The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education approved a new curriculum on Monday. The board voted for one year of funding for piloting the Leader in Me program for eight of the district's schools.
Leader in Me is designed for K-12 students and fits in with the district’s two primary focuses for the Kansas Education Systems Accreditation, which are rigor and relevance. The curriculum was created by the same organization that developed 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, based partially on the book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Franklin Covey. The program utilizes the premise that when a person changes the way things are seen, it influences what the individual does and the results the person gets.