Category: Student voice

  • Student Collaborators

    Student Collaborators

    Now that we have a critical mass of teachers involved in transforming our school, the need to get a critical mass of other stakeholders involved is imminent.  As I began my sabbatical this year, this issue was at the forefront of my planning.  The three groups of people that I have been thinking about are…

  • Student Involvement in School Change: Organizing

    Student Involvement in School Transformation If you haven’t read my previous post on the 1st steps I took with regard to student involvement in the school change process, you may want to before continuing.  During this second meeting with students, I asked them to consider all the ideas that they had brainstormed and categorize them;…

  • Students Transforming School: Brainstorming

    Envisioning the Ideal School Introduction and context: As the first task of my fellowship, I created a steering committee to help me with the work I would be undertaking next year.  I chose several teachers and an administrator and asked each one of those people to invite two students to participate.  Because my project is…