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Student Council

Goals

  • Contribute to making the time students have at Aotea College enjoyable, friendly and stimulating.
  • Organise student involvement in decisions and activities at school
  • Develop strong communication across the school for school activities 
  • Develop leadership opportunities with  mufti-days linked to key social and community needs.

Tasks

  • Consider issues of concern and suggest practical ways to help students have an enjoyable and stimulating time at Aotea College.
  • Come up with appropriate solutions to issues raised and make recommendations regarding student welfare and school projects.
  • Assist student leaders (Y13 student leaders in the organisation and communication of school wide events or promotions)
  • Organise fundraising for local, national and global initiatives through mufti-days and fundraising to support worthy causes.
  • Support and encourage strong participation in the school council by Hui Ako representatives.
  • Communicate student council decisions and recommendations to each Hui Ako and to the school senior leadership team.

Student Council Selection

The selection process of student councillors will take place over 2 sessions, this is sufficient for students who are keen to represent their Hui Ako to signal their interest, prepare, write and present their speech to their peers and give them time to vote.

Step 1: Ako teacher speaks to class

Students are spoken to about the importance of the student council as a pathway for student voice and a way to develop leadership skills that are valued in the workplace , their future places of study and training and the  wider community. It is about always looking for ways we can do better in our school, community and beyond.

Step 2: Signaling Interest

  1. Students, in each Hui Ako,  interested in being a part of the council will signal interest to their Hui Ako teacher – where he/she will register the student’s name. The next Hui Ako these students come up with a speech to their Ako Group on why they should be elected.
  2. Senior Hui Ako classes should have 2 year levels represented.

Step 3: Speeches and voting

  1. Each candidate will perform their speech and or campaign to classmates. At this time, students will have to listen and consider what each candidate says, as the speeches should be the basis on voting for their preferred candidate.
  2. The Hui Ako Teacher will hand out each student a strip of paper containing the following fields:
    1. Name of Candidate Preferred
    2. Hui Ako
    3. Date (DD/MM)
  3. After students have voted, in confidence, the Hui Ako Teacher will collect and count up the Voting Forms.
  4. The student council trustee for each Hui Ako must be written into the google document called Student Council 20XX.

Contact

  • Phone: +64 4 2373166
  • Fax: +64 2373170
  • Email: enquiries@aotea.school.nz
  • Location: Okowai Road, Porirua
  • Postal Address: PO Box 50046, Porirua 5240

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