Student Leadership:
Students as initiators, organizers, partners, researchers, developers, and decision-makers in the context of school and district improvement.
See also: youth voice
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Washoe County’s Student Voice Homepage and Student Voice Toolkit Students practice and strengthen social and emotional skills through leadership opportunities. By elevating students as leaders, districts both benefit from student perspective and ingenuity and support their skill development. This website provides a great example of a district-level approach. SOURCE: Washoe County School District |
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Webinar: Looking at the Intersection of Student Agency and School Discipline Practices An in-depth discussion of the connections between student agency and school discipline from the Center for the Collaborative Classroom and Transforming Education. Presenters share ways schools can use student-centered disciplinary practices to cultivate social and emotional skills and empower student voice. SOURCE: Transforming Education |
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Student Reflection Sheet for Student-Led Conferences Reflection sheet for students to complete after student-led conferences. SOURCE: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools |
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Chicago Public Schools Student Voice Committees Student Voice Committees (SVCs) are designed to form crucial student-adult partnerships to help address the issues schools and students are facing. Through engaging students in the decision making process, SVCs seek to improve school culture and climate and develop youth leadership skills. SOURCE: Chicago Public Schools |
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Chicago Public Schools Department of Social Science & Civic Engagement put together this toolkit for district schools to build stronger student-adult partnerships, with resources to support schools at all places on the spectrum of of student voice and engagement. SOURCE: Chicago Public Schools |
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Student Script and Agenda for a Student-Led Conference Tool for students to prepare to lead conferences with their parents and teachers, including a checklist and sample script for students to talk about their strengths, challenges, and work portfolio. SOURCE: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools |
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Student-led Conferences Introduction Overview of a Nashville middle school's model for student-led conferences, appropriate for grades 4-12. SOURCE: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools |
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Washoe County Student Data Summits Washoe's Student-led Data Symposiums bring high interest district data to students for analysis, problem-solving, and taking action. The 2016 event covered school climate & SEL, poverty, and CTE programs. SOURCE: Washoe County School District |
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Student Voice and Data Summits: Continuous Improvement in Washoe County Presentation describing the purpose and format of Student-led Data Summits in Washoe County, with highly valuable advice from those who have helped organize them. SOURCE: Washoe County School District |
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Oakland’s Leadership Growth and Development System Principal Handbook Handbook detailing each dimension of the principal evaluation framework, with categories including "Leadership for Healthy Relationships and Culture" and "Leadership for Equity". SOURCE: Oakland Unified School District |