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Student Leadership Report

Student Leadership Report. Kate Bishop-Hazarian, Director of Family Engagement and Community Partnerships. Student Leadership Advisory Committee. Valuing Student Leaders. Began in winter of 2009 Student Leadership Advisory Committee meets 5 or 6 times annually Goals:

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Student Leadership Report

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  1. Student Leadership Report Kate Bishop-Hazarian, Director of Family Engagement and Community Partnerships

  2. Student Leadership Advisory Committee

  3. Valuing Student Leaders Began in winter of 2009 Student Leadership Advisory Committee meets 5 or 6 times annually Goals: • Develop youth leadership skills • Expand role of youth leaders on campus • Gain youth input on key district initiatives • Build connections between schools and communities

  4. Listening to All Voices Student Leadership Advisory Committee includes 45 student leaders from 19 schools • K-8s/Westside Charter (7 schools) • Junior High Schools (5 schools) • Alternative High Schools (2 schools) • High Schools (5 schools)

  5. Seeking Their Input and Ideas • Middle School Reconfigurations • Annual Nutrition Services food tasting • Qualities of great teachers and principals • Improving School Climate • Reducing high school dropout rate • Role of Twin Rivers Police Officers on their campuses • Qualities in new Superintendent

  6. Superintendent’s Student Cabinet

  7. Leading by Listening • Student Council and ASB Presidents meet with Superintendent at least four times per year • Board members have joined this luncheon • Students learned about district governance • Youth shared ideas for improving their school and the district

  8. What Do the Youth Say? • Evaluations are consistently positive • Youth feel that we are listening and acting on their ideas • Students enjoy meeting other student leaders district office leadership • Year 1 – only 20% of 8th graders said they would stay in district for high school. Year 3 – this increased to 90%.

  9. Proposed Plans for ‘12-’13 School Year Youth Development Network (YDN) will take the lead on meetings. Student Leadership Retreats –ASB or Student Council teacher, Vice Principal and 3 to 5 student leaders • Monday, September 24th – 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Middle School and K-8 Student Leadership Retreat • Wednesday, September 26th – 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – High School Student Leadership Retreat

  10. Student Leadership Advisory Committee Schedule modified due to Transportation schedules and budget constraints. Fewer meetings, but longer time. Friday, November 2nd – 10 .m. to 1 p.m. Friday, January 18th – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 1st – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 3rd – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Interim Superintendent will be invited to hold Student Cabinet meeting from 11:30 to 12:30

  11. What Are Other Districts Doing? • Center Unified, Elk Grove Unified, Galt Joint Union and San Juan Unified invite high school student leaders and their principal to give a report to the board monthly or annually • Natomas Unified, Folsom-Cordova Unified and Sacramento City Unified all have student board members.

  12. Best Practices for Districts that Have Student Board members • Board of Trustees undergo training in youth engagement • Board meetings restructured to provide best learning experience for youth leader(s) • Board would establish an election and training process for youth leaders

  13. Best Practices Continued: • District would assign a staff member to mentor the student board member for 2 to 4 hours per week in order to educate and support them in their role on the board • District would provide compensation for travel expenses for the youth representative and access to a computer • District leadership would develop a plan for how the student board member would seek and get feedback from other youth

  14. At the end of the day, it’s about the youth Questions? Contact Kate Bishop-Hazarian at 566-1759

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