1. Section 1: Introduction
  2. Section 2: Why set up a student commission on learning?
  3. Section 3: Early planning
  4. Section 4: Getting the foundations right - engagement, energy and expectations
  5. Section 5: Implementation - the four key design features of a commission
  6. Section 6: Thinking ahead - phase 2 of your student commission

Section 5: Implementation - the four key design features of a commission

Delivering an effective student commission involves the implementation of four key design features.

In this section of the toolkit you will find information about:

5.1 Design feature 1: The role of the student commissioner as ‘leader of learning’
5.2 Design feature 2: Genuine partnerships between students and teachers
5.3 Design feature 3: A focus on learning about learning
5.4 Design feature 4: Knowledge sources
 

Section resources

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Section 5.1 - Student Commissioner induction materials overview 70.36 KB Download
Section 5.1 - Student Commissioner induction overview presentation 774.8 KB Download
Section 5.1 - Features of learning cards 20.89 KB Download
Section 5.1 - Being a leader of learning statements 39.16 KB Download
Section 5.1 - Notes and reflections templates for expert witness session as part of induction 52.63 KB Download
Section 5.1 - Example student commissioner application form 164.84 KB Download
Section 5.1 - Example letter to parents about being a student commissioner 47.49 KB Download
Section 5.1 - Example student commissioner interview qus 28.66 KB Download
Section 5.2 - Harris Student Commission Update Sept 2009 1.26 MB Download
Section 5.3 - Questions used in first Harris Commission learning survey 37.21 KB Download
Section 5.3 - Features of learning cards 20.89 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Harris invitation letter to external expert witnesses 2.06 MB Download
Section 5.4 - Harris briefing for student commissioners about external expert witness sessions 407.23 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Harris briefing for external expert witnesses 102.1 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary Charles Desforges 80.4 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary Charles Leadbeater 84.76 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary David Lambert 81.09 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary David Leat 78.17 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary David Price 90.31 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary Gilly Salmon 84.21 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary Guy Claxton 82.31 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary Ian McGimpsey 78.64 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Expert Witness Learning Summary Valerie Hannon 141.32 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Article from Harris Commission update Sept 2009 summarising expert witness sessions - Pages 6 and 7 1.26 MB Download
Section 5.4 - Initial Harris Commission desk research into students as teachers 260.17 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Example internal witness session presentation - thinking skills 250.54 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Example internal witness session - thinking skills - supporting materials Q Thinking 118.25 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Example internal witness session - thinking skills - supporting materials Ziyadtheant 839.82 KB Download
Section 5.4 - Example update presentation on students as teachers enquiry Harris Academy Falconwood 1.64 MB Download