Leadership Education
and LEMI Philosophy
A little bit about Leadership Education
Leadership Education is not just an educational philosophy but rather it is a family and community culture. When you choose a Leadership Education for your family, there are many new principles that it incorporates, including:
A Core Book – A book(s) that contain your values.
Leadership – Both in the Home and Community
Virtue – Both private and public
Education in phases – Including your own
Actively mentoring your children through their education.
Family involvement– parents taking responsibility with their children to guide, direct, and own the education of the family members.
These principles are part of a culture that is not found in every neighborhood. So when people sense their value, they immediately start trying to find others to join with them in their culture, for themselves, and especially for their adolescent youth.
One pattern that we see is that families are pretty comfortable with the pre-school through elementary ages. The very idea of these two ages is liberating to most people because it is refreshing to be able to do what seems natural.
Leadership Education at these younger ages is all about establishing the foundation for future success. Teaching right and wrong, good and bad. It is also where we develop the lifelong love of learning.
As this is a departure from the educational methodology that most people grew up with, we’ve found that it is really helpful to have a community to support you on your homeschool journey. It also helps you, as the parent, prepare for the next phase in your child’s education.
However, the scholar phase does not have the same natural feel because most people who are educated in public education today have not experienced a scholar phase themselves. “Scholar phase” is the phase of education where each of the students put in thousands of hours studying the classics of all-time, learning how to think, shaping their hearts and minds, and obtaining the kind of education that is required for freedom. It is also where the Scholarship Ladders become essential.
The Scholar Phase
Scholar Phase can be broken down into four parts:
Practice Phase: when students begin to gain scholar skills in reading, writing, thinking, computing, etc. to such a degree that they become independent thinkers. At first, it takes a lot of practice and looks inconsistent; in time, it becomes easier and easier, and the student’s ability to focus increases. It becomes more consistent with practice.
Apprentice Phase: study hours are doubled once again, from four to eight. This is the bottleneck of scholar phase, where many, many scholar skills are learned so that the student’s time can be used effectively.
Self-Directed Phase: this is “The Bar,” where a student has proven that they have the skills and abilities to read anything, speak persuasively, write persuasively, obtain the mentors they desire, work with mentors, and think.
Mentored Phase: this is usually done at college.
Although there are many ways to accomplish the scholar phase, LEMI has provided methods, tools, and mentoring to assist both parents and youth to progress through the various levels of the scholar phase as they prepare for a broad, deep study of the classics.
How do LEMI Scholar Projects help me mentor my homeschoolers
Scholar Projects teach the Leadership Education way of Mentoring
Each Scholar Project is a whole system, not just the study of one subject;
For example, in Shakespeare Conquest we study the English language from a great master, Elizabethan history, poetry, symbolism, reading, speaking, body language, writing papers, interpreting emotions, and most importantly we study people, morals, and characters, with human nature, with weaknesses and strengths. During discussions we analyze what we read and learn. "All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." Shakespeare
Each Scholar Project is equally all-encompassing.
An important aspect of LEMI philosophy is
VMASK - Vision, Mission, Abilities, Skills, and Knowledge.
VMASK
Vision
Gain a vision of who each youth is. Inspire your children to see the vision of who they are and what each one can become. Empower homeschoolers to more clearly see their great potential and move through scholar phase.
Mission
Do you have a Mission? How can you make a difference... in your family... in your homeschool group... in your community?
Can you Inspire your students to ask the same questions?
Abilities
Each Scholar Project will help students develop their abilities according to what their next step is on their own level. Each student is unique and has different gifts and challenges.
Skills
Help them learn to read and write persuasively, think scientifically, compute like a mathematician, and the list goes on... These youth can do hard things. They are ready for their next right step on the path to becoming who they are meant to be.
Knowledge
Our Scholar Projects help students understand human nature as well as a variety of bodies of knowledge. Knowledge applied becomes wisdom and can lead to a meaningful life. We encourage the students to seek truth and light and gain knowledge throughout their lives, feeding their minds and hearts.