Which strategy was used to keep LEAD Scholar students engaged during events?

• A. Creating co-chairs for marketing, decorations, and activities
• B. Canceling events
• C. Extending event duration indefinitely
• D. Ignoring feedback

Answer: (A)

Sharing leadership by giving students ownership over different parts of events keeps them actively involved. When you create co-chairs for marketing, decorations, and activities, you hand them real responsibilities and a clear stake in how the event turns out. This distributed leadership builds accountability and motivation because each student sees how their area contributes to the whole program. It also fosters collaboration and peer mentoring—co-chairs work together, brainstorm ideas, and encourage others to contribute, which usually leads to more creative marketing, a welcoming setup, and engaging activities. Students feel their input matters when their ideas are actually implemented and feedback is used to improve future events, so they stay invested. In contrast, canceling events removes the chance to participate, extending duration indefinitely becomes impractical and exhausting, and ignoring feedback signals that student voices aren’t valued, which tends to reduce engagement.