Best Practices

Engaging Student Voice Best Practices

• Administrators attend one monthly Student Committee

• Engage in two-way communication regularly with students about what recommendations can be implemented and which cannot and why

• Students present quarterly to entire staff

• Administrators and staff members provided committee minutes and student voice examples

• Invite PBIS Coach/District Support to attend meeting and provide support

• Increasing student voice in local schools and districts

• 5 ways principals can promote student voice and self-advocacy 

• Why is student voice important in education?

• Student-led meetings

• Student podcast

• A case for calling for student voice

• How can students have more say in school decisions?

• What do students have to do with educational leadership?

• Student Voice: a growing movement within education that benefits students and teachers

• Student describe their favorite teachers (Education Week march 2020)

• Conduct student book study.

  • 10 young adult books that tackle racism

  • Responsive Reads

• Youth in front: understanding and supportint student-led activism (3 part training series for adults)

• "Oops/ouch method" for student dialogue

• When we listen to students, we improve our schools