In Week 7 of Term 4, students in Year 5 will begin the process to select the new Leadership Cabinet for 2018.
Nominations for portfolios and voting for the 2018 Leadership Cabinet by Years 4-6 will commence next week.
The student leadership group at St Finbar’s is expected to set the highest example in dress, attendance, conduct and involvement in school affairs. Their duties include assistance at school functions, of all kinds, and assisting with the conduct of assemblies. They are also assigned responsibilities connected to their particular portfolio.
The Leadership Portfolios in 2018 are:
- 2 Mission/PBS4L Leaders
- 1 Academic Leader (including ICT)
- 4 House Captains
Candidates are also expected to have an exemplary record of behaviour over the previous 12 months and to be making satisfactory academic progress.
The Captains and Vice Captains are elected from amongst the portfolio leaders (Cabinet), by the elected leaders alone. This process will take place in Week 9.
Leaders are appointed by the Principal.
Voting Process
Each student in Years 4 – 6 will complete an online voting form. Once the voting process has been completed, these votes will be tabulated. Last year we received some positive feedback about the new process. One suggestion that we have discussed and accepted, is to add additional votes to each student for any school awards they may have received. This will mean additional votes will be allocated to students for each Being Respectful, Being Safe, Being a Learner or Living their Faith in Daily Life award.
These results will then be provided to the School Executive, who will meet to review the list of nominees. The results are then furnished to the Principal, who in-turn appoints the portfolio leaders.
The induction ceremony for the new School Captains and Vice Captains will be held at the end of Term 4, in conjunction with the celebration of the graduating class.
Leaders are entitled to wear a Leader’s Badge. School Captains and Vice Captains will wear an additional Captain and Vice Captain Badge.
Student Leadership Roles
School Captains (2) and Vice Captains (2)
School Captains are leaders of the student leadership team who support the school's leaders (Principal, Assistant Principal, Coordinators and Lead Teachers) in delivering the school mission and vision.
They develop student presence and voice within the school community and lead the student community in demonstrating citizenship throughout the school and across the wider community.
School Captains will:
- Be safe, be respectful and be a learner;
- Work as leadership liaison between all student leaders by meeting with the Principal and Assistant Principal at least once per term to deliver a progress report on Learning, Wellbeing and Co Curricular likes and wonderings and other student lead activities, and to receive advice from these groups;
- Act as student leadership representatives at events such as assemblies, whole school events and events where SFG are represented to the wider community;
- Conduct tours of the school for special guests;
- Attend and represent the school at extra-curricular events (e.g. concerts, award nights, ANZAC ceremony) and other events that may arise during the year as advised by Principal/AP;
- Independently investigate and develop other potential leadership opportunities, meeting as the need arises to organise events and develop self-devised leadership roles.
House Captains (4)
House Captains are sports leaders who assist to organise their house team, sports equipment and build positive team spirit, attitudes and efforts.
House Captains will:
- Assist teachers and sporting event coordinators to prepare and organise school sport carnivals and activities e.g. swimming carnival, Athletics carnival, cross country;
- Assist with the set up of the sports carnivals;
- Encourage and promote participation in sports carnivals;
- Provide a sport report for the school newsletter;
- Assist teachers prepare for and coordinate weekly sports sessions;
- Set up and monitor the playground games and equipment and suggest resources and initiatives to improve the sporting culture of the school.
- Promote the ethical use of resources;
- Assist with the running of extra-curricular activites, such as chess and gardening club;
- Work with classes to keep areas clean and tidy through the
- Promote and encourage the stewardship of our environment.
Mission / PBS4L Leaders (2)
Mission/PBS4L Leaders are leaders who give witness to our faith on a daily basis. They will be role models of mercy and promote Gospel values. Through action and word, they will encourage the PBS4L program in the life of the school. They will be role models who demonstrate respect for others, respect for self and responsibility for their actions
Mission/PBS4L Leaders will:
- Be safe, be respectful and be a learner;
- Assist with the preparation and setup of school masses;
- Lead prayer at school events, assemblies and special occasions;
- Attend and represent the school and local, regional and systemic masses;
- Be able to act as an altar server or be prepared to undertake the preparation to be an altar server;
- Lead a community morning prayer session each Thursday at 8:40am on the Lawn outside the Father Barlow Centre;
- Be a liaison for students who are experience difficulties in the playground and/or classroom;
- Act as buddies to ES1 and S1 students during break times;
- Promote social justice initiatives, such as mission week and St Vincent De Paul Christmas Appeal.
- Encourage safe playground practices;
- Encourage safe movement around the school;
- Propose new initiatives that will promote our PBS4L program;
- Assist with the development of like it rewards available to year groups when they reach the targets of 25, 50 and 100 like its;
- Assist with the organisation and running of Yellow Ribbon Day;
- Develop fortnightly articles for the school website/Facebook page that highlights our Catholicity and PBS4L focus.
Academic Leader: (1)
Academic leaders have several responsibilities and are a crucial part of the school. They are relied upon to help drive the academic agenda of the school. They will promote the importance of personal best and a growth mindset. Additionally, they will help set up the necessary technology for assemblies school presentations. They also help organise and run multimedia projects such as school film projects and special presentations.
Academic Leaders will:
- Be safe, be respectful and be a learner;
- Promote academic excellence;
- Promote the importance of focus, effort and aiming for excellence academically;
- Present items at the school assembly or through school communications that encourage success and excellence;
- Develop and promote academic support programs to assist students to achieve their academic potential;
- Organise and promote events with an academic theme – eg. Write a Book in a Day;
- Assist with the presentation of academic awards;
- Have an understanding of both iPad and Chrome operating systems and applications that will support learning;
- Be able to set up connections to projection systems;
- Ensure iPad and Chrome book storage areas are kept neat and organised;
- Assist teachers with special projects that involve ICT;
- Assist students with log on issues;
- Monitor and lead the safe use of devices;
- Report damaged ICT resources to the teacher, LTST and ICT Support Officer;
- Monitor and lead the ethical use of ICT.
Let your light shine,
Ben Ticehurst
Assistant Principal
