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The Victorian Student Representative Council is a democratic network of SRCs working to strengthen their capacity to speak and take action on behalf of secondary students throughout Victoria.
VicSRC Recognition Awards 2010
Do you think your SRC deserves RECOGNITION?
The VicSRC is proud to announce the inaugural round of SRC Recognition Awards, for SRCs that are truly representative of their students and operate to a high standard.
The SRC Recognition Awards were mandated at the 2009 VicSRC Congress, the issue raised by students concerned that schools spend more time, effort and money on competitions - such as debating, music and sport - as these provide some level of school recognition.
The VicSRC hopes that the SRC Recognition Awards will combat this to some extent and over time encourage much greater work by SRCs in all schools in Victoria.
The Awards are available in three categories...
• Integration, recognising SRCs that are strongly connected to the school's decision-making processes, that are strongly responsive to student needs and voices, and that is linked strongly with the School Council/Board and its committees.
• Enterprise, recognising SRCs that through use of strategic planning and strong leadership structure have completed a highly successful school or community project
• Informed Representation, recognising SRCs that are truly democratic and fully representative of students
Applications for the SRC Recognition Awards are open NOW. Email awards@vicsrc.org.au for more information or contact the VicSRC Coordinator: coordinator@vicsrc.org.au
The VicSRC would like to thank the Award sponsors - Connect Magazine, Second Strike and the Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals, along with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development for their support of this project.
We would encourage all schools with a strong SRC to apply for one of these outstanding recognitions of achievement. Good luck! 
Download 'SRC RECOGNITION.pdf' (197 KB)
VicSRC VicSRC Regional Student Conferences 2010
Following the success of regional conferences in 2008 and 2009 the VicSRC is holding another series across Victoria in 2010.
The program is mainly interactive, and has been designed with student participation as well as active learning outcomes in mind. These conferences are designed for SRC members and will enable students to:
• Identify issues of concern that they share – and develop plans around them;
• Share information about what their SRC is doing and learn about other SRCs and their work;
• Be challenged about making their SRC more effective;
• Link their interests to on-going action through the VicSRC – through local clusters and the Statewide SRC Congress later in the year.
Registration forms have been sent out for most term 2 conferences - if you haven’t received a registration form and you would like to attend a conference in your region please contact :
Kate Walsh or Ryan Lim on 9267 3744 during business hours, or email: conference@vicsrc.org.au.
If any school is interested in hosting a conference during term 3 please get in touch!
Conference dates confirmed:
Thursday, March 18th 10-2pm
at Bellarine Secondary College (Drysdale Campus)
Thursday, April 15th 10-2pm
At Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, Braybrook
Tuesday April 20th 10-2pm
St Monica's College, Epping
Thursday April 22nd 10-2pm
Wodonga Senior Secondary College
Tuesday April 27nd 10-2pm
Bentleigh Secondary College
April 29th 10-2pm
Chaffey Secondary College, Mildura
Tuesday May 4th 10-2pm
Melbourne Girl’s College - Richmond
Wednesday May 5th 10-2pm
Frankston High School
Thursday May 6th 10-2pm
Mt Clear College, Ballarat
Tuesday May 11th 10-2pm
Leongatha Secondary College
2009 VicSRC Congress Report Now Available!
2009 VicSRC Congress report is now available on our website.
The Congress Report contains detailed Congress proceedings, all resolutions passed at Congress, as well as a report from the 2008/09 VicSRC Executive members.
If you would like a hard copy of the report please contact the VicSRC Coordinator via email: coordinator@vicsrc.org.au or via phone (03)92673744.
We look forward to seeing you at Congress 2010 Download 'Congress Report 2009.pdf' (1735 KB)
VicSRC Environmental Resource Kit Launched!
At just about every VicSRC conference we hold students tell us that they want their schools to be more environmentally friendly and that they want to be part of making the necessary changes.
When the VicSRC looked into we found there are a lot of other groups who want schools to be more environmentally friendly too and are offering a range of services and support to schools and students to make it so.
This guide for students and teachers provides a brief introduction to some of the best services we found. It is by no means exhaustive and has been compiled to emphasise the services that most engage students in taking action.
We hope you find the information useful in your quest for the environmentally friendly school. Download 'VicSRC Enviro Resource Kit.pdf' (843 KB)
VicSRC Congress 2009
The 4th Annual Victorian Student Representative Council Congress was held this year between Friday July 31st and Saturday August 1st 2009 at Oasis Youth Camp in Mt Evelyn. Sixty students attended Congress, representing twenty nine Victorian schools from metropolitan and country areas.
The VicSRC Congress provides opportunities for students to represent their peers and raise issues and concerns that are most important to them and debate these in a formal forum. Topics for workshops held during Congress are chosen by students who then nominate two workshops they wish to participate in. During the workshops each group decides on an action or ‘motion’ they think the VicSRC should be responsible for. Motions are tabled before a parliamentary style Congress and are discussed, amended and voted upon. 27 motions were put forward this year on topics ranging from cyber bullying and peer mentoring programs to creating a VicSRC constitution and undertaking a youth allowance research project. In the end 16 resolutions were carried for the newly elected 2009-10 VicSRC Executive to work with in their forthcoming term.
Victorian Education Minister ,The Honourable Bronwyn Pike, attended the Congress to listen to student views and show support for the work of the VicSRC. Minister Pike spent time touring workshop groups and engaging with the students on the issues they had chosen. After touring the workshops Minister Pike spoke to all students and launched the new Environment Resource kit produced by the VicSRC. This kit was the fulfilment of a resolution passed at the 2008 Congress.
The Congress was run by members of the 2008-09 SRC Executive. They did a fantastic job of organising everything including workshops, fun activities, general front of house tasks and hosting social activities on Friday evening.
Congratulations to our 15 newly elected executive members for 2009-10! I’m sure they are all eager to get to work on implementing many of the revolutions passed at Congress.
Congress resolutions will be posted shortly on this website. Stay tuned!
VicSRC Constitution
After operating as an informal network for the last 3 years the VicSRC Executive has decided it is time to establish a formal structure for our student body. A Draft Constitution has been prepared to be put to a vote of VicSRC members at this years Congress. The Constitution outlines who can be a member, their rights and responsibilities, the process of electing the VicSRC Executive and the powers and duties of executive members.
This is an important document and a historic step for the VicSRC. All member SRCs will be sent a copy of the draft constitution before the congress so that thorough consideration can be given by each member. Only paid up VicSRC member SRCs will be allowed to vote on the constitution so make sure you are a member. To check your SRC’s membership status or request a membership form contact the office on 9267 3744 or email coordinator@vicsrc.org.au
Do you have an SRC Webpage?
Some SRCs have asked the VicSRC for information about individual SRC web sites or web pages. We'd like to put a link to your SRC web page on our links page. If you'd like us to do this send us your URL using the contact us form.
We'd also like you to include a link to the VicSRC site on your webpage. If you can do this we can send you a small version of our logo and a brief description of VicSRC.
You could also tell us about any links to other sites you have found useful.