School Officers and other 6th Form opportunities

Why bother?

• Make a difference. • Give something back.• Gain useful leadership experience.• Have the opportunity to attend an overnight

training event on June 5/6th.• Give yourself a great chance of attaining School

Colours• Have something to write about in UCAS forms

or something to talk about in interviews.

Expectations

• Be an example to other students in the Sixth Form and in the School in general

• Be available to ‘meet and greet’ at a wide variety of school functions. Not all Officers will be needed at each event – a fair rota will be organised.

• Be resourceful, pro-active, energetic.• Feel confident as a public speaker• Make a real impact on the life of the school.

2015-16

Just 20 School Officers being appointed:• Head Girl• Deputy Head Girl• Head Boy• Deputy Head Boy• Curnock: 2 captains, 2 deputies. • Davis x4: 2 captains, 2 deputies. • Evers x4; 2 captains, 2 deputies. • Patterson x4: 2 captains, 2 deputies.

20 is not very many....

Those appointed will:- Need to be totally committed- Need to feel confident that they can deliver- Need to be able to cope with a fairly tough

selection procedure- Take responsibility for a particular whole-

school or at least whole-sixthform role (see next slide) as part of your role

• Sport• KS4-5 Transition• New Students - Integration• D of E• Music• Drama• Dance• Radio/Technical• Anti-bullying• Prom/Yearbook• Links with younger students• Politics/Debating

• Fundraising• Writing/Newspaper/Blog/

Creative • Secretarial/Blog• Presentation/Posters• Social • Enterprise, Careers & Visiting

Speakers• Volunteering & Community

Links• Subject Reps coordinator

Areas that School Officers will need to divide up and cover between them. This list is subject to change.

• Make the 6th form area a more lively and stimulating environment. Take ownership of the Wormestall stairs.

• Take more of a lead on activity time across the whole school.

• Be more active in mentoring new Y12s. Everyone should be allocated a ‘buddy’.

How to apply? Head Boy/Head Girl

• Only apply for Head Boy/Head Girl. Don’t apply to be a Deputy. We will decide who gets the HB/HG roles and who gets the Deputy roles.

• Hand in a formal letter of application to Mrs Tyson by Friday 20th March at 1.00.

• Prepare for hustings on Tuesday 24th March at 12.40.No more than 8 candidates will be shortlisted for

interview on Thursday 26th April.4 appointments will be announced before the end of

term.

Guidance on applying (HB/HG)

Letters of Application to Mr Robbins- Formal and business-like- Why are you the right person for the role?

What are your key skills and qualities? What leadership experience do you have?

- What impact would you make? What concrete changes would you look to introduce to the Sixth Form and across the school as a whole?

Head Boy/Head Girl: Key expectations

• Lead and manage the team of School Officers• Lead a Sixth Form/Yr 13 Council, and the School Council • Formally share the views of Sixth Form students with the Head

of Sixth Form and other members of staff• Represent the school at various public events during the year• Meet with the Headteacher each week to identify priorities

and discuss their implementation.These roles require strong commitment in terms of time and

energy, and outstanding initiative and leadership skills. There is a real opportunity to make a difference to the Sixth Form and to the school. Various public speaking roles will be required.

House Captains & Deputies

• Only apply for House Captain...we will decide on who will be Captains/Deputy Captain

• Applications open: Friday 27th March• Deadline for applications: 1.00 on Thursday 2nd April.• Interviews with House Heads and members of the

Leadership Team.

Full team of 20 appointed before Study Leave.Training Weekend 5th/6th June.

House Captains: Key expectations

• Help to organise and run House Activities• Recruit students from throughout the school to be

involved in House Activities.• Work closely with Heads of House and carry out duties

that may be required by HoH.These roles require very good organisational and leadership

skills. House Captains must have shown clear commitment to House Activities whilst at St Bart’s. Speaking in House Assemblies and visits to tutor groups will be expected. You are strongly advised to discuss with Heads of House before application – they will have more information for you.

Guidance on applying (House Captains)

Letters of Application to House Heads- Formal and business-like- Why you are the right person for the role. What

are your key skills and qualities? What leadership experience do you have?

- How have you proved your commitment to your House?

- What impact would you make? What initiatives and changes would you look to introduce?

Other Opportunities

• Subject Reps (see next slide for details)• 2 per subject.• Apply for only one subject.• Additional roles for Numeracy, Literacy, Science.• Applications after Easter.

• There will be opportunities to represent your Tutor Group on the 6th Form Council too.

Subject Reps

-Take the lead in representing the subject at open day and other recruitment opportunities (assemblies). They would coordinate other students to help with this.

- Act as a bridge between staff and students, relaying student concerns and addressing these with staff.

- Coordinate roundtable feedback sessions in the spring term with representatives from classes to secure student feedback.

- Act as a figurehead for the subject. Y12s could seek support and advice (but not necessarily private tutoring!) and Y11s could try to find out more about the subject in the 6th form.

- Potentially speaking to groups of Y11s about their subject.- Potentially coordinate some support (both for less able and for

gifted and talented).

Not a closed shop

• 20 people can’t make everything happen. They will help to lead the year and lead the school. They won’t be able to do everything.

• Throughout the year they will be enlisting the supporting of others.

• Come forward with your own ideas and initiatives.

• It’s your Sixth Form too.