Personal Leadership Platform

Kayla Weber | University of Mount Union

 Leadership Platform
Champion Central Elementary is a part of the Champion Local School District
and is located in Warren, Ohio. The district is considered a lower middle class
and less educated city. The most common age group in Champion is made up
of retirees.
District Level Demographics
Total population: 9,388

-Male: 4,655 (49.6%)

-Female: 4,733 (50.4%)

School Enrollment: 2,023

Population 2 years and over enrolled in school

-Nursery school, preschool: 112 (5.5%)

-Kindergarten: 153 (7.6%)

-Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,006 (49.7)

-High school: 465 (23%)

- College or graduate school: 287 (14.2%)

("Ohio School District Demographic Profiles", 2017)

District Level Demographics
Race
-White: 99.1%
-Black or African American: 0.2%
-American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
-Some other race: 0.2%
-Two or more races: 0.1%

("Ohio School District Demographic Profiles", 2017)

District Level Demographics
Educational Attainment: 6,689

Population 25 years and over

-Less than 9th grade: 119 (1.7%)

-9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 531 (7.9%)

-High school graduate: 3,219 (48.1%)

-Some college, no degree: 1,371 (20.5%)

-Associates degree: 422 (6.3%)

-Bachelors degree: 715 (10.7%)

-Graduate or professional degree 315 (4.7%)

Percentage high school graduate or higher: 90.3%

Percentage bachelors degree or higher: 15.4%

("Ohio School District Demographic Profiles", 2017)

Champion Central Elementary Demographics
Population: 493 students, 94.1% of the student population is Caucasian. In Warren, a
typical school is made up of 63.5%

Gender: 49% males, 51% females. The average school in Warren is made up of 48.2%
female and 51.8% male.

Student with Disabilities: 10%, Ohio 14%

("Champion Central Elementary School in Warren, Ohio", 2017)

Champion Central Elementary Demographics
Student Absenteeism:
Percentage of students who missed 15 or more school days: 11%
Ohio: 8%

School Staff
First year teachers: 32%
Ohio: 8%

("Champion Central Elementary School in Warren, Ohio", 2017)

Champion Central Elementary Demographics
Ohio State testing: 84.5%, Ohio average, 68.5%
-School particularly excels in social students with a rate of 96.3%, with state
average being 77.2%

("Champion Central Elementary School in Warren, Ohio", 2017)

Personal Leadership Theory Key Elements

Personal Theory

Recipe for
success Not one
theory.

Build
Create a strong Focus team on
Self-Awareness relationships on
team strengths
personal level
Self Awareness
Involves your strengths, weakness and beliefs.

People with strong self-awareness are neither overly critical nor unrealistically
hopeful. Rather, they are honestwith themselves and with others. (Coleman, 1996
p. 1).

Helps one understand the importance of decision making

Create a Team

Most leaders surround themselves with

handpicked lieutenants (Kantor, 2012 p. 102).

Leaders dont need to know all the answers but they need to know who to ask to get
those answers.
Focus on Strengths
Focus on strengths, NOT WEAKNESSES

Allow for:
Open communication
Team Building
Opportunity to show strengths
Create teams based on strengths
Build Relationships
Not just on a professional level, also personal

Personal relationships help understand:

Where someone comes from
What they believe in
How they are encouraged
What is important to them
Champions Mission Statement

To dedicate our energies and

resources to providing students the
best education within a nurturing
and safe school environment.
Elementary Vision Statement, CES

C Character Counts
E Excellence in Education
S Safety, Security & Success
3 goals

More More
Improve
Community Community
attendance
Presentations Resources
Goal to Implement
Improve attendance
Helps ensure success in education
Ensures nutritious food
Ensure safety
School Bucks
Earn 1 buck for each day of school in
attendance.
Redeem bucks for more play time
during Fun Friday.
School Bucks
Redeem bucks during end of each
quarter
Obstacle Course in the Gym during Free Friday for
students with most bucks
 Project Timeline
Meeting with Principal Meeting with grade Briefly introduce &
October level leaders and handout survey &
principal Parent questionnaire
November December

Refine Program, Compile results &

Create parent handout Have Meeting
February January
Risk Management Plan

Risk Probability Impact Solution

People wont take me

Build relationships prior to
serious because I am a Medium High
implementation of school bucks
county employee
References
Coleman, D. (1996). What makes a leader? In Harvard Business Reviews 10 Must Reads on Leadership (pp. 1-7).
Boston, MA: Harvard Business SchoolPublishing Corporation.

Champion Central Elementary School in Warren, Ohio. (2017). Public schools.startclass.com. Retrieved 12
June 2017, from http://public- schools.startclass.com/l/72117/Champion-Central-Elementary-
School

Kantor, D. (2012). Reading the room (1st ed., p. 102,). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass,

A Wiley Imprint.

Ohio School District Demographic Profiles. (2017). Proximityone.com. Retrieved 12

June 2017, from http://proximityone.com/oh_sdc.htm