Student Self-Leadership

The Key to Student Success and Resiliency

Student self-leadership is a powerful tool for managing and recovering from difficult situations.

Developing self-leadership can increase confidence and self-efficacy in students.

Identifying students who have deficits in self-leadership is important for providing targeted support.

Reviewing and implementing lessons, activities, and resources that cultivate self-awareness and autonomy can help students develop self-leadership skills.

Responsibility

SElf-Efficacy

Intentional

Autonomous

Self-Aware

Karen Muston is a School Counseling Consultant for Pearson Virtual Schools, providing support and guidance for virtual school counselors in their efforts to serve over 100,000 virtual K-12 students nationwide. Karen has a B.S. in English and Psychology, an M.S. in Psychology and Counseling, a teaching certification in English, and is a certified School Counselor. She is an ASCA Anxiety and Stress Management and College Admissions Specialist. With over 20 years of experience in education and counseling, her experiences as an educator, counselor, professional speaker/trainer, writer and mentor have helped fuel her desire to partner with educators and counselors to create educational experiences that make a difference.

Phylicia Littleton is currently a doctoral student at Regent University and has been a School Counseling Consultant with Pearson Virtual Schools since 2020. She has a B.S in Psychology with a minor in African American Studies and an M. Ed. in School Counselling. Prior to her role as a school counseling consultant, she worked as a school counselor at a Title I middle school for eight years and served as the school counseling director for 6 years. She is a National Certified Counselor and an ASCA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Specialist who has a passion for ensuring that all students receive equitable access to educational opportunities.