This document outlines a workshop on supporting student advocacy. It includes an introduction activity where participants share their name, workplace, relevant issues, and current advocacy activities with students. The workshop then provides an overview of lesson plans and classroom activities to teach students about civic engagement, such as a lesson on taxes, letter writing, and legislative visits. Resources on civic competencies, indicators of civic engagement, and teaching materials are also referenced. The document concludes with contact information for workshop leaders and a discussion of next steps participants can take to integrate advocacy work into their classrooms.

1. Supporting Student
Advocacy
April 4, 2014

2. Speed-dating
• Where do you work?
• Who are your students?
• What do you do in your job?
• Why did you sign up for this workshop?

3. Introductions
Please share:
• your name,
• where you work,
• what issues are relevant to your SS,
• what advocacy-related activities you
currently do with your SS.

4. Overview
• Lesson- I am a Taxpayer
• Other classroom activities: letter writing,
calling, legislative visits
• Resources
• Wrap-up

5. Indicators of Civic Engagement
• Civic Indicators
• Electoral Indicators
• Indicators of Political Voice

6. Adapted from:
http://www.civicyouth.org/practitioners/Core
_Indicators_Page.htm

7. Essential Competencies and Skills
• Intellectual Skills
• Participatory Skills
• Research Skills
• Persuasion Skills

8. From: A Practical Guide for Integrating Civic
Responsibility into the Curriculum
http://educationprogram.duke.edu/uploads/assets/In
tegratingCivicResponsibility.pdf

9. I Am a Taxpayer
-please see attached

10. First Steps: Letter Writing and Calling
• Clarifying your
message
• Timing (city and state
budgets)
• Relevancy, Brevity
• Example (Link here.)

13. Further Steps
• Legislative Visits and Lobby Days
o Relevant issues from your students
o Thurs. April 10-meetings and rally
• Rallies
o Participating safely

14. Teaching Resources
• The Change Agent, their current issue is on
Immigration
• A Practical Guide for: Integrating Civic Responsibility
into the Curriculum
o films, quotations
• CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research on Civic
Learning and Engagement)
• New York City Commission on Human Rights - ESOL
curriculum on employment rights

15. Prof. Dev. Resources
• NYCCAL
• NYIC
• NYATEP Advocacy Academy

16. Wrap-up
• Questions
• Next Steps- What activities can you take
back to your class/program?

17. Contact Info
• Bruce Carmel (bcarmel@fegs.org)
• Elaine Roberts (elaine.roberts@archny.org)
• KC Williams (kwilliams@queenscommunityhouse.org)