Peer+Leadership-Mediation

=Peer Leadership-Mediation=

At Dacula and South Gwinnett High Schools, I ran Peer Leadership & Mediation programs. I was proud of our kids and the programs, as we refined and improved them over the years.
===We started in the spring, using an exhaustive process to identify the best suited students for the program. We asked for teacher recommendations; then followed up with grades and discipline analysis, applications, and interviews. We had to make sure we selected only the most appropriate students for the program, since we would be sending them to our cluster schools and into the community, representing our school.===

===Training began at the beginning of the new school year, and lasted a few weeks, covering: Honor and Accountability, Teamwork, Active Listening Skills, Problem-Solving, Mediation, and Referral Skills. We strived to create a strong group that could function with limited supervision throughout the remainder of the year.===

===We assigned students to locations in elementary, middle, and high schools, where they did the bulk of their work. We met, once a week, to talk about the week's work and share updates on progress towards project completion, as well as to problem-solve difficult situations.===

===While working in their assigned locations, students also completed individual and group assignments, including: service hours, facilitation of a group service project, special education events, leadership round table, and special topic presentations.===