Staff Student Council 16.01.13

AGENDA

College Wide Meeting

AC Termly Newsletter

Marketing of AC and Pre-IB

College Wide Meeting-   23^rd January. We discussed what points should be raised at this meeting and a poll will be sent to students and staff asking for their opinions. On this poll students and staff will rate the importance of each potential issue to be discussed and from this information an agenda will be formed. People must bear in mind that some points could be better suited for smaller meetings, some points should just be raised for the sake of information so collaboration and solutions can be formed at a later date. People should also be questioning the purpose of the meeting e.g. is it for establishing a communication route and information channel or is it a forum for discussion and problem solving. This will be yours to decide when the survey comes out. Note that this is the first meeting for our year group and the programme should be kept open and flexible. Feedback about the effectiveness of this event will be taken after the meeting.

AC Termly Newsletter- Over the winter break Tomás (Belón) came up with an idea of a termly newsletter that would be given out to staff, students and perhaps parents. It would be in a similar format to the termly report the Tim and Shanna send to the governors.. The initiative aims to improve communication and awareness around the college and the purpose of the newspaper is to provide a serious, student council and school issue focussed discussion forum. Statements and information would be taken from the principal, members of senior staff, the Chair and Vice-Chair and students regarding anything from previous meetings, college wide meetings or recent debates. Additionally, the newsletter would look to congratulate and appreciate the positive changes or acts that have taken place during a term and commend specific groups, students or members of staff.  There was a small debate about who would edit such a document and it was concluded that it could be mainly student council based however there could also be the opportunity for joint editing with members of staff. A formal proposal of the idea is attached to this email

Marketing of AC and Pre-IB- Students have been concerned that the focus of the Pre-IB and perhaps of AC in its advertising is too much on academics and grades. Mostly this point was meant to imply that the school should be aiming to advertise the fact that Atlantic College, and potentially a Pre-IB course, aims to have an important social and cultural impact on its students. As John Walmsley stated during the meeting, our high IB average and academic standards are in addition to, if not aided by, our important co-curricular pursuits. The mentioning of universities visiting the school is meant to indicate that top ranking colleges validate our co-curriculum and learning methods and this should be the factor drawing prospective students in. On a separate note, the date of the commencement of the pre-IB course will be released soon.