"Hi Scott,
Thanks for all that information. I've been busy opening all those links and will hopefully look through them soon. The only one that I wasn't able to open was REPRESENT. The link come up as an error from the website…"
supporting teachers who support student councils
The Victorian Institute of SRC Teacher Advisors (VISTA) is the professional association for teachers working with student councils.
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Scott Duncan left a comment for Peter Van Grunsven"Hi Peter,
Great to hear back from you - Send my regards to Melissa !
That's a very impressive setup you have operating at your school. It's great to see that whilst Fundraising is a component of th work of your student leadership program,…"
Scott Duncan left a comment for Cathi Priest"Hi Cathi and welcome to the VISTA Ning Network ! I was actually at a network meeting with your AP and some other staff yesterday :-)
So, are you the teacher responsible for the student councils at your school ? How long have you been in the…"
Peter Van Grunsven left a comment for Scott Duncan"Hi Scott,
Thanks for your reply.
I have already downloaded your podcasts but haven't actually listened to much of them yet...
It's great that you've started a fantastic website for JSC and SRC members. Most of the…"
Scott Duncan left a comment for Peter Van Grunsven"Hi Peter and Welcome to the VISTA Ning Network ! We hope you find the site useful.
Take a look at some of the links to our past events as they contain resources and recordings that you may find valuable. We also have started work on "The VISTA…"
Scott Duncan left a comment for Karen Gunther"Hi there Karen ! Welcome and thanks for joining us at the VISTA Ning !
How long have you looked after the SRC at your school ? If you are new to the role, we'd love to know what questons you may have and what support we…"
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WHAT'S HAPPENING @ VISTA ?
EPISODE #3 OF THE VISTA PODCAST IS NOW ONLINE !
In this episode of the The VISTA Podcast, Scott and Joel discuss that age old question when setting up a Student Council. Selection vs Election! Is it better to have a selection panel interviewing candidates or have a popular election decided wholly by the students? There are pros and cons for both sides, and various models you could look at depending on your school culture and size.
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Imagine a group of primary school students spread throughout Victoria working together to implement major projects, to provide feedback to organisations about policy and other new initiatives being implemented whilst learning about citizenship and decision making. Sounds impressive. At present though, all we can do is imagine, because such an opportunity for primary school students does not exist.
The VISTA executive is therefore leading the charge in establishing a VicJSC (Victorian Junior School Council) for primary school students .
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VISTA Podcast - The Boards
For those who are subscribers - or even for the casual listeners - the VISTA Podcast comes with it's own boards. (Boards (definition): A collection of discussion forums). This is not meaning to…Continue
Started by Joel Aarons Aug 2, 2011.
Students on staff selection panels
A hot topic of conversation at the moment is the idea of having students involved as members of the selection panels for staffing positions at schools. …Continue
Tags: recruitment, jobs, interviews, selection, staff
Started by Scott Duncan Oct 23, 2010.
Fundraising ? 1 Reply
Following on from our Elluminate sesssion on Fundraising, what great ideas are you using in your school\organisiation to raise funds ? What lessons have you learnt ? Any tips for anyone else ? …Continue
Started by Scott Duncan. Last reply by Kimberly Pellosis Oct 2, 2010.
Resources 1 Reply
The team is VISTA is keen to develop resource materials that support teachers who support student councils. What resources do you wish were available to support your students or you in your role ? Continue
Started by Scott Duncan. Last reply by Joel Aarons Jul 12, 2010.
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Journey towards a VicJSC
Imagine a group of primary school students spread throughout Victoria working together to implement major projects, to provide feedback to organisations about policy and other new initiatives being implemented whilst learning about citizenship and decision making. Sounds impressive. At present though, all we can do is imagine, because such an opportunity for primary school students does not exist.
Since 2001, secondary students have had VicSRC to speak and act on behalf of…
Posted by Scott Duncan on June 20, 2011 at 7:00pm
A plan we need. Yes, a plan, indeed !
This Tuesday, I had the Student Leadership Council present their action plans to our principal team for their feedback and approval. This gave them a real audience to present in front of and a purpose in getting their plans completed.
These plans have been almost a month in the making. They commenced work on them at our Training Day earlier this year and they have worked on them during our subsequent meetings back at school.
I had organised catering in…
ContinuePosted by Scott Duncan on May 22, 2010 at 8:00pm
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