Children are able to participate in certain elements of collective leadership and they benefit from it in many of the same ways that adults do.

Here are a few ways that collective leadership can be used with children in the learning environment:

• Develop a class vision – work together to create a vision statement that captures the overall goal or purpose of your daily activities
• Co-create expectations – help children brainstorm the list of expectations for how children and adults will interact and treat one another
• Plan curriculum projects – gather input from children about different projects they are interested in exploring
• Plan field trips and class visitors – gather children’s ideas for places to visit in the community and visitors they can invite for a visit
• Group problem solving – rather than determining the best way to solve a problem, engage children in coming up with possible solutions and choosing the best option for the situation
• Room organization – sometimes room arrangement can be problematic, work with children to generate solutions to room arrangement issues
• Class portfolios – while each child should have a learning portfolio that highlights individual accomplishments, children could create a class portfolio that details what they whole group is learning

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