Roles and Responsibilities of a School Council Member

Roles and Responsibilities of a School Council Member

Do you think you could represent your class as a member of the St Mary’s Primary School Council?

The role of a School Council member:

• Attend regular meetings with other School Council members from each class (Primary 4-7 only)
• Take ideas and suggestions your class have to discuss at School Council meetings
• Bring back ideas, information and suggestions to your class to listen, discuss, share their views and, where necessary, vote on actions that need to be taken
• Help to organise charity/fundraising/FUN events throughout the year
• Encourage the pupils in your class to be aware of their school environment and to respect and care for it
• Some of the more senior School Council members will be responsible for specific tasks:

• Chairperson – leads the meetings
• Vice chairperson – supports the chairperson
• Secretary – takes the minutes for the meeting
• Treasurer – manages the money (with Mrs McLoughlin/Mr Fitzpatrick)

Once chosen to become a member of the School Council, children in years 4, 5, 6 and 7 will have the opportunity to apply for one of the above roles.

In order to be a successful School Council member, you will need to be:

• Reliable
• Proud of our school and want our school to be the best it can be
• Listen carefully to the views of others and take their ideas on board
• Represent the majority view of your class, even if you don’t agree!
• Commit time to this role and accept that you may need to do things during break times and/or lunchtimes
• Enthusiastic
• Kind and respectful
• Patient

If you think this role is for you, then be brave and put yourself forward as a candidate.

What you will need to do next:

• Talk to your class for a maximum of 2 minutes, explaining why you want to be on the School and explain how you will make the school better
• Your class will then vote (secretly)
• Class teachers will count the votes and pass the information onto Mr Fitzpatrick
• Mr Fitzpatrick will then announce the results the following week.

Schedule:

• Candidates to present speeches
• Voting to be held on, or before…
• Announcements to be made
• Chairperson, vice chair, secretary and treasurer to be in place….

The School Council Rules are as follows:

All School Council members must:

•     be respectful and listen to others
•     contribute or participate actively in meetings
•     follow the school rules and be role models to other pupils
•     model good behaviour at all times
•     be polite and courteous to others
•     attend fortnightly meetings
•     use their position on School Council to support and develop our school community
•     feedback to peers after meetings