Student council: Power to the people

The EF Academy Torbay Student Council began to meet in their committees this week after carefully considering which areas of the school needed particular representation and deciding on the key members required within their particular committees.

Each committee has elected a Chairman and a Secretary and they have been carefully considering how those roles work and exactly how they intend to make the school committee program work. To help them with this our University specialist Katherine Lloyd Clark gave the students the benefit of her considerable experience working in committees both professional and non-professional.

She brilliantly explained the role of the Chairman as the leading role within the committee and the person who sets the agenda and keeps order. The Secretary is the person that organizes business and the minutes and ensures that everyone in the committee is well prepared and kept on task.

Our school council is very important and has a central role in the running and organization of the student experience and it is something that we take very seriously. The committees are split into very important areas covering everything from activities and enrichment to academic matters and student welfare. The aim is for them to act as a bridge between the Senior Leadership, teachers and the students so that the school is for students by students. Power to the people!!!!!

We are also aiming to make sure that our Houses and our House Captains also work closely with the school committees so that the Houses are also able to play a central role in delivering on the students requests.