Bridge Conference 2018

For several years, the Governor's Office of the Education Ombuds has been extending its conflict resolution work to increasing community conversation and problem-solving through family-focused listening sessions. However, OEO had no tools for capturing student voice to guide its programs and services. In short, while its mission is to address the opportunity gap, OEO had focused its services on the adults in its problem-solving. Recently, OEO partnered with Archetekt to study best practices for student co-design that will guide its future efforts to elevate student voice, and create culturally responsive workshops and leadership opportunities. In this session, OEO and its partner will share what they learned and how these tools can be applied in out-of-school time and other programming.