Theories of Action: If students regularly participate in class meetings, then they build stronger relationships and experience greater belonging, agency, and hope, then they are better positioned to thrive in school and community.
If student voice is intentionally centered and acted upon, then adult assumptions are challenged and deepened by hearing lived experience, then practices and environments become more responsive, leading to greater student agency and belonging.
Student Class Meetings
Class meetings can be a pull-out style with students or co-facilitated with a classroom teacher, counselor or administrator. A class meeting series is also available.
Content is customized as needed for each group of students. Potential topics include:
Dignity: practices to honor the dignity of ourselves and peers, dignity-centered conflict resolution
Agency: science of hope, goal-setting and monitoring, regulation skills, reflection opportunities
Belonging: practices to build belonging, social and emotional skills to strengthen relationships across differences
Student Focus Groups
Student focus groups provide insight into current student realities in order to advance equitable organizational change.
Focus group package includes:
Strategizing/planning meeting
Facilitation of focus group (4-8 students recommended)
Findings report & recommendations