Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

World-Class Education Services for Local Needs

Listening to Student Voices Tools

Listening to Student Voices is a set of tools for K-12 educational leaders and school-based teams interested in including students in continuous school improvement. These tools:

  • Allow schools to listen to students' ideas for improving their school
  • Promote student leadership
  • Develop students' critical thinking skills
  • Encourage relationships within a school
  • Are research based and field tested

These materials were developed by a group of regional educational laboratory staff members working with K-12 school partners across the country. The tools are flexible--they can be adapted or combined to establish unique avenues for student leadership in gathering and analyzing data to be used for school improvement efforts. Most schools need some level of support in using these tools.

This service can be customized for:

All teachers and administrators within a school. Training may be customized for a school leadership team or site council, or for students who will lead the school improvement activities.

What Participants Will Learn

  • Use a set of tools that involve students in a school improvement process
  • Examine student data as a basis for school change
  • Build a more collaborative culture, particularly among students and between students and adults

Format

The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory provides services ranging from planning advice, a short training, or a full-scale facilitation of the Listening to Student Voices process.

Accompanying Products

Participating schools will receive copies of the Listening to Student Voices tools and an individualized final report on any process that NWREL facilitates.

http://www.nwrel.org/csdi/services/lsv/index.php

Contact

Jacqueline Raphael
or 800-547-6339, ext. 616
raphaelj@nwrel.org

As a nonprofit organization, NWREL works to make our services affordable to all schools. Price will be based on the number of participants, travel to your location, and the level of customization your organization requires.