32 Resources on Meaningful Student Involvement

SoundOut provides these resources for you to use in your own school.

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Readings

• PDF – Meaningful Student Involvement Guide to Students as Partners in School Change
• PDF – Meaningful Student Involvement Idea Guide 
• Student Voice and Bullying
• Broadening the Bounds of Involvement: Transforming Schools With Student Voice
• PDF – Cascading Leadership Among Students
• The Architecture of Ownership

• Total Infusion: District Scores 100% on Student Involvement in Decision-Making
• PDF – Stories of Meaningful Student Involvement
• PDF – Meaningful Student Involvement in Service Learning
• PDF – Typical Engagement? Students on School Boards in the U.S.
• Student Activism Success Stories

Activities

• 50 Ways Adults Can Support Student Voice
• 65 Ways Students Can Change Schools
• 10 Things You Can Do To Advocate for Student Voice
• Take Action
• PDF – SoundOut Student Involvement Curriculum

Research

• Unleashing Student Voice: Research Supporting Meaningful Student Involvement
• PDF – Meaningful Student Involvement Research Guide
• PDF – Defining Student Engagement: A Literature Review
• PDF – SoundOut Student Voice Bibliography

Tools

• The Ladder of Student Involvement in School
• The Cycle of Student Voice
• Principles of Student-Adult Partnerships
• Tips for Student-Adult Partnerships
• Acknowledging Student Voice
• PDF – Meaningful Student Involvement Resource Guide
• Convenient Student Voice or Inconvenient Student Voice

Barriers

Written by Adam Fletcher, this article was originally posted to http://commonaction.blogspot.com. Learn more at adamfletcher.net!