Student Ambassador Application

Hello All IB Hvitfeldtare!

In October, you can apply to be a Student Ambassador of the IB Diploma Program at Hvitfeldtska. We are looking for 3 students from PreDP and 3 from DP 1 to join us.

In this role, you will be a key part of the Admissions and Alumni processes. This is an important role that promotes the IB and Hvitfeldtska’s mission to create a better and more peaceful world through education. Your participation will help keep us united in a common mission, strengthen the program, and contribution to a lifelong relationship towards that end.

We are looking for students to help potential candidates understand the program and feel welcome to apply. You who have strong communication and interpersonal skills can inspire and motivate them to make the right educational choice.  Additionally, you will work to keep the bonds of IBDP Hvitfeldtska alive by maintaining a forum for students to keep in touch. Through your organizational skills you will promote our network where we can both celebrate one another’s achievements, and also help one another further in life, educationally and professionally, through our mutual connection.

This will be a permanent position during the time you enrolled here at Hvitfeldtska and below is a listing of the expected responsibilities and tasks. There is room for your own creativity and ideas to flourish within the role. We would not expect you to do more than one hour per week on average.

We hope you will join the Principal, Coordinator, and IB teaching team in helping us to grow and develop our IB program with new students. There isn’t any better way to raise the profile of IBDP and show off our program than sharing with others our excellent and awesome students! 

Responsibilities and tasks (in order of the school year timeline)

These tasks are connected to mostly to service. I specify connections to creativity and activity where relevant. Additionally, because it is happening for at least a month (but much longer really), it can also count as the one necessary CAS project that you must do in collaboration with others.  It’s not as though this position in and of itself can account for your entire CAS experience here, but it certainly can account for a good deal of it.

August:

·         New students start in PreDP and DP 1. Give new students a tour on their first day.

·         Plan and implement get to know each other activities if possible (creativity, activity* if it’s physical activity)

September

·         Plan and implement a follow up with new students. How are the new students doing and feeling?

·         Recruit 3 new PreDP students to the Ambassador team, meet and train them

Make updates to the Alumni website to keep it alive.

October

·         Gymnasiemässan This is during school hours over the course of three days.  

Make updates to the Alumni website to keep it alive.

November

·         Open House. Usually a Saturday from 10.00-14.00 and hopefully in person.   

January

·         Open House. Usually, a Saturday from 10.00-14.00 and hopefully in person.  

March

·         Welcome students arriving to take entrance/placement testing in PreDP or DP 1.

·         Be part of candidate small group talks during entrance testing

April/May

·         Begin a series of info/reminders for DP 2 students to join the Alumni Facebook Group!  Make updates to the Alumni website to keep it alive.

June

·         Organize a farewell to the DP 2 students who will graduate.

All year round: (to be completed to the degree you are able and have the time or energy)

·         Coordinate students who want to shadow in PreDP or DP.

·         Visit schools with the Principal, Coordinator or an IB teacher to inform grade 9 students about the program.

·         Plan and implement any relevant alumni activities (creativity, activity*)

·         Take photographs and provide accompanying short texts for us to put on the website (creativity)

Other expectations:

·         Students must be in good standing to be considered for the position and to be able to continue in the position. That means there are no unapproved absences, and you are keeping up with your school work.

If you are chosen to become a IBDP Student Ambassador and complete the job successfully, we will gladly provide a certificate for you to show during job interviews or potential Universities.

How to apply:

Send a letter of interest to the DP Coordinator which includes the name of one teacher reference who is willing to recommend you for the role. The letter of interest should be no longer than 1side of an A4 page and should include why you think you would be good for this role. 

Apply by October 2nd to be considered for the role. A decision will be announced by the end of October.