Editor’s Note
Welcome to issue 1 of ReConnectEd. This is a new online journal centred on student voice, agencyand participation.
You may have been aware of the long-running publication Connect, which came out from 1979 to 2021. ReConnectEd aims to carry on the legacy of and build on the essence of its predecessor, Connect Magazine. It aims to:
Document and share student participation approaches and initiatives
Support reflective practices among those working to increase student participation Develop and share access to resources
ReConnectEd's purpose is to place student participation at the centre of both primary and secondary school learning and governance. As such we focus on showcasing how student participation can be extended to various school and classroom practices, and place students at the centre of school policy development and implementation. Additionally, ReConnected aims to highlight the need for co-agency tooccur across students, teachers and the community alike to allow these discussions to occur.
ReConnectEd wishes to include a variety of authors: students, teachers, academics and researchers, and community members - and to make its articles accessible to a wide range of readers.
ReConnectEd is being published as a labour of love by an editorial committee of school students (current and immediately ex), school teachers, academics, policy workers and members of supportiveorganisations. See the website: for details and subscription to the publication.
ReConnectEd is being hosted by the Australian Council for Student Voice. It is available as a blog-style set of web pages, and also as a PDF-style document.
This issue of ReConnectEd introduces you to the journal. In it, you will find articles that challenge you and hopefully inspire you. Roger Holdsworth writes about the need for the continuation of reflection, documentation and sharing of resources and practices in the classroom; Chris Bush has revived Connect’s Student Voice Audit, creating an online version for schools to assess their level of Student Voice integration; Laura Newman gives teachers a guide to empowering themselves, their students and those around them; Ester Koelle and Linh Dang discuss how student voice and agency can be implemented in the classroom and beyond through relationship building and community connections; and last but not least, SophieCartelli discusses Rosanna Primary School's newly revised Deep Leaning Protocol's designed by Prep students.
The second issue of ReConnected is 'Tiny Humans, Big Voices' centring student voice and agency in Primary Schools. The deadline for this issue will be the 1st July. Additionally, our third and last issue for the year will centre on 'Curriculum and pedagogy'. This deadline will be in October. If any of you would like tocontribute an article to this Issue please contact reconnected@studentvoice.org.au
