In this fourth retreat, the group will look at the data collected about the experiences, attributes, and skills all LSUU youth should have by the time they graduate to form the first vision of their portrait of a graduate.
In this retreat, middle and high school youth and adult teams from Proctor High School, Poultney High School, Rutland Town School and West Rutland School will come together to continue the work of transforming their school cultures through restorative practices. They will focus on community building, youth-adult partnership, identifying values, crafting team agreements to support […]
In this retreat, the youth-adult team at the BSD will continue working on their goals to increase a sense of engagement, belonging, and active student participation by creating a culture and practice of youth-adult partnerships for school change; understand, explore and develop youth voice and agency through creating a framework and vision for student voice […]
The Winooski School District Antiracism Steering Committee is made of youth, faculty/staff, community members, and community partners who are tasked with overseeing the work of the six Antiracism Demand Action groups. They meet monthly to build community, hear updates from and support the action groups, and plan events.
The Youth Action Council is an opportunity for youth leaders to develop their own power and empower others to effect change. UP’s YAC also advises UP for Learning and co-creates programming. YAC members are in a position to activate youth-adult partnership and learner agency statewide. We are middle and high school youth that represent teams […]
The subcommittee’s goals will be to review the district’s equity policies, conduct an equity audit, engage the community, especially school families, and communicate the purpose and process to the larger school community.
The Lamoille North SU (LNSU) Equity Design Team (EDT) is a representative group of youth and adults (approx. 15-20) from the LNSU community. They provide ongoing input to frame strategies for school-level implementation. They will be trained to serve as YPAR leaders to help develop and lead the visioning process.
In their final retreat of the year, youth and adults from Hunt Middle School will gather to build community, identify shared values, and explore leadership styles. They will also begin examining suspension data from their school, as they work towards making recommendations in the spring to the administration on how to improve school climate and […]
This is the fifth of six retreats this year in which youth and adults at Burlington High School will come together to look at why youth are not attending class, or school, and how we can take action to make education more engaging, meaningful and relevant for all. The group’s goals will be to re-examine […]
During this retreat, members of the PoG team will continue to explore the foundation of youth voice and youth adult-partnership, and orient them to the Youth Participatory Action Research Cycle. The will answer the question, What are the characteristics that are the most important in a OSSD graduate? They will also learn about how to gather data […]
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