Agency

What words and phrases best capture 'Agency'

At today’s Parent Forum we develop our own understandings of ‘Agency’ through reading our Why Sheet on Agency and by selecting words and phrases that best capture what Agency is.

Our words and phrases included: 

• Belief
• Responsibility
• Adaptation
• Awareness
• Freedom to express self
• Ownership of their learning
• Initiative
• Self esteem 
• Self development
• Self motivated
• Plan, organise and execute
• Ability to succeed

We considered what skills or understandings for life can be learnt through having agency and co-constructed the following.

Agency

• helps children face problems and enables them to monitor and self-adjust
• enables us to see what our children are capable of
• helps our children become open-minded, respectful of others 
• allows our children to become socially interconnected
• enables children to become confident to express their ideas
• develops ownership and helps children learn how to solve problems
• Allows children to become responsible for their actions
• develop goals in life
• Helps children to understand themselves

Finally, we discussed how agency is honoured at home through asking the following questions and reflecting on what changes we could consider as parents.

1. What does my child decide for themselves? 

2. How often is my child’s opinion considered when decisions are made?

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