IB Service as Action Project

The Service as Action project focuses on community and service and gives students an opportunity to develop awareness of needs in various communities and address those needs through service learning. As a consolidation of learning, the community project engages in a sustained, in-depth inquiry leading to service as action in the community. The Service as Action project is completed individually or in groups of a maximum of three students from the same eighth grade study lab. The choice of the topic for the project is made in consultation with an IB teacher who has the responsibility for supervising the development of the project according to the Assessment Criteria (provided to students in Study Lab and/or Enrichment) which is based on IBO guidelines.

Investigating

Students will define a goal based on their personal interests and identify their prior learning and subject-specific knowledge. Refining their research skills and practicing digital literacy, students will learn more about the community need they have selected.

Planning

After investigating the community need, students will develop a proposal for action. They will plan and record the development process while demonstrating self-management skills.

Taking Action

It's time to get it done! Students will demonstrate their service as action, creating a product or producing an outcome that involves the community outside of Lanier Middle School. Students will demonstrate thinking, communication, and social skills.

Reflecting

After taking action, students then reflect on their development as an IB learner. They will evaluate the quality of the service as action, and reflect on the journey of the past several months to accomplish their IB community project.

Important Dates

Investigating and Planning

Sept. 9 - Project Launches
Sept. 30 - Select partner
Oct. 8 - Begin process journal*
Oct. 8 - Submit top idea and global context*
Oct. 22 - Complete Self-Assessment Reflection on Approaches to Learning*
Oct. 30 - Complete the Service as Action Proposal*
Oct. 30 - Meeting 1
Nov. 13 - Service as Action Project Proposal due to science teacher
Nov. 21 - Meeting 2
Nov. 24 - Nov. 28: Thanksgiving Break

Taking Action

Dec. 3 - Carry out Service as Action Project
Dec. 11 - Complete the Taking Action Chart*
Dec. 19 - Meeting 3
Dec. 22 - Jan. 5: Winter Break

Reflecting

Jan. 6 - Review systems of equations and linear function to measure variables
Jan. 15 - Bivariant graph due to math teacher
Jan. 15 - Read Oral Presentation and 10 Tips for Public Speaking
Jan. 22nd - Jan. 29th
- Write your presentation speech
- Read Works Cited/Bibliography information
Feb. 5 - Bibliography due to history teacher
Feb. 12
- Read the Final Project Requirements
- Read 9 Tips for a PowerPoint Presentation and prepare slides
- Read Reflection page*
Feb. 19 - Complete the Reflection Report*
Feb. 26 - Meeting 4

Presentation

Mar. 2 - Process Journal extracts and bibliography due to literacy teacher
Mar. 2 - Finalize Service as Action Project Slides
Mar. 3rd - 5th, 2026
- SERVICE AS ACTION PRESENTATION DAY!!!
- Academic Honest/Meeting Form due*

Service as Action Presentation

Lanier Middle School MYP Service as Action Student Guide (25-26).pdf

MYP Service as Action Project Student Guide

Service as Action Important Dates.pdf

Service as Action Important Dates

IB MYP Service as Action FAQ (Updated).pdf

Service as Action F.A.Q.

Service as Action Parent Letter (Updated) (1).pdf

Service as Action Parent Letter

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