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#246: December 2020:

3 Co-designing better learning together: Wagaman PS, NT: Cleo Westhorpe, Pivot PL
7 Co-designing assessment: St Bede's PS, Vic: Doug Sandiford, Kahli Schroder
9 All students have agency: Altona PS, Vic: Andrew Gilpin
10 Our Voice. Our Choice. Our Future: Queensland Pathways State College, Qld: Mitchell Robertson, Kelly Houston, Belinda Johnson, Kyle Spann, Kyle Watts, QPSC Students
12 Student Summit: The University HS, Vic: Bethany Feik, Preimi Raveendiran
14 A student-initiated Politics and Citizenship Society: Melbourne Girls Grammar School, Vic: Ahelee Rahman
15 Creating opportunities for co-designing and critical thinking: Parliament of Victoria, Vic: Narelle Wood, Carolyn Scott
16 Festival of Ideas 2020: Brisbane Catholic Education, Qld: Abraham Wilson, Teagan Manning Bingham, Esther Ebiya
18 Remote education in times of COVID-19: Brazil, Italy, France, Portugal: Carmen Lucia Guimaraes de Mattos; Valentina Grion; Vera Lucia Anselmi Melis Paulillo; Cristina Devecchi ; Nishi Mitra vom Berg

25 VicSRC::
* Learning from Virtual Congress 2020 - Congress Report;
* VicSRC Ambassadors;
* Learning from Remote Learning: Round 2;
* Please stop telling dyslexic people you think you have dyslexia: Clare;
* Student Community; Partner Schools; Student Voice Hub

30 News & Resources:
Freedom to Learn Podcast: Phoenix Foundation, UK; A Year of Making and Learning: Farida Danmeri, UK; Democracy & Education, USA; It's Our School, It's Our Time: Geraldine Rowe, UK; CoCreation in Practice: Karen Konings, Netherlands; Unearthing Why: Jill McLachlan, Australia; Approaches to Youth Participation: Tim Corney et al;
ON-LINE RESOURCES: Audits of School Practices; Student Action Teams & Student Councils and Beyond; Facebook: Connect & Student Voice Research & Practice group
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#245: October 2020:

3 Children and Student Voice Virtual Conference 2020: Manaia Chou-Lee

5 FOCUS: STUDENT AGENCY:
5 Learner agency as a living ecology: EdPartnerships International, Vic: Jayne-Louise Collins, Larissa Raymond
11 Student agency: learning from lockdown: Brighton Beach PS, Vic: Kate O'Hara, Naomi Beales
13 Co-designing Inquiry Learning: St Pius X PS, West Heidelberg, Vic: Barbara Gomez
15 Assessment and reporting: St Mary's Catholic PS, Williamstown, Vic: Anthony Hockey
16 Collaborating on building student agency: Eltham HS, Vic: Chizuko Inoue-Andersson
18 Student agency on the Horizon: Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg, Vic: Rosemary Jones
22 How a course in Social Entrepreneurship fosters students' agency as learners and change makers: Pinewood School, Los Altos, California, USA: Michelle Dette Gannon, Jerusha Conner
26 Student Voice leads community thanks: Regency Park PS, Wantirna, Vic: Franca Nikolovski
27 Primary students' remote artwork project goes live in Coburg: Coburg PS, Vic: Jenny Hay

28 Student-centred sustainability: Our Lady of Fatima PS, Rosebud, Vic: Aidan McLindon
29 A need to rethink decision-making in schools: Pupil Participation, UK: Geraldine Rowe
31 A hub to hear what students have to say: Education NSW: Dani Cooper
33 The Victorian Young Leaders' Program ... in a COVID-19 world: Department of Education and Training, Vic: Hannah Fitzgerald, Yianni Syrbopoulos
35 Global Youth Advocacy Forums: Asia Education Foundation, Vic: Satoshi Sanada
36 Link OnLine Learners: Portland Education, UK: Alex Bell
37 Our World Our Say: young Australians set the agenda for education on natural hazards and disasters: Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, Vic: Brigid Little
39 Teach the Future, UK: Derry Hannam

41 VicSRC:
* Congress 2020;
* Advocacy Win: VIT registration PD;
* Teach the Teacher: free;
* Own pace: Learning from remote learning;
* Meet your VicSRC Executive;
* Student Community; Partner Schools; Student Voice Hub

48 News & Resources:
Vale Sir Ken Robinson: Nic Abbey; New Way of Doing School: Carl Rust; Youth Participation Award: Brisbane Catholic Education; Youth Involvement in Health Research Survey; "We are not learning; we are just memorising": States of Mind; Our Shared Story; Youth for Peace Award;
ON-LINE RESOURCES: Pivot Student Voices: Wren Gillett; Audits of School Practices; Student Action Teams & Student Councils and Beyond; Facebook: Connect & Student Voice Research & Practice group
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#244: August 2020:

STUDENTS' VOICES: LEARNING, AGENCY AND COVID-19:
3 Remote learning ... by remote learners: St Paul's Catholic Primary School, West Sunshine, Vic: Gillian Baxter; Mia Koutsodimitropoulos, Leikny Heimdal-Reed, Marley Fuimaono, Gabrielle Henderson, Livinia Jason, Jordan Nguyen
6 Friendships, family and play: Canterbury PS, Vic: David Wells, Rebecca Wells
9 A roller-coaster study journey amid COVID-19: Dang (Daniel) Vo, Huyen Bui
11 Student perceptions of COVID-19: Butler College, WA: Rashmi Watson
13 Returning to remote learning: recommendations: VicSRC
32 Report of VicSRC survey on learning from remote learning: VicSRC

17 ATAR, portfolios and participation: Roger Holdsworth
19 Big Picture Education Australia: Big Picture Education Australia
20 Still remembering STC: 1976-1988: Roger Holdsworth
21 Student participation in the STC Course: Roger Holdsworth, Paul Reid (1981)
25 On-line democratic school day: Cecelia Bradley
26 International virtual summit on Student Voice: Kay Augustine
27 What about the students at the back?: Ahelee Rahman
28 Children and student voice virtual conference 2020: Manaia Chou-Lee
29 YOUTHINK: a welcome & brief introduction: Jade Nisha Frame

30 VicSRC:
* Congress 2020 - virtual;
* VicSRC programs and events;
* VicSRC Executive student: Emily Gundry;
* Civics and Citizenship Education resources: Tom Nice;
* Student Community; Partner Schools;
* Student Voice Hub

38 News & Resources:
Another Way is Possible: Derry Hannam; Our Shared Story; Youth for Peace Award; Forum: Education in a Time of Climate Crisis; Students' voices from South Africa; Research on School Strike for Climate Movement; Phoenix Foundation: Freedom to Learn; Festival of Ideas: Brisbane Catholic Education: Emily Stirton; Youth for Peace Award; ON-LINE RESOURCES: Pivot Student Voices Podcast; Audits of School Practices; Student Action Teams & Student Councils and Beyond; Facebook: Connect & Student Voice Research & Practice group
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#243: June 2020:

3 SPECIAL FOCUS: Challenges, questions, opportunities: Student Voice, Agency and Partnerships: on-line and beyond

8 PRACTICES
8 The double-edged sword of remote learning: Anna Duan
10 Student comments re on-line and returning: Student Voice Hub
11 Returning students demand more say: Bri Hines
12 Changes to learning and teaching: Newbury Primary School, Vic: Dan Wright
13 Responding to challenges through innovation: Voice and agency in the virtual classroom: Berwick College, Vic: Brodie Andersen
16 Supporting and promoting student agency during learning in the home environment: Coburg Special Developmental School, Vic: Lauren Clark, Rachael Harney
17 Using one voice to speak for many: Representing the student body as a panel speaker: Kingscliff High School, NSW: Jadzia Wolff
19 Student voice, agency and participation in a time of plague: Dapto High School, NSW: Darcy Moore
20 Rainbows and stuffed toys: Roger Holdsworth
21 From the classroom to the bedroom!: St Joseph's Catholic College, East Gosford, NSW: Grace Talty, Matilda Andrew, Amelia Webber
22 Remote learning: Was it really that scary?: Camberwell High School, Vic: Dang (Daniel) Vo

23 REFLECTIONS
23 Harnessing flexibility and freedom: Reflections on remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Ahelee Rahman
24 Agency and Responsibility: Adam Brodie-McKenzie
26 The foreign world of remote learning: Pivot Professional Learning, Vic: Wren Gillett
27 Real roles of community value: Roger Holdsworth
28 Babies, bathwater and on-line learning: Keith Heggart
29 Why education needs technology: High Storrs School, Sheffield, UK: Jude Daniel Smith
30 Robes, pets and pronouns: Snapshots into the practices and practicalities of teaching on-line: Alex Muck
31 Are we there yet? Are we there?: Nigel Coutts

33 PARTNERSHIPS
33 Staying connected and creating new spaces for belonging in the learning ...: EdPartnerships International: Larissa Raymond, Jayne-Louise Collins, Kathy Winton, Kelli Simmons, Maureen O'Rourke, Peter Burrows
38 "It's the same but different": Student, family and teacher insights throughout remote learning: Sunshine Family Schools Partnerships Cluster, Vic: Gillian Baxter
40 Family engagement moving forward notback: John Stafford
42 Negotiating and co-constructing curriculum: Some simple questions: Roger Holdsworth
44 Can students be meaningfully involved right now?: SoundOut: Adam Fletcher

45 Observations of student voice in Brazil: Jade Nisha Frame
46 Audits of practice: Connect
47 Student agency, on-line engagement and community partnerships for bushfire education: Emerald Secondary College and Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, Vic: Brigid Little

48 VicSRC:
* Student voice from home; Fifteen years of Congress - coming soon!
* Learning from home together: inside the (virtual) classroom
* Learning from home together: outside the (virtual) classroom
* VicSRC programs; Student Community; Partner Schools; Student Voice Hub

53 News & Resources:
Resource for individual and group action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals: UP for Learning; Coping with COVID: student-to-student survey: Rachel Belin; 2020 International Virtual Summit on Student Voice (USA); International Journal of Student Voice; Student and adult perspectives on COVID-19 (UK); Impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning: (Pivot, Australia); Youth for Peace Award; ON-LINE RESOURCES: Student Action Teams & Student Councils and Beyond; Facebook: Connect & Student Voice Research & Practice group
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#242: April 2020:

3 Problems that matter: Footscray Learning Precinct, Vic: Simon Taylor, Lew Zipin, Marie Brennan
9 SRC planning day and beyond: The Mac.Robertson Girls' HS, Vic: Meghana, Sharon, Michaela, Aishah
10 Students on School Councils: Andrew, Sienna, Cohen
13 SVC Dilemmas:
- 1. Students on School Councils: Antony Monteleone
- 2. Language as a Barrier: Lynn Li Gan
- 3. The 2020 Victorian Mobile Phone Ban: Daniel Vo, Duc-Tri Bui
- 4. Maintaining morale in a school context: Demitri Kaminis
- 5. Curriculum that leads to student voice: Dr Domnall Fleming
- 6. How to embrace student voice/agency but still get through the study design: James Daffey
- 7. Diversifying the educational workforce: Katherine Mansfield
- 8. Student Agency and Teacher Agency: Adam Brodie-McKenzie
23 Sabotaging Meaningful Student Involvement: SoundOut, USA: Adam Fletcher
26 Youth Voice at home: Freechild, USA: Adam Fletcher
28 A modest proposal: time and space: Derry Hannam
29 Responding to COVID-19: now, long-term: Nigel Coutts
32 Political disillusionment: Ahelee Rahman
34 VicSRC:
* Congress 2020 postponed: Briana Hines
* Lessons from meeting and working online: VicSRC
* Online learning and COVID-19: Daria Osipova, Emily Gundry
* Student Community; Partner Schools; Student Voice Hub
39 News & Reviews:
2020 International Summit on Student Voice (USA) - online; Learning from Denmark; Audits of Practices - available online; Voices through the virus; Critical Practitioner-Scholars; WISA Conferences; Student Action Teams & Student Councils and Beyond; Facebook: Connect; Student Voice Research & Practice group
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#241: February 2020:

3 The Imagination Declaration: Garma Youth Forum
5 Hearing student voices: Festival of Ideas: Brisbane Catholic Education, Qld: Alysha Gray
8 Primary school podcast provides student voice: Piara Waters Primary School, WA: Ben Smith
9 Reports on the Student Voice, Agency and Partnerships International Conference:
* 'Meaningful and memorable': Roger Holdsworth
* Young people and adult allies: Dana Mitra
* Inspired by passion: Meghana Jonnalagadda, Sharon Taing
* Student voice, choices, agency, partnerships ....: Nigel Coutts
18 Perspectives on student agency:
1. Assessment and student agency - better together
2. Curiosity, critical thinking and agency as responses to the Australian bushfire crisis: Nigel Coutts
22 The Passcodes to Learning: Helen Beattie
26 64 Ways to Amplify Youth Voice and Agency through Partnerships: UP for Learning, Vermont, USA
27 Australian visit: Danske Skoleelever: Oskar Sommer Jonsson
28 VicSRC:
* ALTER Program; Teach the Teacher on-line
* Meet some VicSRC Executive members: Bri, Mitchell, James
* New VicSRC staff: Joshua, Hella
* 2020 Timelines; Student Memberships & School Partnerships

33 News & Reviews:
2020 Conference on Student Voice (USA); Our Voices, Our Schools: Ireland; Audits of Practices - available on-line; SCEAA Conference; Amplify Toolkit; Vale David Gribble; Global students' voices on the Australian fire emergency (OBESSU); Youth for Peace Award 2020; WISE Victorian Conference; Student Action Teams & Student Councils and Beyond; Facebook: Connect; Student Voice Research & Practice group

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