When considering infusing Meaningful Student Involvement into school change, many educators want to know what exactly is going to happen. The following chart shows the major areas that MSI impacts. Send me an email if you’d like to see the research supporting each of these outcomes.
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Type of Action
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Major
Areas that Meaningful Student Involvement Impacts |
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Program
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Administration
|
Climate
|
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Student as researchers
|
Examine interest in
subject, engagement in class, efficacy of methodology |
Analyze student
involvement, policies engaging partners, Activities of improvement activities |
Compare perceptions of
student voice, effects of training, attitudes towards achievement |
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Students
as planners |
Design program, learning
projects, classroom layout, personal learning goals |
Develop new policy
recommendations, staff monitoring plan, school improvement process |
Create classroom behavior
standards, student/teacher partnership activities |
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Students
as teachers |
Use student/adult teaching
teams, student-centered methods, multiple intelligences |
Provide professional
development re: student voice, student-led training for teachers |
Model student-driven
learning throughout education, student voice in all school activities |
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Students
as evaluators |
Assess self, peers, teachers,
curricula, classes |
Critically explore
policies and Activities absent of student voice |
Contrast student/teacher
relationships, respect throughout school |
|
Students
as decision-makers |
Engage in classroom
management, resource allocation, and consensus |
Develop positions on all
committees, reception mechanisms for adult leaders, committees for students only |
Authorize students to
mediate, create spaces for student interactions, facilitate student forums |
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Students
as advocates |
Embrace student interests
and identities in program planning |
Encourage broad
representation by nontraditional students |
Provide “safe spaces” and
reception for self- and group-advocacy |
The SoundOut website has featured examples of what each of these look like for almost a decade. Find them at http://soundout.org/examples.html.
