How to Start Your Middle or High School Student Council
Perhaps your school doesn’t have a student council, and you’ve been tasked to create one. Or you have an existing program, but it needs a massive overhaul. Either way, welcome!…
9 Things Great Student Council Advisors Do
The first question I had when the double role of student council advisor and leadership teacher was dropped on me was, “What even does a student council advisor actually do?”…
7 Essentials for How to Write A Student Council Constitution
Drafting your constitution is one of the first must-do tasks of creating a student council. You absolutely need one. If your council already exists but doesn’t have one, or the…
What is Service Leadership? A New Way to Frame Your StuCo Program
As a Student Council Advisor and Leadership teacher, you’re somewhere between a coach and a teacher. It really is a sweet spot where you can make prosocial life skills the…
7 Sanity-Saving Mid- or End-of-Year Student Council Activities
Probably my favorite of Stephen Covey’s famous “7 habits of highly effective people” is his last one: sharpening the saw. It comes from the analogy of being so consumed in…
Don’t Start Planning Your Next School Assembly Without These 5 Tips
Hosting assemblies was the most stressful part of my first few years as StucCo advisor, hands down. Literally, my student leaders were on stage for the whole school to watch.…
First 5 Actions You Need to Take as a New Student Council Advisor
Oh, man. Where do I even start in preparing to be the new student council advisor? Whether the opportunity is one you jumped at, or it was a bit of…
How to Organize a Student Council Election Without the Stress
Planning a student council election for the first time can be intimidating. Especially since it’s something you really don’t want to mess up! The great news is that school elections…
Your Guide to Running a Successful Student Council Meeting
One of the main responsibilities of being a student council advisor is often the most intimidating: running the official student council meeting.These meetings are different from the informal ones you…
25 Great YA Books that Teach Activism and Leadership
Classroom libraries have been all the rage on Instagram in ELA and Social Studies classrooms the last few years. But, really, if you teach an elective like Leadership or advise…
