Young People: The Missing Voice for School Reopenings

Breakout Session - October 27, 2021 | 1:15-1:35pm ET

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Learn how Future Focused Education and their partner schools integrated young people into their school’s strategic plans for re-entry. In the summer of 2020, these young people provided necessary and meaningful contributions to school planning, as they are experts of their lived experiences. Student voice was captured and presented in the COVID-19 Student Approved Reentry Guide.
Slides

Session Learning Outcomes:

  1. Learn how we shifted our work during the pandemic to continue to provide paid opportunities to students.
  2. Learn how we empowered and implemented student voice and choice during the pandemic.
  3. Understand how to teach equity, inclusion, and diversity to students when they are making decisions for a group.

Presenters:

  • Alayna Bowman, Future Focused Education
  • Ali Moore, Future Focused Education
  • David Grubbs, Technology Leadership High School