New Committee-Based Community Service Council
In an effort to streamline Newark Academy’s Community Service Program and provide more student leadership positions, Director of Community Service Sarah Fischer has implemented a new committee-based system to the Community Service Council as she enters her eighth year leading NA’s Community Service efforts.
The Council is now be run by four committees – publicity, internal events, external events and education, and training and technology – that are responsible for planning and organizing specific parts of council business. Each committee has three or four members, the publicity committee must have a representative from each grade, and the training and technology committee must have at least one freshman.
Through this system, there is not only more accountability on the students, but more of a student influence. “By breaking up into smaller committees, members know what they’re responsibilities are when times get stressful and it helps us as adults direct to them,” Sarah said.
With the new committees, there are now three-types of meetings. Full council meetings focus on the larger picture of the year and various service programs NA is running. Committee meetings are the majority of the meetings and work to implement the programming effectively. Leadership development occurs throughout the year.
“The committee system so far has been great,” Sarah said. “We have a full social media plan that has been put in to affect, and our training and technology committee is giving freshmen a tutorial on the resources, offering more support.”
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