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Teach the Teacher

Victorian Student Representative Council (VicSRC)

Teach the Teacher is a student-led program that empowers students to drive change at school by leading collaborative - and constructive - conversations with their teachers. The internationally recognised program, delivered by VicSRC staff, supports schools to embed meaningful student voice into their culture and practices.

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Pricing: Free, Paid

Origin: Developed in Australia for Australian schooling contexts

Affiliations: Supported by the Victorian Department of Education.

Product type: Program; Activity sheets; Student activities; Professional learning; Whole school approach or initiative

Contact details

Victorian Student Representative Council (VicSRC)
ABN: 49 638 020 354

https://vicsrc.org.au/teach-the-teacher

info@vicsrc.org.au

Focus areas

  • Belonging and inclusion

Curriculum alignment

Prospective users

Audience: Whole school universal (Tier 1), Whole class universal (Tier 1)

Context: School or centre-based

Main beneficiaries: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12

Delivery style: Delivered by program staff

Aims & approach

Teach the Teacher is a "transformative flipping of pedagogy" that aims to create positive and sustainable cultural change through student-teacher partnership. The program is designed for whole school communities — students, teachers, school leadership, and staff — seeking to embed meaningful student voice in their culture and practices.
 
Teach the Teacher is delivered across 4 workshops over one semester. In workshops 1 and 2, VicSRC supports students to develop data-driven professional learning (PL) for their teachers on an issue affecting the student community. In workshop 3, students deliver their PL session for school teachers and staff. The program culminates in the development of a whole-school action plan in workshop 4, informed by key learnings from the PL session.
 
Participating schools are provided with a range of exclusive, age-specific student voice resources and regular support from VicSRC staff.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Ongoing helpdesk, email or phone support
  • Regular webinars or access to community of professional practice

Evidence

Teach the Teacher has been independently evaluated by Deakin University and was featured in the HundrED Yearbook 2019 as an innovative education program.

Leponiemi, L., Lister, J., Ranjan, P., Spencer-Keyse, J., Tuominen, S., Warren, F., & Wilson, L. (2018). HundrED Yearbook 2019. HundrED. https://doi.org/10.58261/ZWFF4...

Mayes, E., Finneran, R., & Black, R. (2018). Victorian Student Representative Council (VicSRC) Primary School Engagement (PSE) evaluation: Final report. Deakin University. https://hdl.handle.net/10536/D...