Mission
The Kosovo Leadership Academy is a S.T.E.A.M. educational institution that exists to improve communities and advance the education level of Kosovo and beyond by developing young people who learn for life, live for others, and lead their communities with excellence.
The Kosovo Leadership Academy is developing young leaders to make a strategic difference. It seeks to graduate students who have a clear commitment to their communities while encouraging students to maximize their potential and press toward the goal for the sake of something larger than themselves. The KLA is about learning with excellence, living with excellence, and leading with excellence.
Excellence is not perfection. It is not satisfied with “good enough” or “average”. Excellence makes no excuses. Excellence is constant improvement as an individual and a team member. It is growth and maturity as one learns, lives, and leads. It takes responsibility of one’s thoughts, words, and actions and as a result improves day by day.
The key element of education at the Kosovo Leadership Academy combines Kosovo’s core competencies with 21st century skills and curriculum. The teaching method at the Kosovo Leadership Academy is T.E.A.M.S., a problem-based, rigorous learning approach. T.E.A.M.S. stands for the interdisciplinary instruction of technology, engineering, art (communication, visual, and performing), math, and science.
The key elements are:
- Problem-based learning
- Rigorous Learning
- School Community and Belonging
- Career, Technology, and Life Skill
- Personalized Learning
- External Community
- Staff Collaboration
The Kosovo Leadership Academy students will live life with integrity, diligence, and graciousness.
Integrity: Matching your words and actions to your character and values.
- Honesty: Be truthful and sincere at all times.
- Authenticity: Be genuine and transparent.
- Responsibility: Take ownership of your choices.
Diligence: Investing time and energy to complete your work with excellence.
- Punctuality: Arrive on time ready to learn & turn your work in on time.
- Self-Motivation: Take initiative and commit to learning through effort.
- Resilience: Overcome and dismantle obstacles and failures.
Graciousness
- Respect: Be attentive to others and their needs.
- Humility: Emphasize others over self.
- Gratitude: Express thankfulness in all areas of life.
Leadership is influence. The Kosovo Leadership Academy students will strive to strategically influence others. This demands conviction, confidence, and courage.
- Conviction: Focused and firmly committed to what is right.
- Confidence: Resolved to develop a growth mindset to improve.
- Courage: Analyze every situation and take calculated risks.