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Student voice and wellbeing in your library

Jackie Rasselllibrary@rhs.school.nz @tunawhakapeke @jackie_rassell

AIM OF TODAY ...

● What is student voice and wellbeing

● Why student voice and wellbeing are important

● Share some of the things I have done

● Opportunity for you to share

● Time to reflect for 2020

WHAT IS VOICE??

It is students …

● Seeing themselves

● Able to be creative

● Offering suggestions and being heard

● Sharing their passions

● Being themselves and being valued

● Being respected

● Having control of their environment

● Having a sense of agency

My thoughts!

Having a VOICE creates a sense of

BELONGING which helps to promote

WELLBEING!

What the academics say ...

“Agency is a dimension that enriches the

construct of student engagement”

SO …

Voice + belonging + wellbeing = engagement =

Molinari, Luisa & Mameli, Consuelo. (2017). Basic psychological needs and school engagement: a focus on justice and

agency. Social Psychology of Education. 10.1007/s11218-017-9410-1.

Engagement is important because ...

“Opportunities for social engagement are equally as

important as intellectual pursuits”

“Connecting with others for both educational and non-

educational activities is beneficial from an academic, social

and emotional perspective”

Redmond, Petrea, et al. "An Online Engagement Framework for Higher Education." Online Learning Journal [OLJ], vol. 22, no. 1, 2018,

p. 183+. Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete, https://link-gale-

com.ezproxy.kotui.ac.nz/apps/doc/A573558338/PROF?u=per_k12&sid=PROF&xid=c1477726.

THE PHYSICAL SPACE

STUDENT LIBRARIANS

STUDENT LIBRARIANS

STUDENT LIBRARIANS

Some successful ideas that have allowed for voice and creativity ...

● Poetry Press

● Club Day

● Book Tournament

● House of Horrors

● Zine Fest

POETRY PRESS

CLUB DAY

BOOK TOURNAMENT

HOUSE OF HORRORS

HORRORS contd

ZINE FEST

ZINES contd