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Amplifying Youth Voice: Strategies for Helping Youth have their Voices Heard - Student voice—the process of educators, school leaders, and other supportive adults gathering young people’s values and unique perspectives and implementing policy and practice changes based on these shared ideas—provides an opportunity for young people to be active participants in improving their schools. In this resource we explain how student voice increases student engagement, enhances education systems, and improves student outcomes. We also share three strategies to support schools and community organizations with gathering student voice data. (National Partnership for Student Success)
Speak Out, Listen Up! Tools for using student perspectives and local data for school improvement -describes a number of strategies for engaging students and ensuring that their voices are heard. (National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance)
Speak Out, Listen Up! Tools for using student perspectives and local data for school improvement -describes a number of strategies for engaging students and ensuring that their voices are heard. (National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance)
Strategies-for-Gathering-Student-Feedback.pdf
Student Voice - GDOE PL Course - The purpose of this course is to describe different types of student voice, why student voice is important to academic and behavioral success, and understand ways to access student voice in different school environments. Participants will explore different types of student voice and how to access student voice in face-to-face and virtual environments. They will also learn how to determine students’ perspectives on their input into school policies and practices by reviewing the Georgia Student Health Survey, and consider one method to access student voice in their school environment.
Student Voice - GDOE PL Course - The purpose of this course is to describe different types of student voice, why student voice is important to academic and behavioral success, and understand ways to access student voice in different school environments. Participants will explore different types of student voice and how to access student voice in face-to-face and virtual environments. They will also learn how to determine students’ perspectives on their input into school policies and practices by reviewing the Georgia Student Health Survey, and consider one method to access student voice in their school environment.
Students are the best source of information about what is working to help them learn and feel supported. Use this tool to develop a simple strategy to learn from students to continuously improve instruction to better meet their needs.
Students are the best source of information about what is working to help them learn and feel supported. Use this tool to develop a simple strategy to learn from students to continuously improve instruction to better meet their needs.
Want to know how students fared during the 2020-2021 school year? Ask them!
Want to know how students fared during the 2020-2021 school year? Ask them!
Discussion questions to help plan how schools can best support young people as they cope with changes at school and in life due to the stressors beginning in 2020 (such as COVID-19, school closure, online learning, financial worries, community unrest, racial strife, political conflict, etc.).
Discussion questions to help plan how schools can best support young people as they cope with changes at school and in life due to the stressors beginning in 2020 (such as COVID-19, school closure, online learning, financial worries, community unrest, racial strife, political conflict, etc.).
Discussion questions to help plan how schools can best support staff and parents as they cope with the school and life changes they've been experiencing since 2020. Questionnaire, will deepen schools' understanding of their thoughts and experiences and to develop new resources and practices in school for adults such as parents and faculty.
Discussion questions to help plan how schools can best support staff and parents as they cope with the school and life changes they've been experiencing since 2020. Questionnaire, will deepen schools' understanding of their thoughts and experiences and to develop new resources and practices in school for adults such as parents and faculty.
Conducting a strong needs assessment is the foundation for developing a successful prevention plan. Use this checklist to identify gaps and strengthen on-going data collection for your needs assessment. The checklist is organized by the six (6) core data areas of the Strategic Planning Framework: consequences, consumption, target populations, intervening variables (i.e. risk and protective factors), prevention resources, and community readiness.
Conducting a strong needs assessment is the foundation for developing a successful prevention plan. Use this checklist to identify gaps and strengthen on-going data collection for your needs assessment. The checklist is organized by the six (6) core data areas of the Strategic Planning Framework: consequences, consumption, target populations, intervening variables (i.e. risk and protective factors), prevention resources, and community readiness.
Conducting a strong needs assessment is the foundation for developing a successful prevention plan. Use this review sheet to support addressing data gaps through primary data collection. It provides several methods and select resources as a starting point for prevention team’s planning. These methods can involve varied means of data collection, including oral narratives, written text, photographs, video, and others.
Conducting a strong needs assessment is the foundation for developing a successful prevention plan. Use this review sheet to support addressing data gaps through primary data collection. It provides several methods and select resources as a starting point for prevention team’s planning. These methods can involve varied means of data collection, including oral narratives, written text, photographs, video, and others.
The most successful MTSS teams ask good questions to sift through the noise and surface the most important insights. In this guide, we share the three key questions that every MTSS team can use to make more data-driven decisions (remote or in-person), measure the health of their program, and center systems in equity.
The most successful MTSS teams ask good questions to sift through the noise and surface the most important insights. In this guide, we share the three key questions that every MTSS team can use to make more data-driven decisions (remote or in-person), measure the health of their program, and center systems in equity.
Many community organizations focus on the needs or deficits of the community. Every community has needs and deficits that ought to be attended to. But it is also possible to focus on assets and strengths -- emphasizing what the community does have, not what it doesn't. Those assets and strengths can be used to meet those same community needs; they can improve community life.
Many community organizations focus on the needs or deficits of the community. Every community has needs and deficits that ought to be attended to. But it is also possible to focus on assets and strengths -- emphasizing what the community does have, not what it doesn't. Those assets and strengths can be used to meet those same community needs; they can improve community life.
To create a fully informed plan for an effective program, it is essential to know what the problems are that need to be addressed (e.g., where the gaps in community preparedness are, who is most at risk, where there are limited resources to improve preparedness) and the resources that are available. A needs assessment is the process of gathering information about the current conditions of a targeted area, or the underlying need for a program. A resources assessment is the process of gathering information about the resources available to address a particular need or risk.
To create a fully informed plan for an effective program, it is essential to know what the problems are that need to be addressed (e.g., where the gaps in community preparedness are, who is most at risk, where there are limited resources to improve preparedness) and the resources that are available. A needs assessment is the process of gathering information about the current conditions of a targeted area, or the underlying need for a program. A resources assessment is the process of gathering information about the resources available to address a particular need or risk.
Definitions of needs assessments and resource mapping, how they interconnect, and how they are both important for advancing a comprehensive school mental health system. Quality indicators and best practices for this domain will be reviewed.
Definitions of needs assessments and resource mapping, how they interconnect, and how they are both important for advancing a comprehensive school mental health system. Quality indicators and best practices for this domain will be reviewed.
A guide for focused conversations with your students to help them unpack recent events so you can understand them better. This guide can be easily adapted for conversations with your faculty & families.
A guide for focused conversations with your students to help them unpack recent events so you can understand them better. This guide can be easily adapted for conversations with your faculty & families.
The Quality Guides provide guidance to help school mental health systems advance the quality of their services and supports. This guide contains background information on needs assessment and resource mapping, best practices, possible action steps, examples from the field, and resources.
The Quality Guides provide guidance to help school mental health systems advance the quality of their services and supports. This guide contains background information on needs assessment and resource mapping, best practices, possible action steps, examples from the field, and resources.
Exploring youth voice in decision-making within Full-Service Community Schools
Exploring youth voice in decision-making within Full-Service Community Schools
This workbook helps data-driven teams practice viewing whole child data through various lenses to identify patterns and trends among groups of students. It includes worksheets for attendance, behavior incidents, and then assessment data.
This workbook helps data-driven teams practice viewing whole child data through various lenses to identify patterns and trends among groups of students. It includes worksheets for attendance, behavior incidents, and then assessment data.
Are we really listening to and empowering young people? Caring about improving access, equity, and success for all students means paying attention to their experiences and responding to their needs. It involves creating an environment where students feel empowered to participate in and influence the decisions that affect their educational experiences. This practice involves including student voice.
Are we really listening to and empowering young people? Caring about improving access, equity, and success for all students means paying attention to their experiences and responding to their needs. It involves creating an environment where students feel empowered to participate in and influence the decisions that affect their educational experiences. This practice involves including student voice.
The matrix provides a graphic organizer for reviewing school improvement plans and implementation to identify how well the efforts address barriers to learning and teaching – schoolwide and in the classroom. It can also be used to chart all current activities and resource use (e.g., involving school, community, district) as a basis for making status reports, doing a gap analysis, and setting priorities for moving forward.
The matrix provides a graphic organizer for reviewing school improvement plans and implementation to identify how well the efforts address barriers to learning and teaching – schoolwide and in the classroom. It can also be used to chart all current activities and resource use (e.g., involving school, community, district) as a basis for making status reports, doing a gap analysis, and setting priorities for moving forward.
Using available information, get a quick overview of the resources currently being used at the school for addressing barriers to learning and teaching.
Using available information, get a quick overview of the resources currently being used at the school for addressing barriers to learning and teaching.
Students are the best source of information about what is working to help them learn and feel supported. Use this tool to develop a simple strategy to learn from students to continuously improve instruction to better meet their needs.
Students are the best source of information about what is working to help them learn and feel supported. Use this tool to develop a simple strategy to learn from students to continuously improve instruction to better meet their needs.
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