The Minutes

The minutes are the notes that we take at the meetings; they explain what we said and what will happen next. If your class representative was at the meeting their name will be present.

Glossary

We try to be very professional in the council so we use a lot of business words. Hopefully this will help.

Agenda – a list of things to talk about

Councillor – someone who has been voted for to work for their class mates on the school council

Minutes – the notes taken during a meeting so people can see what goes on

Motion – an idea for the council to discuss

What School Council Representatives have to do

The things you’ll be expected to do are …

• Speak on behalf of the rest of your class
• Make important decisions about all sorts of things
• Attend regular meetings and give up your own time to do project wor<k/li>
• Take everyone’s comments seriously
• Make sure the minutes are displayed in your class
• Report back to your class all of the decisions that the council makes

The Perfect Schools Council Representative

The kind of person you need to be is …

• Approachable; that is someone that other people feel comfortable coming up and talking to.
• Cheerful and enthusiastic
• Get along well with people
• Have good concentration
• Responsible
• Helpful
• Be a good listener (look at the person who’s talking)
• Be a good explainer
• Fair
• Respect other people’s ideas ~ be open minded
• Kind
• Confident ~ don’t be shy
• Don’t think about yourself and what you want ~ you’re there to speak for everyone
• Patient
• Reliable
• Creative
• Understanding