Student Leadership Team

The Student Leadership Team is a program designed to promote service learning for grade 5 students. The Student Leadership Team is a group of students interested in helping out around the school and modeling positive behaviors for younger students.

What do student leaders do?

Student leaders:

• Learn ways to be a good leader (called leadership skills)
• Help teachers with different jobs such as making copies, cutting out pictures, preparing bulletin boards, etc.
• Help other students by being a bus “buddy”, a tutor, a peer helper, or a special recess friend
• Help other staff members such as Mr. Perez, Mrs. Michelfelder, or Mrs. Kilburn
• Help organize special events such as Picture Day or the Career Fair
• Help with school-wide projects such as clean-up day, bake sales, or food drives
• Greet visitors to the school and give them a tour

What is the time commitment?

If you sign up to be a member of the Student Leadership Team you agree to:

• Attend 3 sessions of leadership training (called Leadership Academy) taught by Mrs. Michelfelder. This training would be held after school. There will be a late bus.
• Depending on how many students sign up, you would be a student leader for at least half of the school year.
• You might be doing some of your jobs before 8:30, during lunch, recess, or after school.

How does a student sign-up?

If you are interested in being a student leader you must:

• Complete the attached application.
• Get an adult you know to write you a reference saying why you would be a good student leader.
• Turn the application and reference in to Mrs. Michelfelder.

Do students have to sign up to be on the Student Leadership Team?

• No.
• Being a student leader is voluntary.

Once you have applied, Mrs. Michelfelder will let you know when you will be working as a student leader. She will also give you a permission slip to attend 3 leadership training sessions called Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy will be after school. You must attend at least 2 of the 3 Leadership Academysessions in order to serve as a student leader.