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Could we have a “leadership best practices” share session?

Posted by Make your best better on 3/7/2026, 11:26 am

I’m not new at this, but always trying to be better. Looking for ideas on how to get more out of student leaders. I’d like anyone and everyone to share your process for something in the leadership category or something that works. These don’t have to be big things, little stuff matters, too…

Ideas I’d like to hear about (but not limited to) are:

Process for selecting section leaders
Roles of section leaders
Process for selecting officers
Roles of officers
Leadership training
Incorporating those skills throughout the year
When do you select officers, section leaders, etc?
Do you have contracts for expectations?

I’ll share my successful stuff in a comment, as well. Just wanted to get the ball rolling and see if anyone wants to discuss ideas.

Re: Could we have a “leadership best practices” share session?

Posted by Curious To See More Answers on 3/7/2026, 9:39 pm, in reply to "Could we have a “leadership best practices” share session?"

In the past, we’ve used a Google Form toward the end of March for students to indicate which leadership positions they are interested in. As part of the process, all applicants must also submit three teacher recommendations. Those recommendations are collected through a separate Google Form that only the band directors can view.
Once applications and recommendations are submitted, students sign up for a time slot for their audition/interview. We typically hold those in mid-April.
For Section Leader candidates, the interview focuses on questions designed to gauge their maturity, leadership mindset, and how they would handle situations they may encounter within their section. We try to get a sense of their thought process and how they approach responsibility.
Drum Major candidates go through a similar interview process but also complete an audition component. This includes marching, conducting, and calling commands so we can evaluate both their leadership presence and their technical ability.
Once students are selected, our Drum Majors attend a drum major leadership camp during the summer. We also hold our own in-house leadership training that all student leaders are required to attend so we can go over expectations, communication, and how they can best support the program throughout the year.
Throughout the year, we also hold weekly leadership meetings. These meetings give us a chance to check in with our student leaders, communicate important information for the upcoming week, and get a sense of what is going on within the different sections of the band.
This year I also put together a leadership contract that outlines the responsibilities and expectations for all student leaders. Any student selected for a leadership role, along with their parents, will be required to sign the contract so that expectations are clearly communicated from the beginning.

Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesâ€ share session?

Posted by Snerk on 3/9/2026, 8:16 am, in reply to "Re: Could we have a “leadership best practices” share session?"

Post looks a lot like it's AI generated ...

Especially with the copy-paste artifacts still in.

Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesâ€ share session?

Posted by TYB Host on 3/9/2026, 8:44 am, in reply to "Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesâ€ share session?"
Board Administrator

How so?

Tim

Re: Could we have a Ã¢â‚¬Å“leadership best practicesÃ¢â‚¬ï¿½ share session?

Posted by Snerk on 3/9/2026, 9:00 am, in reply to "Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesâ€ share session?"

The artifacts in place of apostrophes are a hard tell for me.

Human-written work is usually proofread and these are taken out or corrected. In this case, it tells me that they were copied and pasted from something, since generally people don't type symbols on their keyboard that their computer can't display - but AI can and does frequently. (See: emdash)

If this isn't the case, well, great for the OP - but on *far* too many message boards I frequent I see many posts that are AI generated to create engagement or in some cases to train the AI on whatever the topic of the board is.

Re: Could we have a “leadership best practicesÃ¢â‚¬ï¿½ share session?

Posted by TYB Host on 3/9/2026, 9:10 am, in reply to "Re: Could we have a Ã¢â‚¬Å“leadership best practicesÃ¢â‚¬ï¿½ share session?"
Board Administrator

Fair enough. Are you saying the Subject on the original post had hidden artifacts?

Tim

Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ share session?

Posted by Snerk on 3/9/2026, 9:19 am, in reply to "Re: Could we have a “leadership best practicesÃ¢â‚¬ï¿½ share session?"

Let me copy paste the subject line:

Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ share session?

And the first line of the post:

Iâ€™m not new at this, but always trying to be better. Looking for ideas on how to get more out of student leaders. Iâ€™d like anyone and everyone to share your process for something in the leadership category or something that works. These donâ€™t have to be big things, little stuff matters, tooâ€¦

Artifacts bolded.

That's what happens when you translate from a langauge that you're not set up to display, usually.

Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ share session?

Posted by TYB Host on 3/9/2026, 9:26 am, in reply to "Re: Could we have a â€œleadership best practicesÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ share session?"
Board Administrator

Could you please email me? tybhost@gmail.com

Thanks!

Tim

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