MYP Community Project

Middle Years Programme COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

This year all IB/MYP schools are instituting a school-based community service project in 8th grade. We are excited to be undertaking this independent project and providing our 8th grade students the chance to engage in a project that they are passionate about and will also benefit a community. This project will act as a culminating project to our 8th grade students’ MYP experience, and a way to showcase the commitment to service that they have developed while at Travis

The project started in January and will run through May. It will be accomplished in phases.

Phase 1: Introduction and Investigating (November

Exploring the definitions of community

Phase 2:  Planning (December)

Creating Process Journals

Exploring the types of service

Selecting a topic

Initial topic research

Phase 3: Taking Action (January-February)

Selecting a topic

Initial topic research

Proposal of action

Phase 4: Reflecting (March)

Implementing action plan

Preparing presentation

Reflecting on process

Phase 4: Sharing with the Community (April)

FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

Students will:

• Define a goal to address a need in the community
• Identify the global context
• Develop a proposal for action
• Implement action
• Share process

 Requirements

• Individually or collaboratively, but no more than 3 students
• 15 hours of work meeting with supervisors, conducting research, developing the project and reporting the project
• Project must be aligned with a global context
• Project must be recorded in a process journal

 Service can be:

• Direct– You will have interaction that involves people, the environment or animals. Examples include one-on-one tutoring, developing a garden alongside refugees, or teaching dogs behaviors to prepare them for adoption.
• Indirect service: Although you do not see the recipients during indirect service, you have verified that your actions will benefit the community or environment. Examples include redesigning an organization’s website, writing original picture books to teach a language, or raising fish to restore a stream.
• Advocacy: You speak on behalf of a cause or concern to promote action on an issue of public interest. Examples include initiating an awareness campaign on hunger in the community, performing a play on replacing bullying with respect, or creating a video on sustainable water solutions.
• Research: You collect information through varied sources, analyze data and report on a topic of importance to influence policy or practice. Examples include conducting environmental surveys to influence your school, contributing to a study of animal migration patterns, or compiling the most effective means to reduce litter in public spaces.