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INTRODUCTION
There
are many ways in which you can get involved in the policy-making
process and many ways you can be an active member of your
school community.
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Talk to your SRC or
even get involved in your SRC. Student Representative Councils
can, as a united voice, be actively involved in the policy-making
process.
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Look at www.youth.vic.gov.au,
which has a positive, article called ‘Young
People, boards and committees: participation in decision-making
structures’. This is specifically designed
to help young people become more actively involved in the
decisions that affect their lives.
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ALERT your SRC members
and teachers to this website, Policy@School.
Use it to feel more informed about your rights and ABLE
to make policy changes if you want to…
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Get in touch with VicSRC.
It is a Victorian, student-led group, formed to address
student interests and needs. It can provide further support,
advice and helpful hints. The group also creates a forum
to collectively discuss and share issues and ideas. They
can talk to you about forming an alliance with other schools,
SRCs and the idea of STRENGTH in numbers.
“20
steps to creating an SRC network in your region”.
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Align yourself with the parents’
association.
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Subscribe to Connect.
Connect is a magazine
written by students and teachers, for students and teachers,
describing example of active student participation
around Australia – in curriculum and in running schools.
You need to subscribe to Connect
to receive all six copies each year. Annual subscriptions
are $30 for schools, $20 for individuals (if you pay for
it yourself), $10 for SRCs and similar groups (if the SRC
pays for it), and $5 for individual students (if you pay
for it yourself). Contact Connect,
12 Brooke Street, Northcote Victoria 3070 Australia
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Get involved with the policy-makers. On a school level this
will be the teachers, principal and school committee. On
a state level, get in touch with your state’s Education
Minister. www.parliament.vic.gov.au/mlas.html
Here
are some resources that may be useful to you:
Features
of a Successful Student Participation Model
Enhancing
Effective Student Participation – Curriculum Approaches
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