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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Student Representatives

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	Policy/Program Development Working With Youth Policy Models Planning/Assessment Tools
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	Whole School Programs School Climate/Policies Staff/Volunteer Training Consulting Students Student Representatives
	Instructional Programs Active Learning Project-based Learning Online Learning Community Service Learning
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This page lists several web-based documents that examine how educators can work with elected or appointed student representatives on school councils or as student representatives on school boards. General documents on having youth representatives on governing boards are also listed.

Readers should also read the Research/Reports Initiatives page, where documents pertaining to formal representation are listed.

Also see pages on School Climate, Staff/Volunteer Training, Consulting Students and Student Representatives for related materials.

Explanations, Evidence, Planning/Best Practices Guides, Assessment /Evaluation Tools, Online Training/Training Programs, Programs/Materials, Examples

Explanations (Summaries, Articles, Fact Sheets)

Meaningful Student Involvement (Adam Fletcher, Youth Ambassador)
The Student's Voice (American School Board Journal)
Meaningful Student Involvement in Education Decision-Making (www.soundout.org)

Evidence

Report on Findings From Youth Consultation Survey (Department of Local Government Circular to Councils)
How Young People Would Like to be Consulted (Department of Local Government Circular to Councils)
Council Staff and Councillors' Views About Youth Consultation (Department of Local Government Circular to Councils)
CTE Student Organizations. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education)
The Power of an Untapped Resource (Association of Alaskan School Boards)

Planning/Best Practices Guides

Youth Consultation Checklist (Department of Local Government Circular to Councils)
Participation: Sharing the Stage (NSW Commission for Children & Young People)
Youth Participation Handbook for Organizations (Government of South Australia)

Assessment /Evaluation Tools

Online Training/Training Programs

Programs/Materials

Youth on Board
Canadian Spirt Online
The Alberta Association of Students' Councils and Advisors
Nova Scotia Secondary School Students' Association
OSSSA

Examples

Meaningful Student Involvement in Education Advocacy (www.soundout.org)
Student Leaders Take Ultimate Journey to NASC Conference (National Association of Student Councils)
Student Affairs Office (Rock Terrace School)
Committee Passes Bill to Include Students on Board of Education (Indiana State Government)
Representing The Voice of Schools (Kentucky Kernel)

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

Key Resources

	Youth Involvement in Policy-Making (Institute on Governance)
	CASAA "Making It Work: Workbook (CASAA)
	Students on School Boards of Education Resource Guide (www.soundout.org)
	Meaningful Student Involvement in Education Decision-Making (www.soundout.org)
	Students on Boards of Education (The Freechild Project)

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