Student Voice Committees
Student Voice Committees (SVCs) are school-based student leadership teams designed to forge student-adult partnerships in school improvement.
SVCs seek to partner directly with administration on persistent problems the school is actively seeking to address. As a key partner in school improvement, SVC’s should be a part of school quality assessment, school visioning and planning, and the decision making process.
The SVC works to elevate youth perspective and expertise in understanding the problems schools face, to strengthen the decisions schools and teachers make, and to encourage the development of youth leadership skills.
SVC Principles
While the SVC is a district wide program, each school community is unique. The SVC guiding principles anchor what makes a Student Voice Committee, while still affording schools flexibility in their own implementation. If your SVC works within these four guiding principles you are achieving the mission and vision of the SVC program and implementing it with integrity!
SVC Program Elements
The SVC Program Elements are created to support with the actualization of the SVC Principles. They are broken into meeting activities for SVC program implementation with students.
- Admin, teachers, students! Are you interested in starting an SVC at your school?
- Contact Mildred Garcia Gomez, Student Voice & Leadership Specialist, at mlgarciagomez@cps.edu to get started!