Exercise 64B Analysing decision-making in school Key Skills
Success criteria
I can name situations where I have or do not have a role in decision-making in school, why I have or do not have a role and what I would do diff erenly if I had a role.
Working in pairs, consider the following areas of school life and decide your level of input in making decisions.
In my school Do you have a role in making decisions in this area?
Uniform Timetable School rules
Other areas (name them)
Exercise 64C Auditing my student council Key Skills
Success criteria Why/why not?
What would you do diff erently if you had a role in making the decision?
I can identify the strengths and weaknesses of my student council.
Student councils are meant to allow students have a voice on what is happening in schools. Student councils are consulted on decisions and raise areas of concern with school management.
If your student council representative is part of your class, interview them on their work by asking the questions that are relevant to them and writing their answers below. If your student council representative is not part of your class, discuss the relevant questions in pairs and answer them below.
1. What were the student council representative’s/your policies? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How many candidates ran in the election?