Which level fits your school
Schools come to this work with different amounts of time and different goals. Some have room in the master schedule for a year-long class. Some want to hear from their students and act on it but cannot add a course. Districts often want every site working from the same model and the same data. The three options below are built for those situations, and a school can move from one to the next as its program grows.
You want your ASB, leadership class or club to run a Student Voice Forum. Your students lead the Forum and use Direction to plan the activities your campus needs.
About the Student Voice ForumYour school wants the comprehensive PLUS model. A year-long class with full curriculum, student manuals, schoolwide projects and community service projects, following the evidence behind PLUS.
About the PLUS ProgramYour district wants a district model for five or more sites that networks schools and gathers districtwide data. It is the most comprehensive approach.
About PLUS DistrictwideWhat each level includes
Each level builds on the one before it. The Student Voice Forum gives a school the Forum, the tools to run it and an annual subscription to Direction. The PLUS Program adds the year-long PLUS Exchange curriculum and the conferences. PLUS Districtwide adds the district view of every site. A check mark shows what is included.
| Included | Student Voice ForumPowered by PLUS | PLUS ProgramThe comprehensive model | PLUS DistrictwideThe district model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training | |||
| Student Voice Forum Training, one day | 1 Advisor | ||
| 2-Day PLUS Program Development Training, first year | Team of up to 4 | On site | |
| Interactive Training Manual | Modified version | ✓ | ✓ |
| Training registration for one new staff member each year | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PLUS Team training for student leaders | Optional, added cost | Optional, added cost | |
| Guides and planning tools | |||
| Forum Training and Implementation manual | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Direction User Guide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advisor Implementation Manual | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Master Calendar for the 30-day cycles | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PLUS Cycle Report template | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Partners Guide, with briefs for administrators, counselors, teachers, school resource officers and board members | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Curriculum | |||
| Activity resource database | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access to the PLUS Exchange curriculum | ✓ | ✓ | |
| High school Teacher Guide and Student Workbook | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Middle school Teacher Guide and Student Workbook | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Weekly lesson slide decks | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PLUS Team Leadership lesson library | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Youth development activities | ✓ | ✓ | |
| YPAR project guides and student workbooks | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Cross-Age Mentoring lessons | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ten-Minute Lessons | ✓ | ✓ | |
| PLUS Impact student badge pathway | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Curriculum alignment to civic engagement seals | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Direction | |||
| Annual subscription to Direction | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Direction survey access | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Direction manager accounts | 1 manager | Multiple managers | Multiple managers |
| Bullying surveys for students, staff and parents | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Likert scale surveys developed with universities | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Create your own questions | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Download raw data | ✓ | ||
| Data for each school site, viewed by the district | ✓ | ||
| Cumulative district data across all sites | ✓ | ||
| Assign surveys to specific school sites | ✓ | ||
| Conferences | |||
| Registration each year to the School Climate Conference or the School Safety Conference | 1 registration | 1 per site, plus 1 for the district office | |
A second Advisor may attend the Student Voice Forum Training for $995. A school that moves from the Student Voice Forum to the PLUS Program attends the 2-Day training and pays the PLUS Program first year price.
Costs
The PLUS Program is offered through Protect Connect Educate, the safe school climate network for K-12 schools. Each level has a first year price that includes training, and an annual subscription after that. The first year costs more because it prepares your staff to run the work. After that, the subscription keeps your school connected to Direction, the activity resource database and the materials for your level.
Student Voice Forum
Powered by PLUS
For ASB, leadership classes and clubs.
Includes the one-day Student Voice Forum Training for one Advisor and the online subscription. A second Advisor is $995. A trainer can come to your campus instead for $3,500 per day plus travel expenses.
PLUS Program
The comprehensive model
For a school running PLUS as a year-long leadership course.
Includes the 2-Day training for a team of up to four and the online subscription.
PLUS Districtwide
The district model
For a district with five or more sites.
Questions? Call 866.403.9484 or email pce@pcesolutions.org.