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Articles and ideas that give general information about
student government
 Let's
Get Organized
Purposes
of student government
SGA
exists to serve students
This
is It!
What
does the SGA really do?
A
Journey through the SGA Year
Regulation IQD-RA (High School) and IQD-RB (Middle School)
addresses the academic eligibility for students who participate
in extracurricular activities. These regulations can be
located at MCPS
Policies & Regulations. In the middle schools,
two weeks after report cards are issued, a student may
petition the activity advisor to be reinstated. The final
decision rests with the principal. Middle schools may
wish to develop a form for students to use as an "application"
to be reinstated. Feel free to use this model
form (developed at Rocky Hill Middle School) as a
sample.
Acronym
game (Montgomery County Public Schools and Maryland
Association of Student Councils related)
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Homelessness
(Powerpoint
presented at NASC 2005)
Compaints
and Appeals (breakout
presentation MCR GA 09.28.06)
See Student Advocacy Web Site: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/studentaffairs/sao/advocate/index.shtm
Recognition
chart (includes current dates)
Student
recognition ideas
Student
participation ideas
Involving
the invisible
student
Student
special events
Staff
recognition ideas
Community
recognition ideas
Survival
Kits
Sample
1
Sample
2
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Community
Recognition
Recognizing
theInvisible
Student
Staff
Recognition
Student
Participation Ideas
Student
Recognition
Student
Special Events
Record
of Appreciation events (chart)
Certificate
Samples
Certificate
1
Certificate
2
Certificate
3
Certificate
4
Certificate
5
blank
template
office
animals
round
to it
art
secretary's
day
birthday
computer
dad's
day
fun
bugs
gavels
sports
#1
sports
#2
sports
#3
student
government #1
student
government #2
variety
#1
variety
#2
variety
#3
variety
#4
variety
#5
variety
#6
Master
Calendar Planning
A
Journey
through the Year (elementary oriented)
Activities/Calendar
Bulletin Board
Calendar
Ideas September through June
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Civic Engagement (pdf file) - presented by Michael Hagan, Region 2, 2010
AnOverview
for Committee Meetings
The
committee
system how it should work
Listening
- the Neglected Art (plus Communication Blocks)
Interpersonal
communications
Intrapersonal
communications
Feedback
Body
Language
Activities
listening
one
way communications
reading
puzzle
exercise (one way/two way communications)
speech
Sample
Checklist
for constitutions
Article
"Building and Rebuilding Your Constitution"
Sample
#1
middle school constitution
Sample
#2
middle school constitution (newer sample)
Powerpoint
on constitutions
3
Simple
decision making techniques
PowerPoint: ethical decision making workshop (ppt)
Workshop handouts (pdf)
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Delegating
and Tips for Leaders
(from an NASC Workshop)
Teaching
Outline
for Workshop
Role
Play Cards for Workshop
Questionaire
for workshop
Diversity
Pyramid for workshop
(from an MLW Workshop)
Overview
of the Workshop
Teaching
Outline
for Workshop
Fact
Sheet for workshop
Discussion
for Workshop
Issues
to discuss in Workshop
Workshop
Activity
(stand up/down)
Genders
- Information for Workshop
Questions
from Bafa- Bafa exercise
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Logistics
Important
Election Issues
The
election
process - overview
Election
statement
Announcements
and Calendar
General
Information
to Staff
Welcome
letter to elected officers
Appointed
Positions
Committee
chairman
Corresponding
secretary
Recording
secretary
Ballots
Counting
directions
Directions
for staff #1
and #2
representative
instructions
sample
paper ballot #1
and #2
scantron
type of ballots
Campaigning
hints
for candidates
poster
basics
Candidates
letter
to candidates
letter
to parents
petition
sample
leadership
profile #1
and #2
requirement
samples #1,
#2,
#3,
#4
candidate
workshop
logistics
candidate
workshop
Mock
elections
National
mock election
Evaluating
your SGA (from MCR
breakout November 29, 2006)
Evaluation
Techniques (from
"Leadership for Student Activiites" Magazine)
Critiques
and Feedback
(overview)
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Boat
Races
Candygrams
Car
Wash
Couch
Potato
Flower
Sales
List
of Ideas
Membership
Drive
Penny
Wars
Shamrocks
for Muscular Dystophy
Web
Site List
Ideas
from 11.29.06 MCR General Assembly
Check in the Service/Service Learning section for additional ideas.
MCPS schools should follow Independent Activity Funds (IAF) procedures (pdf) when collecting cash. The account that should be used may be selected from the 600 through 689 series in the IAF chart of accounts. Schools must ensure they inform the donors of the purpose for which they are contributing. The total amount collected must be the exact total amount paid for the purpose. (SGAs can advertise, for example, that 50% of the profits from a collection will go towards a charity and 50% will go towards SGA leadership programs such as attending a state SGA conference or summer leadership program such as MLW)
Roll
the Dice (leadership review game)
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overview
of goal setting
benefits/excuses
in goal setting
goals
and objectives in SGA
sample
objectives in SGA
success
poem
PowerPoint: goal setting workshop (ppt)
Workshop handouts (pdf)
Advertisements
recruiting students (from MASC Middle School Conference
- Nov. 2003)
Ways
to involve
the student body (surveys, constitution, monthly themes)
(Information from Workshops)
Advisor
Workshop - MASC Convention 2002 (led by Kim O'Kane)
Character
Poem
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Overview
of parliamentary procedures (condensed
pdf)
writing
Legislation
- the easy way
Writing
legislation -Condensed
& easy
Legislationform
explained
Legislation
importance and use (pdf
file)
Legislation forms - blank (pdf file) and very simple form (pdf file)
Parlipro
- an easy flowchart (elementary
level; middle
school level; high
school level)
The
easy flowchart - broken down into separate parts
for teaching
Definition
of terms - vocabulary
How
to use some motions - chart
Agendas
(overview;
15
minute workshop; agenda
parts; commitee
agenda form)
Middle School Leadership Conference: ParliPro Workshop Outline (pdf file)
Legislative Session Workshop 2009: Parliamentary Procedures
- Visuals
3 main parts (pdf
legal size); agenda parts (pdf
letter size); basic flow chart idea (pdf
legal size); flow chart parts (pdf
legal size); writing legislation (pdf
legal size)
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| (MCJC & MCR "Project of the
Year" award submissions & winners) |
For more project ideas see:
- Project Sharing for Additonal Project/Activity Summaries (link to details )
- See Service/Service Learning for Projects and Links to projects (link to details)
- See National Association of Student Councils (NASC) Project Ideas (link to site)
2006-2007
2nd
Annual 5K Mike Tyler run/walk (winner) Watkins Mill
High School
Northwest.
NO WAY. We Don’t Drink and Drive - Northwest
High School
2005-2006
Violence
Prevention Week - Rockville High School (pictures)
2004-2005
Square
for Peace (winner) - Blake High School
Veteran
Day Assembly - Kennedy High School
Bathroom
Beautification - Magruder High School
Gifts
for the Holidays - Magruder High School (see MCR
News 2004 for pictures)
2003-2004
Blake
Idol - Blake High School
2006-2007
Autism
Awareness Month - Gaithersburg Middle School
(additional information for project: poster
contest information – poster
contest certificate – candygram
advertising – candygram
card
2005-2006
Kiss
The Pig - Shady Grove Middle School
2004-2005
Red
Ribbon Week (winner) - Redland Middle School
Tsunami
Relief Collection - Pyle Middle School
Talent
Show - Tilden Middle School
2003-2004
Adopt-A-Grandparent
- Frost Middle School
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| (see also specific catagories
for project ideas) |
This section includes a short overview on how to teach
a workshop for public speaking.
• "Naughty Words" - Public Speaking Workshop
• Simplified
workshop on public speaking
• Overview of writing a speech
• Vocal
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• Body
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This section includes a short overview on publicity
techniques/hints and an overview of public relations.
Public
Relations & Publicity - a quick definition and
philosophy
PA
Announcements - hints on different ways to present
a public address annoucement
PA
Speech - hints on your voice pitch, breathing,
etc.
PA
Form - a sample form for students to use to submit
announcements
PA
Sample - a sample of announcements for elections
Announcements
Posted - a sample form to use to post announcements
Bulletin
Boards - some guidelines to make eye-catching,
quick bulletin boards
Poster
Ideas - lots of suggestions to make great posters
Posters
- large - tips for making large posters
Lettering
Techniques - tips for lettering (guidelines, styles,
etc.)
Hints
& Techniques - tips for making quality posters
(glueing, etc.)
Publicity
Ideas - lots and lots of ideas for publicity techniques
Publicity
Requests - a form that student councils can distribute
and record publicity efforts
Publicity
Considerations - things to consider in using different
publicity techniques
Sample
PA Annoucements - sound tracks (Canned
Food; Dance;
Election;
Mother's Day;
Pumpkin
Carving; Spirit
Day)
Steps
involved in planning
Project
planning
model
Service
learning project planning model (recommended)
Project
Planning example - Pennies
for Patients - Penny Wars (tasks)
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Elementary
- Student Council
overview (duties of officers, committees chairman,
representatives and the advisor)
"Jeopardy" SSL Review game (pdf)
Project
Planning
Model for SSL
Canned
Food
Drive - SSL model sample
Service
Learning Workshop (title
visual for workshop)
(1) overview
(2) SSL
definition
(3) steps
involvoed for SSL
(4) types
of SSL
(5) definitions
of types
(6) samples
of SSL activities
Service Projects:
Project
- recycling inkjet cartridges
(MCPS unique project)
Project - Pennies for Patients (Leukemia/Lymphoma)
Check in the Fundraising section for additional ideas
-Links for organizations helping Haiti (earthquake relief programs 2010) (link to web site)
-White House Haiti relief program (link to web site)
-MCPS school reports on relief projects (link to pdf file)
-MSDE "spare change" project (link to information)
Service-learning in Maryland
Service-learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service to the community with curriculum-based learning. Students improve their academic skills by applying what they learn in school to the real world; they then reflect on their experience to reinforce the link between their service and their learning.
There are a lot of service learning projects on the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Service Learning web site. Several links are listed below as the project ideas are in several places.
- Special Education SSL project ideas (link to MSDE site)
- SSL project ideas (link to MSDE site)
- SSL project ideas
(link to MSDE site)
- SSL project ideas (link to MSDE site)
MCPS schools should follow Independent Activity Funds (IAF) procedures (pdf) when collecting cash. The account that should be used may be selected from the 600 through 689 series in the IAF chart of accounts. Schools must ensure they inform the donors of the name of the charity and the purpose for which they are contributing. The total amount collected must be the exact total amount paid to the charity.
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Coffeehouse
Checklist
- for planning a coffeehouse
Dances (middle school emphasis)
General
Overview
Dance
Checklist
Sample
Layout (cafeteria)
Set
Up for Building Services
Parent
Chaperone Letter
Teacher
Chaperones
Parent
Duties at Dance
Financial
Records (student)
Spirit
links legislation
Spirit
links logistics
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Things to consider when using actvities (pdf)
Things to consider chart (pdf)
ABCs
of meeting New People
Biography
Bingo
Bingo
with Catagories
Cooperation
Squares
Friendly
Fringees
(what
and how of friendly fringees)
Groups
- by animal
categories
Groups
- by color
categories
Groups
- by food
categories
Groups
- by theme
categories
Groups
- themes
(12 groups with 10 per group)
Groups
- Take
One Information (meeting directions)
Groups
- Take
One Tickets (dividing into 6 six groups)
Human
Knot (also known as Hand Scramble)
Find
Someone 1
Find
Someone 2
Find
Someone 3
Find
Someone 4
Find
Someone ABC
Human
Machine
Indiana
Jones
Lap
Sit
Mummy
Wrap
Name
Games
My
Double in the Crowd
Snowflakes
Starburst
Game
PowerPoint: 1 day teambuilding workshop (ppt)
Workshop handouts (pdf)
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Simple
workshop- directions
Personal
time
survey
Time
managment hints
Daily
schedule information
PowerPoint: time management workshop (ppt)
Workshop handouts (pdf)
These were designed specifically for student workshop
presenters:
• Visuals - compilation of handouts to help prepare
visual aids for teaching
• Visual Aids for Teaching - powerpoint REVIEW for workshop presenters
• Teaching Tips - compilation of facilitation tips to
aid workshop presenters
• Teaching Tips - powerpoint file for teaching "Teaching Tips and Tricks"
• Workshop Checklist - Content, Delivery, Visuals, Other Checklist for presentations
• Writing a Workshop - model workshop on how to teach workshop presenters
• Writing a Workshop - powerpoint file to help train workshop presenters
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