promoting independence through student leadership gordano school gavin ball sophie francis
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Promoting Independence through Student Leadership
Gordano School
Gavin Ball
Sophie Francis
Gordano – the context
Personalisation and a changing curriculum
• 2 Year Development Stage – SATs taken in Year 8
• 3 Year Personalisation Stage – GCSEs in Year 10 or 11
• My PM – enrichment programme – Wednesday afternoons
• 2007-8 Year 7 following My PM course
• 2008-9 Year 7 and 8 involved
My PM
• Gordano Learning Language – Leading your life; Making a contribution
– Thinking skills– Learning skills– Global citizenship– International Links– Team Building skills– Independent
research– Creative activities– Enquiring Minds
– Communication skills
– PSHE– Wider language
experience– Music– JSLA– Cross curricular
challenges
Leading Edge – The Way Forward
• Move away from micro-projects
• Work towards embedding innovative LE practice into classrooms throughout the school
• Creation of a ‘Thinking School’
National Programme 8:
Developing staff and student leadership to raise achievement
Student Leadership
Year 7• YLA (Young Leader’s Award) - 3 week course – 1 theory
and 2 practical lessons• Leadership qualities explored• Pupils to lead a small group of younger children in a
sports festival in July Year 8
• Pupils will take a coaching course Year 9
• JSLA (Junior Sport’s Leader Award) will become an option in core PE (nationally accredited to allow pupils to coach 5-11 yr olds in certain activities)
What the pupils say
• ‘I really enjoyed Sports Leadership. It was one of my favourites.’
• ‘I was really excited about being involved with the award.’
• ‘I think it will benefit me by showing me how to be a leader and how to lead people.’
Student Leadership Teams
The ethos
• Students to take a lead role in initiating, organising and managing whole school development
• Increase students’ abilities to work independently and think for themselves
• Prepare students for future
Student Leadership Teams
•Technology
•Teaching and Learning
•Student Welfare
•Environment
Technology
• Vodcast revision materials
• Organisation for independent film company to produce online video prospectus
• Gaming Software
Progress and Development
Teaching and Learning
• Learning Detective team trained by county advisor
• QCA Student Voice Panel
• G&T students working with G&T coordinators and staff
Progress and Development
Student Welfare• Health and Fitness Team – reduced rates
for students at leisure centre• Climbing Team - received funding for new
climbing wall• Counselling Team – counselling system
for all year groups• Mercury Newspaper Team – material for
local press
Progress and Development
Environment
Recycling Team
Solar Panel Project
Eco-School Status Team – aim for Eco School’s Bronze Award by Aug 2008 and Green Flag by 2009/10
Progress and Development
Involvement
• 11 teams involving students from four different year groups
• Team leaders and deputies have run meetings; organised teams; made formal presentations to governors and senior members of staff
Student Leadership Teams
What the pupils say
