A Vision for Leadership - St. Martin's Episcopal School Implementation

Dr. Jeffrey Pratt Beedy, the recently appointed Headmaster at St. Martin’s has a vision for the future that includes leadership. Leadership, according to Beedy, is “not just a title but is the ability to inspire others to a common goal….and emerges at every level of society.”

Leadership development tools at St. Martins include: superior academics, revamped athletic programming, cutting-edge curricular research in the Coatney Leadership Center and project-based leadership built around Project Adventure’s methodology.

Beedy was originally introduced to Project Adventure in 1997 while at Harvard University. He began using PA's researched methodology in his own, widely implemented program, Sports PLUS. The significant relationship between PA and Sports PLUS is the focus on developing life skills such as respect, teamwork, conflict resolution and leadership through activities with outcomes that transfer to the classroom, school, home and community.

Project Adventure’s role at St. Martin’s includes consulting, training and curriculum development. The anticipated outcomes are:

-Development of social-emotional leadership skills in all students and staff in defined and measurable ways by the year 2010-11.
-Development of a steering team for the program composed of staff and students who will be responsible for the overall implementation of the leadership program.
-Development of a k-12 unified leadership curricular plan that includes modules for physical education, athletic team coaching, counseling, classroom management, service learning and selected integrated academic projects.
-Installation of an indoor and outdoor challenge course for the physical education curriculum.
-Design and implementation of an evaluation plan for both process evaluation and professional research outcomes.

Dick Prouty, Executive Director for Project Adventure, Inc. is the lead consultant for the St. Martin’s project. Working closely with Prouty are Larry Childs, Senior School Specialist, Renee Cavaluzzi, Physical Education, Health and Fitness Trainer and Jane Panicucci, Chief Operating Officer. Consulting on the evaluation is Noe Medina of Education Policy Research.

For more information on bringing Project Adventure's researched methodolgy to your program, school, agency or organization, contact us today at info@pa.org or 1-978-524-4554.