LEADING FROM THE FRONT
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
FOR SENIOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS
Leading from the Front is designed for formal leaders at the end of Year 11 or the beginning of Year 12. It provides ongoing support for students entrusted with the responsibility of leading their school in a formal capacity.
This process includes several checkpoints with the group—especially a mid-year review—to help leaders balance their personal studies while serving their school community effectively.
What This Program Offers
This engaging, relevant, and flexible process gives student leaders clear steps to help them:
Appreciate that leadership is service to the school community
Understand that each member brings unique strengths to the team
Work collaboratively as a cohesive unit
Develop and communicate a clear vision
Turn ideas into action rather than just talk about them
Leave a positive legacy by the end of their final year of leadership
Workshop Structure: Leading From the Front Full-Day Experience
Everyday Leadership – Leading daily through service, action, and example. Reinforcing that leadership is a responsibility, not a reward.
T.E.A.M.S. – Exploring teamwork through challenges that encourage collaboration and collective achievement.
Getting Ideas into Action – Generating leadership ideas linked to leadership roles and aligned with the year’s vision and developing practical action plans using UPP’s proven Idea to Action framework, refined over more than a decade in hundreds of Australian schools.
Additional Sessions Available (for 2 or 3 day programs only)
Different Types of Leaders – Understanding personal and team strengths to maximise leadership synergy.
What Do We Stand For? – Casting a compelling vision for the year ahead.
Pitch Perfect – Mastering public speaking by starting with the “why” and practising six simple verbal and non-verbal communication tools to inspire action.
The Power of Team – A dedicated team-building session.
Activity or Legacy – Planning meaningful projects that leave a lasting impact, like planting trees whose shade we may never see—considering how you want to be remembered.
Contact us to learn more about our two-day, three-day, and fully facilitated camp options.
““The only leadership presentation that is able to keep the students engaged and entertained after two long days of camp activities.””
Expertly Designed Workshops
All UPP workshops are expertly designed by respected educator Luke McKenna and delivered by our team of highly trained specialists. Since 2015, these practical, engaging, and age-appropriate programs have positively impacted over 400,000 Australian students and are trusted by teachers and principals nationwide.
Engaging Learning Approach
We use a proven learning, action, reflection approach in every workshop, engaging students through videos, stories, interactive activities, reflection, teamwork, and partner sharing. For more details, check out our guarantee.
Follow-Up Resources for Teachers
Follow-up resources are provided for teachers after each workshop to reinforce key messages throughout the school year. These resources provide clear language and practical strategies to help continue your students’ learning in an engaging, consistent way.
Details and Pricing
The investment for this engaging and transformative incursion, including follow-up materials, is a minimum investment of $1,800+GST, plus travel expenses if applicable. Delivered at your school — by team members based in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne — this whole-cohort workshop works best in a school hall or similar space.
Schools outside these areas may consider our online workshop option.
Contact Us
If you have questions about how our workshops can benefit your students, please contact Luke at 0407 677 253.
What our partner schools say
““Student leadership at Mary MacKillop College has been enhanced through our association with UPP. This formation process is tailored to our school theme and challenges our students to align their leaderships goals with this theme. This year the team has had a clear vision, kept their goals in sight, been more cohesive and have been more inclusive of other seniors.””
“Our student leadership team had a fantastic day on Friday with your team. We always get so much out of this day! Cody is a real professional and has over the years worked so well with us to plan a day that works for our school and our students. He does a great job of using the UPP work and allowing it to support the work that we do with our students here at MSSC. It is the perfect way for us to grow our leaders every year. Engaging in the ideas to action session always sets the students up well for the year. We always use so many of the lessons learned throughout the year, and we find that students refer back to this day often.”
““The day was exactly what I was hoping it would be for our Senior Leaders. They were engaged for the entire day and walked out in the afternoon feeling extremely empowered with skills to enable them to influence our community and leave their legacy for 2021. Both facilitators are charismatic presenters in their own right. We will be booking this workshop again for next year’s student leadership group, and I look forward to working with the team with our Year 11s in August.””
““Maddy & Freddy super engaging. Kept it high tempo and students engaged throughout.” ”
“We always use so many of the lessons learned throughout the year, and we find that students refer back to this day often. Ideas to action planning is embedded in our student leadership program, they aren’t allowed to propose an idea without having gone through the process first!” -Melissa Jones, Leader of Learning – Junior Secondary- Murrumba State Secondary College, Murrumba Downs
“The session that Peter ran for our students was excellent. The students were engaged the whole time and he really connected with them. When I spoke to the students at the end of the day, they all said that they had enjoyed the sessions and had found them very valuable.” - Jane Moore, Student Development Coordinator, Unity College, Caloundra West
"I would just like to say that I really enjoyed your presentation and the general consensus from students was that you were their favourite speaker on the leadership camp." Liana Tufuga-Mika- Teacher- Southport SHS
“UPP provided a very professional, engaging and interactive leadership camp where students developed and improved a number of individual and team building qualities. It was such a great experience and (two weeks later) the students have not stopped talking about it! This camp has definitely been a fortunate stepping stone in developing fantastic leaders in our Year 11 cohort.” Danielle Kelly, Year 11 Coordinator, St Eugene College, Burpengary
"UPP really strikes a chord with students. Presenters use the best of teaching techniques to leave a lasting, practical and positive impact on young people. Real strategies. Real world. Real life." Christine Clarke- Principal- Mary MacKillop College, Nundah.
"UPP presenters were energetic, enthusiastic and engaging on our leadership camp. Students were connecting well with their peers and were well supported by the UPP staff." Amanda Spooner- Year 11 Teacher- St Benedicts College, Mango Hill.
STUDENT FEEDBACK
"Through this experience, I have learned about time management, having a deadline to complete tasks, organising meetings, working in teams, communicating ideas to a group of people, and taking responsibility- having the success or failure of this project potentially lie in our team’s hands." - Student Feedback
"Thank you so much for everything that you’ve done to make our project a success. We really did learn a lot from this, and actually way more than expected. Now that I look back at our journey, it was probably one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. Also, I would really recommend younger students to be a part of this program – you get to see the world through the eyes of a leader!"- Student Feedback
"I strongly believe that this experience will greatly help with my communication skills in team assignments. It will help me become a leader of the teams and work / communicate with everyone so that we will be able to achieve the best results. I also believe that learning these skills could help other people understand how to utilise these skills to their best ability."- Student Feedback
"The information and skills I have taken out of this experience has helped in other areas too. It has helped with assignments, time management, working in teams, responsibilities, confidence and with being a leader and stepping up and helping. I have had so much fun, but I am glad to have taken some positive things out of it that can help in the future. I have learnt that if you want to achieve great things in life and succeed you have to put in hard work, be motivated, put in time and effort and give 100% because not everything comes easy." - Student Feedback
"Some personal successes that I believe I experienced was pulling the project together. I really surprised myself when I stepped up and took charge. Everyone was amazing when we worked together as a team, and it was great to be part of this experience." - Student Feedback
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