As student council advisor, part of my responsibility is to plan, with my officers, homecoming activities at our school. This includes the nomination and election process for the court and eventual king and queen, spirit week, and festivities during the homecoming football game.
I am in my third year as student council advisor, and I try to keep the officers focused on relevance in everything they suggest. This year they actually broke a few traditions at our school.
The wonderful thing is that our school embraced this. Some of our new activities included having our pep assembly in the auditorium where the aacoustics were better, and a class tug-o-war competition at halftime of the football game. I guess it got to the point where we were doing some things just because "that's the way it was always done". Feedback from faculty and students helped student council realize just how successful they were in their planning this year.
My website has a section about managing change ( http://www.energizetheclassroom.com/changenowork.asp ). The changes we implemeted through student council were successful because we had a vision, listened to everyone's input, and most importantly, followed through with a clear plan. I know the events I am talking about do not seem that important to everyone, but that is the point...they should be. This past week we had a united school, full of energy and spirit. To almost all parties, the activities and events made sense. If we can make our homecoming more relevant, I am excited what other processes in our school we can make more relevant in the future!
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"Classroom Thoughts" is a blog intended to share the ideas, learning, and fun that occurs in my classroom. I will post my experiences for the 2010-2011 school year on a weekly basis. Please post any questions or comments for discussion as well.
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Don't you think the kids are SOOO much better at change than us adults? I can always think of tons of things that can prevent an event from changing but kids always are so much more fluid and willing to jump in and try. It's probably because all that 'life experience' gets in the way of our attempt to change.
This week's Spirit Week was truly special because as a school we embraced our togetherness and our common bond of being students and teachers who all care about our school. I hope other schools get a chance to experience this type of special environment where learning emcompasses more than information - it also brings us together in spirit!
Mrs. Sheets
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