Leadership

The 格温内斯仁慈学院高中 Leadership Program is inspired by the legacy of 凯瑟琳McAuley and traditions of Mercy. Rooted in the Critical Concerns of the 仁爱修女会 - earth, immigration, nonviolence, racism, and women - Gwynedd educates and empowers young women to become prudent, 道德领袖的行动和信念. 

The department utilizes the Gardner Carney Leadership Lab method, developed by the 加德纳卡尼领导力学院(gcLi) in collaboration with the Graduate School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania. 由5名学院认证的教职员工领导, gcLi方法结合了脑科学, 社交和情商, 领导的研究, 文化能力, 发展心理学. 

Role models like 凯瑟琳McAuley prove women make great leaders. Yet, research compiled in 2016 by the Harvard Graduate School of Education found that teen girls continue to face a powerful barrier to leadership: an unconscious gender bias from adults, 其他青少年，甚至他们自己. Alarmingly, while women hold almost 52 percent of all professional-level jobs in the country, their representation in top leadership positions in a broad range of fields—such as equity law partners, 医学院院长, and corporate executive officers—remains stuck at a mere 10 percent to 20 percent.

Gwynedd is committed to helping our graduates shatter more “glass ceilings” and be positioned to make an even greater impact in the world. 该项目旨在倡导道德领导, 培养领导能力, 激励变革推动者, 鼓励职业探索, 促进多样性, 发展全球竞争力, and combat unconscious gender bias among adults and teens themselves.

“在女子学校, girls demonstrate great confidence in female leadership and become increasingly interested in leadership positions themselves. Data suggests that girls at coeducational schools actually become less interested in leadership positions with age."
      —Dr. 凯瑟琳, Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago and Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University 

"Programs at girls’ schools focus on the development of teamwork over other qualities of leadership, 而素质 自信, compassion,
韧性 也名列前茅."
      —Dr. 妮可Archard, Student Leadership Development in Australian and New Zealand Secondary Girls’ Schools: A Staff Perspective 

The 领导谘询委员会 includes 10 alumnae who work in an array of professions and industries. These women work with the Leadership Director and students in LEAD and Lead4Change to provide real-world insights, guidance, 和指导. 

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