I want all of my students to view themselves as leaders. I want them to realize that everything they do matters. And it doesn't just matter to them but it matters to the larger community around them (in our case this community is the marching band). When students show up for rehearsal on time, when they practice at home, when they take their instrument home with them, when they come prepared with a pencil, when they make another student feel welcome. All these things have an influence on the people around them and make the group better.
Being a leader isn't about having a title or gaining privilege. It isn't about having your name announced at recognition dinners or having letters after your name. Leadership is about making a group better. John Maxwell tells us that leadership is influence. I told this to my students today during band camp. Leadership is influence and all of us have an influence so all of us are leaders. Some of us have a large influence and some of us have a small influence but all of us have an influence to make things better or worse.
We will be working on figure 8 drills, reading dot sheets, music memorization, and many other thing in the coming days and weeks but I think maybe the most important thing I want my students to learn this year is that everything they do makes an influence. Let's make it for good!
Being a leader isn't about having a title or gaining privilege. It isn't about having your name announced at recognition dinners or having letters after your name. Leadership is about making a group better. John Maxwell tells us that leadership is influence. I told this to my students today during band camp. Leadership is influence and all of us have an influence so all of us are leaders. Some of us have a large influence and some of us have a small influence but all of us have an influence to make things better or worse.
We will be working on figure 8 drills, reading dot sheets, music memorization, and many other thing in the coming days and weeks but I think maybe the most important thing I want my students to learn this year is that everything they do makes an influence. Let's make it for good!