Impact Programme Handbook

Leadership Opportunities Impact Committee

The student-led Impact Committee aims to raise awareness of contemporary issues and make a genuine difference within the community by promoting the value of active participation in the scaffolded service opportunities at Somerset College. Students in this committee will also work collaboratively with staff to facilitate the realisation of many of the service initiatives within the Impact programme; in particular the awareness sessions and indirect service opportunities. Through their personal involvement in service, ongoing input in to the evolution of community partnerships and projects, as well as the promotion of available service opportunities to other students, this committee will provide the student leadership of the College-wide (Pre-Prep to Year 12) Impact programme. The Impact Committee meets fortnightly to discuss and organise upcoming service opportunities and involvement in this committee also represents a valid for form of service. Local Leaders Students who have previously engaged in a direct service opportunity on a local level are encouraged to continue to make valuable contributions to that service opportunity by becoming a Local Leader. Local Leaders will play an important role in the promotion of their previously selected direct service activity and will be required to share with other students about the impact that their involvement in this opportunity had on them personally. The continued involvement of other students in specific service activities will be, in part, the result of their open presentation of their previous experiences to the wider student population. If agreed to by the supervising staff member of a service activity, Local Leaders may continue to contribute directly to that activity and in so doing, would provide a more experienced role model to their peers. Student Ambassadors Student Ambassadors are students who have previously engaged in national or international service opportunities and have a genuine understanding of the immense value that these experiences provide to both the communities that they have engaged with, as well as for students. Student Ambassadors will assist staff with the promotion of future national and international service opportunities and will communicate to potential student participants and their parents about the value that such experiences have had for them personally as well as for other students.

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Somerset College Impact Handbook 2019