How can schools inspire young people with positive role models" We ask five headteachers from top UK private schools their advice…
For many children, having someone to look up to can be an essential part of how they deal with certain situations, including how they behave at school and at home. Five headteachers from across the UK share their advice on how to utilise positive role models to inspire students.
5 Ways Schools Can Inspire Pupils with Positive Role Models
Strong academic culture at school
Rhiannon Wilkinson, Ashville College, North Yorkshire: “Positive role models should be on hand from a child?s very first day ? their teachers, their class ?buddy?, and the prefects who guide them in those crucial first weeks. The result: every young pupil aspiring to be just like ?the big girls and boys? one day. Ashville College Campus, Yorkshire
“Supportive schools with a strong academic culture and high expectations encourage pupils to see individual success as something to celebrate, not to envy.
“So, whether it?s a certificate or positive marketing about a pupil?s achievement, young people take note when their classmates do well. It doesn?t take a formal leadership role or your name up in lights, to inspire others.”
Use alumnae and older pupils as role models
Fiona Miles, Loughborough High School, Leicestershire: “One of the many wonderful things about school life is that older pupils are a daily source of inspiration to younger one...