Community Leadership through Civics in Action: Bringing Participatory Budgeting to Your School
Our online course builds on best practices to help educators plan, design, and implement a participatory budgeting process — an innovative model of civics education — that fits their school context, improves the school community, and empowers youth.
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Welcome and course overview
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Overview
Participatory Budgeting
Participatory budgeting in schools
The PB cycle
Where has school PB been done?
Principles of school PB
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Overview
More Responsive Schools, More Impactful Spending
Voice, Agency, and Power: Tools of Engaged Youth
What do students think about PB?
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Overview
Key participants in school PB
Comparing design choices in two PB processes
Identify the budget
Put together budget details
Identify the PB Committee
A high level presentation of stakeholders and design decisions
Write the Rules of PB for your school
Check-in: Principles of PB in the Design Phase
Downloadable resources
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Overview
Why evaluation matters
Best practices for evaluating PB
Participation evaluations
Impact evaluations
Process evaluations
Example evaluation surveys for the PB Committee
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Overview
Why idea collection matters
Planning idea collection
Check-in: principles of PB in idea collection
Downloadable resources
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Overview
Why proposal development matters
Planning Proposal Development
Engaging stakeholders
Ways to engage stakeholders
Check-in: principles of PB in proposal development
Downloadable resources
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Overview
Why the PB vote matters
Planning the Vote
Ballot design
Check-in: principles of PB in voting
Downloadable resources
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Overview
Why Implementation Matters
Planning Implementation
Check-in: principles of PB in project implementation
Downloadable resource
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Overview
PB Coordinator Planning
Create your timeline
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Overview
PB and Civic Learning
Using Themes to Focus PB on Problem-Solving
PB and Arts