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Creating a 2004 School Plan – A ManualBuilding a Leadership Team at the School At its core Freedom’s Answer is a very simple concept: Every student is asked to “Take Ten” -- get ten voting pledges, which any student can do in one evening (from parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors, for example). But getting all students in the school to do it – and reporting the results – and getting community cooperation – and setting records in the process – all of that takes organization. And that organization starts with a Leadership Team (of students, but also teachers and advisors too). We recommend every school try to build a Leadership Team of at least one student for every 50 students in the school. (E.g., for a school of 1000 students there would be 50 students on the Leadership Team). If you think in those numbers, all the organizational chores become much easier – and no one’s individual responsibility becomes too big to handle. In building the Team we recommend that you start with a core group of students – like the Student Council, or a Social Studies class, or the JROTC unit – and work out from there. Then add representatives from other groups in the School – from all grade levels, from all social clubs, from all athletic teams and music groups, from all ethnic groups, from the school newspaper. The end result should be a Team that can have effective contact with all parts of the school because it has representatives on the Team from all parts of the school. We recommend that the Leadership Team meet once a week at a set time and location to hear reports on its various projects – and so all parts of the school feel a part of effort. Once you have assembled the Leadership Team then be sure you designate volunteers for each of the following responsibilities. (Dividing the workload will make sure the jobs get done and will let everyone feel a part of the action):
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