STAFF ADVISOR
A staff advisor assists in the daily the school administration of the council. The advisor is strategically positioned to offer assistance, guidance and leadership to the students, and should seek to organise special activities and training sessions to aid the student councillors in effectively performing their responsibilities.

Staff Advisors should…

  • be elected by the council
  • ensure that information received by the school is transferred to the council
  • oversee the election process
  • give guidance to student council activities

    Role and responsibilities of the student council staff/faculty advisor

    The role of the staff/faculty advisor is:

      • To promote the interests of the student council;
      • To assist and advise the student council;
      • To be the link between students and teachers and the school administration.

      • The main responsibilities of the staff / faculty advisor include:

      • Attending student council meetings and providing guidance, advice and information if requested.
      • Providing training and team development activities for the student council.
      • Assisting the student council in liaising with the school administration.
      • Liaising between the student council and staff by putting student council issues on the agenda at staff meetings.
      • Encouraging staff to invite members of the student council to attend staff meetings and encouraging the student council to invite staff members to its meetings.
      • Helping to raise the profile of the student council.
      • Helping to ensure the student council becomes part of the structure of the school and that it is involved in all aspects of school life.
      • Monitoring and evaluating the development of the student council with student members.

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Name: Anthony Walker

School: Marymount High

 

ROLE OF PRINCIPAL IN RELATION TO STUDENTS’ COUNCIL


What can Principals do to assist Student Councils? Principals are to monitor and foster the development of the Student Council in their school, and not see themselves removed from the scope of the Student Council. Their roles lie along these lines:

  1. Entertain meetings and discussions with members of the council to maintain direct and closer contact with students’ affairs.
  2. Allow the student council to make brief presentations at staff meetings, in order to outline activities and aspects of the student council to teachers.
  3. Assist the student council at times in areas of printing and stationary as this is essentially to the effectiveness of the council especially at the regional level
  4. Finally support and publicly acknowledge projects implemented by the council because it is in this area that a council can best demonstrate its effectiveness.

 

Principals, be aware that the student council is not aimed at being an antagonistic organization, primarily seeking confrontation with teachers. Cooperation through diplomacy is merely what the council seeks in its aim to represent the interest of the students. It is necessary to note also that the interest of the Administration may differ from the interest of the student at times. Here, diplomacy and mutual tolerance must guide the actions of BOTH parties.

 

 

 

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