Dunwoody Teen Town Hall – December 3, 2015
KEY
OBJECTIVES:
· Engage students in public administration/management,
decision making, and local government to generate ideas, take pulse/attitudes of
students;
· Create an event that is educational, informational and
interactive;
· Give students a chance to participate/have their voice
heard
TIMELINE:
· 12:00 to 1:30 Dunwoody City Staff Set-Up on site in DHS
gym
· Accommodate two large groupings of students (students in
classes: Government/civics, mass communications, finance/marketing) over two
primary “shifts” and one Open House at the end of the school day:
o 1:40 to 2:25 (first group of approximately 100 – 120
students)
o 2:25 to 2:30 Transition between groups
o 2:30 to 3:15 (second group of approximately 100 – 120
students)
o 3:20 to 4:00 (Open House: stations for all interested
students staying after school)
PROGRAM
· LOCATION: DHS Gym
· FIVE different stations of activities; each sub-group
gets a 15 minute session at THREE different stations
o Perks for Parks –
students provide ideas on park improvements and new amenities, wants and needs
o Ideas for Infrastructure – students provide insights into issues and solutions
for the city’s roads, traffic, transit, sidewalks, etc.
o Development for Tomorrow – students provide ideas on growth, development and what
they would like to see in Dunwoody, what would make them stay
o Police Department Dialogue - students form into mini-teams and discuss community
safety issues and priorities
o Interactive Experience
– Video statements & questions (statements to city leaders/questions for
city leaders); record a Vine; post an Instagram; Send a Snapchat story
(#teentownhall #DwdyTTH15)
· City Staff on hand to staff stations, go through
presentations/exercises or answer questions
HOW IT WORKS
· Students spend 15
minutes at each station and participate in 3 rotations (each student would
participate in 3 of the 5 stations).
· Mr. Berry and Mr.
Boucher distributing signup sheet to students and working to secure even
numbers at each station for each rotation.
· Teachers exploring
potential post-event activities in class the following day where students from
each group redeliver what they learned to the students who did not get to that
station.
PARTICIPANTS
· 1st Session - Mr. Ward's
1st & 2nd period Accelerated/Gifted Civics classes and Mr. Aranson's
4th period Accelerated/Gifted Civics class (approx. 100 students; all 9th
graders).
· 2nd Session - Mr.
Boucher's 1st & 2nd period AP Government & Politics classes, Mr.
Berry’s 2nd period Constitutional Theory class and Mr. Fortenberry's 4th period
Finance class (approx. 120 students; grades 10-12).
*All students from Ward, Boucher & Berry would receive a
field trip permission form that allows them to leave their 4th period class to
participate during their sessions.
1 comment:
I love this. So glad to hear this is happening, John.
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