Systems & Structure

Structure & Systems - our how

Network

• The ICE  network in Thailand is led by a steering committee ensuring the guidance, continuity, consistency, shared-workload, sustainability, and stay true to the core and ethos of why ServICE is founded, and being up-to-date with our learning of meaningful, authentic and impactful Service Learning.

• The Steering committee is consisted of committed educators and youths from inter-schools community. Each school on the steering committee has dedicated student leaders and educators to ensure a distributed and shared voice with perspectives. This committee will review and invite newer members to join in on a yearly basis. 

Annual Conference (Core Principles)

• Conference is student-driven and team-led

  • Aim at the higher order of youth leadership - youth-initiated, shared-decision making with adults (Hart, 1992)

  • Participation and engagement must be supported by school as an official school trip, this ensures safeguarding, aligns with ethos of ICE as inter-schools community, and supports team-led approach of higher order of youth leadership

  • Suggested: provide student facilitation trainings towards the many roles of hosting the conference

• Conference is collaborative

  • Youths and adults from steering committee will be supporting the hosting school towards the design and host of the conference (e.g. templates, shared-folder, risk assessments, resources)

  • The host school makes final decisions on the conference - supported by the steering committee (TBC - needs revisit)

• Conference hosting is rotational

  • Schools interested in hosting should voice their intentions during the days of conference 

  • Host school will be decided and announced on the last day of 3-day conference

  • Host school will be mindful of collaborative school schedules and avoid major clashes to the best they can (but final decision = what works for the hosting school)

  • Hosting school should work closely with the steering committee to ensure consistency, sustainability, communication and more

• Conference hosting = sustainable (social and environmental)

  • Theme: framed/organized with Sustainable Development Goals

  • Zero plastic policy

  • Minimal waste policy

  • Collective donation drive to support selected community partners/ NGO/ organization of the choice from hosting school

  • T-shirt swap for conference shirt

  • If trips are involved - consider carbon footprint

• Conference hosting = not-for-profit

  • All proceeds (if any) should go right back into meaningful service in action 

  • No refunds after registration deadline

  • Conference fee = 2,300 THB/student 

• Conference programme = collaborative

  • Delegates from each school - diversity of age group, passion driven, and commitment (no rotational attendance from students - for example, only come for one day). Except for booth vendors that are only coming in for booths (under the approval of the respective school supervisor) and/or special sessions as guests/ vo

    • Student leaders who are already involved in service: lead How-To’s, host booths, lead keynote speech, and more

    • Rising service student leaders: ones interested in learning more

  • All schools have roles at the event 

    • This means taking an active role in hosting and/or leading an important component to the conference

    • If it is a school’s first year in the conference or newer to Service-Learning, there is a free pass, and afterwards the school must contribute in some form/ nature towards the learning of the collective

• Conference delegates/ participants = inclusive & committed

  • Ages 10+ 

  • Decision-making up to respective schools - as we might have a young changemaker who is spearheading many various projects and ready to inspire, connect and empower! 

  • *age should not be a limitation, instead, engagement and maturity level in service 

  • Not hour-counting or fulfilling CAS requirements focused - making meaningful connections schools offer, and not physically being here to check boxes

  • “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead