MYP at BTW  Service as Action

Purpose of Community Service

With appropriate guidance and support, MYP students should, through their engagement with service as action: 

• become more aware of their own strengths and areas for growth 

• undertake challenges that develop new skills 

• discuss, evaluate, and plan student-initiated activities 

• persevere in action 

• work collaboratively with others 

• develop international-mindedness through global engagement, multilingualism, and intercultural understanding 

• consider the ethical implications of their actions 

All of these learning outcomes are closely associated with IB learner profile attributes and Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills. 

                                       — MYP:  From Principles to Practice —

Guidelines for Community Service

We are changing requirements to better align with IB MYP goals and expectations.  It will be divided into 2 assignments that should be submitted to students' advisory Canvas course.

Assignment #1:  MYP Service Book Reflection

• 1. Choose and read a book from the appropriate list or choose a text you read in your freshman English class.

  2. Identify the MYP global contexts and the key concepts addressed in the book.

  3. Identify at least 3 possible community service ideas you could do related to concepts or issues in the book.

Assignment #2:  Post-Service Reflection

Choose a community service activity of your choice that relates to a key concept or global context in the book you read and complete at least 12 hours of service. 

Submit all of the following:

1. Pictures and/or video of you engaged in the activity, including captions of what you are doing, for whom, and why. 

2. Date(s) and times of service, with the signature of a supervising adult.

3. In well-developed paragraphs, select post-reflection questions to answer.

What Counts?

• Volunteering for non-profit service organizations

• Service Projects through Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire, and 4H.

• Other suggestions:  ushering, teaching a children’s class, walk-a-thons, reading to the blind or elderly at a nursing home, campus clean-up, serving and/or cleaning up at soup kitchens, sorting food at community food banks, make greeting cards for shut-ins or nursing home residents, organize and run an event for preschool children.

What Doesn't Count?

• Money or material donations  (Meaningful service within the IB MYP framework involves students giving of their time to serve others in their community, either locally, nationally, or globally.)