{"id":16871,"date":"2019-01-02T10:50:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=16871"},"modified":"2022-04-12T14:38:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:38:11","slug":"scaffolding-student-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/scaffolding-student-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Stowe students lead school change"},"content":{"rendered":"

How student-adult partnerships can scaffold student leadership<\/h1>\n

\u201cDid you know that the same areas in the brain light up when a person is curious as when that person is given candy or money?\u201d Stowe Middle School students Macey Crowder and Shelby Lizotte posed this question to Stowe\u2019s school board during a presentation to their school board. Representing their Student Engagement Committee<\/em>, they <\/span>shared the results<\/span><\/a> of a survey given to all Stowe Middle School students to measure the level of engagement at their school. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A focus on leadership:<\/h2>\n

Stowe\u2019s principal, Dan Morrison, has made it one of his top goals this 2018-19 school year to create multiple leadership roles for his middle school students. \u00a0He believes, as Betty Edwards does, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want students to work in partnership with adults, we must give them the opportunities to develop leadership skills\u2014skills that allow them to manage time, work as a team, set goals, solve problems, facilitate meetings, defend positions, and make effective presentations.\u201d \u00a0<\/span>The Power of Youth Leadership: Effective middle schools ensure all students have opportunities to lead<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To that end, Morrison created and teaches a Student Leadership Course in Schoology. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Stowe students as well are active participants in two other opportunities for student leadership: the Scholarly Habits Redesign Committee<\/em> and the Student Engagement at Stowe Committee<\/em>. Both committees use the design thinking framework and collect and analyze data in order to take on challenges they\u2019ve identified for school improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Student & adult partnerships:<\/b><\/h2>\n

Leadership course<\/span><\/h3>\n

In October, Stowe student leaders <\/span>presented to their community on open house night.\u00a0<\/span><\/a>They shared how the school was shifting from traditional parent teacher conferences to student led conferences this year. They distributed this <\/span>one-page tips sheet <\/span><\/a>\u00a0meant to help families prepare for the shift.<\/span><\/p>\n