EOY Culture-Builder:Take a Centrally-located bulletin board & create a “Student/Staff Shoutout” wall. Divide the board in 1/2- 1side to shoutout staff, the other 4 students. All 🫵🏻 need are post-it notes & pens. Watch the faces of pp when they recieve 1️⃣Great way 2️⃣end the year!
Model kindness through student leadership, starting at the top. One of my favorite activities was to have our Senior PEER Leaders collaborate w/ elementary student, to show how easy it is to make being nice the norm.
Relationships Matter- 1 of my fave PEER Leadership initiatives was our “Welcome Home” event, where new & transfer students were introduced to our school’s family Day 1! Meeting a new friend that is impactful, intentional & authentic in establishing positive relationships
Knowing every child’s story means seeing, hearing & celebrating each student. Student-Centered, Student-Driven learning leads to preparedness for post-secondary and the real world.
What moves school culture in the right direction is student leadership. My most impactful decision came with empowering HS Peer Leaders to mentor middle level Peer Ambassadors. You create a community school where student voice leads the charge towards + direction w/in a community