Class officers

At educational institutions above Primary education, each grade level or year of study is a class, referenced by the year of graduation, i.e., "Class of 2011". The official activities of these groups are generally organized and led by Class Officers, who are elected in the late Spring of each year for the term beginning in the Fall, or early in the Fall term. After graduation, the class officers are typically responsible for organizing their Class reunion.

Composition

Like a Student council, their leadership model is loosely based on either the Parliamentary system or the Executive Branch of the United States. Unlike a student council, which represents the students of an entire school, class officers typically represent only a single class. Whereas the purpose of Student council is to learn about democracy and leadership, and to work in partnership with school management for the benefit of the school, the goal of Class officers is to organize and facilitate activities for the enjoyment of their classmates. The following positions are common to nearly all groups of class officers: