In order to educate a politically literate new generation, who will have responsibility not only for their actions, but for the whole country as a whole, a game called " Election of the President of the School" has increasingly been played in the framework of the law school curriculum.
This event is designed to show the younger generation how important their opinion is and how seriously they need to approach issues of national importance.
What audience is this project designed for?
The game "Elections of the President of the School" is held within the framework of the educational institution, students from 1st to 11th grades, as well as all teachers, including the director and the head teacher, automatically become its participants.
In this case, each child has the right to vote for one or another candidate. And the task of teachers is to explain to children how to vote correctly. The main emphasis should be placed on the fact that it’s not worthwhile to make a start from someone’s opinion when choosing, you need to think only for yourself and learn to make the right decision.
Presidential Candidates
From representatives of grades 9-10, candidates are selected who aspire to the presidency. Representatives of 11th grades are not considered, because they have an important task - to successfully pass the final exams.
There should be few candidates, 1-2 people from each class, in this case the number of parallels in the school is considered. Since children are just learning to be responsible citizens of their large country, with a very large number of participants, the children lose interest in a thorough study of their programs.
Any high school student who meets the following criteria can be a candidate for the post:
- good student;
- adheres to an active lifestyle;
- possesses leadership qualities in a classroom (school) team;
- able to protect and defend the interests of other students.
The event “Elections of the president of the school” should be as close as possible in its content to the true election procedure.
The main stages of the game
As in any game held in an educational institution, this project has the main stages of the exercise, which are adult names. These include:
- Familiarization of students with electoral law. This preparatory stage can be both an individual plan (carried out in each class separately), and general (in the form of a school-wide class hour).
- Nomination of candidates, campaigning, collection of signatures, registration of candidates - all this refers to the main stage of the event called "Election Campaign".
- Participation in elections, vote counting, announcement of the winner is the final stage called “Voting”.
The game of this plan is held over 10 training days.
School choices
Before starting the game, the organizing teacher must know how to conduct the presidential election in school. First, the election date and the date by which all applicants for this post are required to submit their applications must be announced. Then two types of election commissions are created - in classes (district) and school-wide (central). They are the main organizers of the elections. The organizing teacher needs to remember that the game should be as close as possible to the real conditions of the competition, and therefore, relatives and friends of the candidates cannot be members of the election commission.
After the organizational issues are resolved, the next stage begins - the registration of participants applying for the post of president of the school.
The final step in this event is the election itself, which includes secret ballot, vote counting and the announcement of the winner. After that, he should deliver a solemn speech by the school president in the election.
Campaign events at school
In order for this game to be successful and arouse the desire of children to participate, it is necessary to motivate them by talking about the purpose of the election of the president of the school. Each candidate must have an election program. It reflects the main problems of the school, with which the future president should work directly.
In addition, we must not forget that the election of the president of the school is being held. The election program should be concise and understandable to any student, regardless of his age category. Its content may be approximately as follows:
- Academic performance is the main aspect of school life.
- Create a relief committee for the underperforming.
- Carrying out activities related to vocational guidance for students.
- The introduction of penalties for students with an offense (late, foul language, lack of student uniforms, lack of a second shoe).
- Creation of a board of honor called “Pride of our school”, where photos of the best students for the current period will be located.
- Introduction of rating activity of classes (according to academic performance). The rating will be taken into account at the end of the school week and posted on a special stand for public viewing.
Room decoration for the event
Of course, in order to ensure that among children there are no people who wish not to take part in the event, it is necessary to properly arrange the premises. To do this, each candidate must create his own poster for the election of the president of the school, where his photograph and the main priorities of the election program should be posted.
In addition, a special calendar can be hung in the lobby of the school, with the help of which the days until the voting will be counted.
In the corridors of the school it is necessary to hang out slogans for the election of the president of the school. They should be brief and encourage all participants in the educational process to participate in this event.
How to spend a voting day?
When voting day arrives at the school, booths for secret voting and boxes must be created where voters put their ballots. Slogans for the election of the president of the school are all removed from the corridor, on this day they are no longer needed.
Voting is held during breaks so that by the end of the school day it would be possible to count the votes and identify the winner.
In the booth for secret voting, you can place a poster “For the election of the president of the school!”, Where photos of all candidates with their last name and first name will be posted. This is done so that the child can correctly cast his vote, since children, especially toddlers, tend to confuse surnames, especially in cases where they are consonant.
How to conduct campaigning?
How does the presidential election begin? Campaigning students takes one of the main places. Therefore, it must be well planned. Campaigning is possible at breaks. The future president can attract students with interesting contests, entertainment programs.
In the after hours, there may be a debate between the candidates. The speech of the future president on the way to victory is a key moment. To attract students, the candidate must act confidently, propose concrete actions to solve the school problems that have arisen. Example: “I promise that by becoming the president of the school, I will help reduce the number of low marks in certificates. Self-help groups will be organized. More successful guys will work with lagging behind in core subjects. ”
No less important is the slogan of the future president. Good examples:
- “We will build a school in which we want to study!”
- “Teachers and students are one family!”
- "For lessons, as for a holiday!"
The President is a student with leadership qualities who will interact with the teaching staff for the benefit of the educational process.
Elections of the president of the school will be interesting if the right approach to the issue of organization.
Afterword
Of course, the speech of the president of the school in the elections is the most solemn moment. Therefore, it should be clearly thought out and include such a basic aspect as the oath of the president to his voters.
Teachers should conduct such events as often as possible. Children, playing, learn to be responsible citizens of their country. But our future depends on them. The election of the president of the school is an exciting event. And its planning should be treated with maximum responsibility.