pear Press.
ISBN 9780979777707
We also know what Marshall Goldsmith would remind us: follow- Goldsmith, M., Morgan, H. (2004)
up contact is key to reinforcing leadership development. While “Leadership is a contact sport: The ‘follow-
he works with adults in companies, his findings have implications up factor’ in management development.”
for students in bands. Strong correlations exist between the degree of Strategy+Business, Issue 36. New York: Booz
follow-up and any perceived change in leadership effectiveness. & Co. https://www.strategy-business.com/
“Continual contact with colleagues regarding development article/04307
issues is so effective it can succeed even without a large, formal
program. The key to changing behavior is “learning to learn” Fran Kick is an author, educational consultant and
pro-fessional speaker who knows What Makes Kids KICK!
from those around us, and then modifying our behavior on
He is the creator and presenter of KICK IT IN, a series
the basis of their suggestions. If the organization can teach of self-motivational personal leadership presentations and
the leader to reach out to co-workers, to listen and learn, materials. Since taking an educational leave of absence
from teaching band at Centerville High School (Ohio), he
and to focus on continuous development, both the leader has developed his part-time speaking adventure into a full-
and the organization will benefit. After all, by following up time mission. Every year Fran presents programs across
with colleagues, a leader demonstrates a commitment to self- the U.S. and Canada to thousands of college/university,
high school, junior high/middle school students, plus the
improvement—and a determination to get better. This process many people who work with them. Since 1998, Fran has
does not have to take a lot of time or money. There’s something served as the leadership coordinator with the Music for
far more valuable: contact.” All Summer Symposium http://www.kickitin.com/boa/. He
also works with Drum Corps International every summer
What if you video recorded a short one-on-one teaching moment to help music students, their directors and parents Kick
and provided feedback to your students? What if you could track Start their season with DCI! http://www.kickitin.com/dci/
Outside the music education world, he works
rehearsal time vs. sectional time vs. one-on-one private lesson time?
with schools, associations, conventions and corporate
How could you coach students to help memorize music with follow- organizations who are actively engaged in teaching and
up accountability check-offs? https://youtu.be/aOFarL_pyzY reaching today’s kids. Fran speaks at many state, regional
and national conferences about What Makes Kids KICK
You get the idea. Prepare your students to lead better and follow and how they can KICK IT IN & TAKE THE LEAD. He
better all year long then follow up, follow up, follow up. has his B.A. in Music Education and a M.A. in Educational
Psychology. His involvement with TBA has been graciously
sponsored in part by Drum Corps International and Music
for All.
© 2018 Fran Kick. Used with permission. www.
kickitin.com

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