Support student leadership with opportunities for responsibility within the school
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Establishing a caring, supportive, and respectful class climate’
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Develop student leadership
Develop student leadership
Increase leadership opportunities for students.
Offer students responsibility through a range of authentic contexts:
- Reading classroom notices or announcements.
- Leading in areas of personal strength.
- Leading school activities such as running assemblies, hosting visitors, or inducting and looking after new students.
- Leading or having input into activities, for example kapa haka, clubs, enviro-schools, sport, or drama.
- Offering a range of leadership opportunities, for example, student council reps, class leaders, senior leaders.
- Offer mentoring programmes for young leaders, peer, buddy, tuakana–teina approaches, whānau, or house groupings.
Encourage self-leadership
Encourage self-leadership
if you get opportunities to lead others and engage with others, then you’re able to develop the confidence to [lead your own life]
Matt Frost, who was deputy head boy in his school, has autism, and is a disability advocate and policy analyst
Utilise the voice of Inspirational peers
Utilise the voice of Inspirational peers
Some students have a vision for the future that is bigger than their personal goals.
Create time to listen to students
Create time to listen to students
"I think it is really important that teachers listen to what we’ve got to say."
Next steps
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Strategies for action:
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Value what each student bringsShow suggestions for Value what each student brings
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Establish a respectful class climateShow suggestions for Establish a respectful class climate
- Learn about diversity and equity together
- Have high expectations
- Support student leadership
- Strengthen a supportive peer culture
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Plan for everyone to participate and achieveShow suggestions for Plan for everyone to participate and achieve
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Take a community approachShow suggestions for Take a community approach
