Resolutions Passed at Congress 2011

The following resolutions were agreed by the formal sessions of Congress and will, in this priority order, become the business of the new Executive in 2011-2012:

Teacher-Student Relationship

That the VicSRC create a resource to strengthen interaction and relationships between students and teachers.

Parent Education

That the Government provide some sort of resource for schools to help better educate parents about the Victorian schooling system. This resource could include funding, professional facilitators and/or kits.

School Councils

That the VicSRC place high priority on student representation within School Councils and advocate for a student vote.

National Curriculum

That the VicSRC investigate the current and future National Curriculum and its effects on students’ satisfaction.

Training Course on Learning

That the VicSRC establish a ‘teach the teacher’ training course for individual SRCs to enact at their schools around the way students learn.

Electronic Textbooks

That the VicSRC investigate the logistics of adapting textbooks and educational resources into an electronic format and that the results of this investigation be presented to the State Government.

Teacher Selection Panels

That the VicSRC encourage schools to include student opinion and voice on teacher selection panels.

Environmental Case Studies

That the VicSRC promote the idea of being environmentally friendly, through the publication of case studies of active/successful SRCs in this area.

SRC Constitutions

That the VicSRC strongly encourage schools to utilise the resources available in Represent! to create their own constitutions.

Environment Resource Kit

That the VicSRC update the Environment Resource Kit in order to have up-to-date information to promote environment action within schools.

Laptops

That the VicSRC support access to laptops in schools from Years 9–12 for every student.