One or more of the tools can be taught in any order; either separately or embedded in existing schemes of work; or included in existing or new work with any type of Class or Student Council/Association.
 

For example, the time-management and workflow training could be offered to students preparing for exams or to students with identified special educational needs (where it has been shown to be helpful both practically and in terms of raising and sustaining self-esteem).
 

Trainer-training is available for staff wishing to teach the tools themselves.
 

A current widely used approach to Student Councils is called 'Student Voice'. This approach is primarily 'rights-based' (article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child), and is where staff involve students in staff work/decisions, and accountability is based on a traditional ('linear') hierarchy.
 

Our distinctive approach to Class and Student Associations builds on the Student Voice approach and additionally enables students to involve staff in their work/decisions as well.
 

High levels of genuine student freedom and responsibility are enabled and sustained by:

- Separation of powers (Ownership, Governance, Management, Implementation)

- Separation of stakeholders (internal/external, primary/secondary)

- Separation of interests (Rights, Needs, Intentions)

- Clear, strong and fair boundaries between roles of staff and students

- Accountability based on a non-linear hierarchy (i.e. a 'nested-hierarchy' or 'holarchy')

- Overall structure based on a democracy ('Evolutionary Constitutional Representative')
 

Students are provided with specialist training which enables them to work independently (either alone and/or in a team) and be accountable; drawing on assistance from staff and others as necessary.
 

In secondary and tertiary settings, every student involved is considered a member of a Student Association. Teams are self-managed and self-selecting (across age and ability ranges). The structure of a Student Association using our approach allows for an unlimited number of members.
 

Class Associations in primary schools can be preparation for Student Associations in secondary or tertiary settings (comprising an unlimited number of self-managing teams). A Student Association can be both independent and integral to the life of the setting. Using this approach enables students to experience and learn from high levels of responsibility and accountability within a genuine integrated governance, management and democratic structure.
 

When applied in full, this distinctive approach enables young people to learn from actual experience in their current place of study how to work with an organization's internal and external stakeholders to develop an integrated approach to sustaining high levels of economic performance, social responsibility and environmental protection. This experience of 'Corporate Citizenship' and the practical skills that they will have learned can then be used later in both their personal lives and in their place of work or further study.