I’m the Advisor?!? Now what

1. Contact your District President/Advisor

2. Attend the Advisor Workshop

3. Attend District Events

4. Summer Workshop

1

Constitutions / By Laws

If you Don’t have one

create one

Make sure your

Constitution is up to

date

Make sure your By-

Laws cover the minor

details.

2

CommitteesStanding

DASH

E&E

Pride & Patriotism

Teacher Appreciation

Community Service

3

Special• Dance• Decoration• Public Relations• Advertisement

Meetings

Executive Meeting

Planning

Conflict

Resolution

Question asked

by Exec. Board

4

Regular Meeting

• Informational

• Decision Making

• Action Planning

• Team Building

• Just Plain Fun

Top 10 Advisor Advice1. HAVE FUN!!!!!

2. Remember it is STUDENT COUNCIL not Mr./Ms Council

3. Allow for failure

4. Delegate, delegate, delegate!!

5. Look for the lost puppies to join Stuco.

6. Get your Middle School(s) involved

7. Don’t take it too seriously. Something always goes wrong.

8. Network with other advisors.

9. Attend Summer Leadership

10. Recruit heavily from freshmen class.

Stuco State ProjectsCommunity Service (CS)

Pride & Patriotism (P&P)

Drug, Alcohol, Safety, & Health (DASH)

Energy & Environment (E&E)

Advice about projects

Start out small – gain experience before taking on a big project (5K or other large event)

TASC Online will be your #1 resource TASC, Projects,

Project Ideas

CS is not just about raising money, but raising awareness too.

Basic Project Supplies Butcher paper, poster

board

Paint, markers, scissors

Lots of paint brushes

Sidewalk chalk Good for any message!!

Clear duct tape Check with admin on

posting procedures

glitter!

Ask for a school cabinet designated just for Stuco!

Community Service Projects

Committee is in charge of supporting worthy causes financially and with awareness campaigns

Simple Project ideas to start with: Canned food drive for local food pantry Stuffed animal/toy drive for Toys for Tots, or local

shelter Support any local family by raising money/items for

them incase of an unplanned disaster/tragedy Partner with NHS or other clubs and their community

service projects (it counts for our state reports)

Pride & Patriotism Committee is in charge of school spirit, national

and state holidays, teacher appreciation, and good citizenship.

Small, simple things: Encouragement posters for sports teams

Water bottle shakers (also recycling project)

Hula Hoop contests during lunch

Voter Registration & citizenship awareness

Texas Pride (celebrate Texas holidays)

Student Appreciation Week (play little games and do give-aways)

Football game good citizen gift exchanges

Dances Homecoming Dance (Fall Dance) If you don’t have start-up money, it’s ok! Biggest expense is the DJ, decorating is secondary Decorations (Keep it simple!) Borrow old decorations from a neighboring school (Also

E&E!)

Get donated old Christmas lights from teachers/parents\

Make your own center pieces and photo booth

Air up balloons and have them on the floor

Have another club manage concessions

This is usually one of the biggest $$$ makers!

Spring Dances can be done; depends on school culture.

Teacher Appreciation Ideas Serve breakfast (donuts and juice) once a month to teachers

Select a “Teacher of the Month” and decorate their door. Members vote for the teacher.

“You’ve been Clubbed” decorate another club advisor door! They pass it on to another club.

Simple notes with candy/hot chocolate.

Thank you Cards sometimes a simple thank you goes a long way.

Remember your Principal/AP’s/Staff/Aides

PINTEREST!!!

If you have extra StuCo shirts give them to the Administration and Secretaries.

DASH Educational committee focused on raising

awareness towards helping kids stay safe and healthy.Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31) (Drugs &

Alcohol awareness)www.redribbon.org

Click it or Ticket (Safety)www.texasclickitorticket.com

It Can Wait (Texting & Driving)www.itcanwait.com (Safety)

Love is Respect Week (February 2015) (Safety)www.loveisrespect.org

DASH Cont.

“I Promise this weekend to…”banner.

Kids sign it saying they’ll practice safe sex,

not drink alcohol, not do drugs, make better

choices, etc.

Teens in the Driver Seat (Safety)

www.t-driver.com

DASH

Participate as a group in a 5k or other

charity walk.

“Manuary”, during January, for Prostate

cancer awareness. All campus males are

encouraged to grow it out!

Schedule a monthly club walk, and maybe

pick up some trash along the way (also

E&E!)

E&E To promote causes

that help the environment and to raise awareness about energy use

Go to: TASC online

Projects

Project Report Forms

Energy & Environment

Scroll to the last few pages!

Green Ribbon Schools

Stuco Points System Pros

• Keeps students accountable for participating

• Members make goals for how many points they want to achieve to receive certain prizes (State convention, letter jacket, summer workshop, etc.)

• Active members are regularly awarded

Cons• Confusing and overwhelming

at first

• Lots of Front work (but worth it!)

Points System

Top 10 Advisor Advice1. Have fun with the kids!

2. Listen to what they want to do.

3. PINTEREST

4. Delegate, delegate, delegate!!

5. Be pretty hands on your first year or two, then back off.

6. Look for the lost puppies to join Stuco.

7. Don’t take it too seriously. Something always goes wrong.

8. Network with other advisors.

9. Attend Summer Leadership

10. Recruit heavily from freshmen class.