Action in the MYP

NLCS | February 18 2014

ICEBREAKER

Read the quote on your card and reect upon what it means for yourself and your child Read the question on the back and consider your own answer Find a partner, share your quote, and discuss the question If you like someone elses quote or question, you can ask to swap cards Continue and mingle around the room!

1. What is service? 2. What do you think action means in the IB? 3. What is your greatest burning question for this session? 4. Why did you come to this NLCS session today? 5. Is your childs commitment to service as important as academics? Why or why not? 6. How might engaging with service benet your child? 7. What obstacles do you think might face your child in engaging with service? 8. Describe one time you helped another person.

9. Describe one time when another person helped you. 10. What expectations did you have for doing service when you were in school, if any? 11. What service groups or events are you aware of happening at NIST? 12. 13. 14. What do you think of the quote on the back? What is one issue about which you are passionate? What communities do your family belong to?

15. What are the most important values you want your children to have?

SESSION OBJECTIVES

Discuss some of the upcoming transitions in MYP 2014 Understand service as a form of authentic action in the MYP Understand the service learning cycle Discuss the benets of service learning and action to your child Explore the variety of ways for your child to engage with service and action at NIST

Why do you send your child to school?

1 minute - individual thinking! 1 minute - sharing with the person next to you! Prepare to share

NISTs Mission Statement!

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As a leading IB World School, NISTs mission is to inspire and empower each student to pursue individual excellence and to enrich the world.
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...if you believe in something, you must not just think or talk or write, but must act.
Peterson (2003)

What does it mean to you to

a responsible act initiated by a student as a result of learning

SESSION OBJECTIVES

Discuss some of the upcoming transitions in MYP 2014 Understand service as a form of authentic action in the MYP Understand the service learning cycle Discuss the benets of service learning and action to your child Explore the variety of ways for your child to engage with service and action at NIST

2008 Guide
Community and service! How do we live in relation to each other? How can I contribute to the community? How can I help others?!
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! ! ! ! community awareness and understanding ! ! reection ! ! involvement through service. !

2014 Guide
Through responsible action, tightly connected with sustained inquiry and critical reection, young people and adults can develop the kinds of attributes described by the learner prole that are essential for success in future academic pursuits and for adult life. - MYP Principles into Practice, 2014
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Service is a form of action.

Student learning expectations are provided, similar to DP CAS requirements.

A wide awareness of their own strengths and areas for growth! Students see themselves as individuals with various abilities and skills, some more developed than others. With minimal guidance and support from service activity leaders/teachers, they understand that their choices determine the effectiveness of service as action.

Undertaking new challenges that develop new skills for the students with support and guidance from service activity leaders/teachers! A new challenge may be an unfamiliar service activity, or an extension of an existing one.

Initiating and planning service with minimal support from service activity leaders/teachers! Initiated and planned activities will often be in collaboration with other participants. This includes determining the roles and responsibilities of participants.

Showing commitment and perseverance in their activities! At a minimum, this implies regular commitment and accepting a share of the responsibility of responding to problems that arise in the course of service. Commitment is emotional and/or ethical engagement. With perseverance, students show resolve and determination to follow through.

Working collaboratively with others! Collaboration can occur as student with students, student with members of the school, or students with the local or international community. This involves teamwork in undertaking the service.

Developing international-mindedness through global engagement, multilingualism and intercultural understanding, with support from service activity leaders/teachers! Through participation in service, students learn about and address global issues within local, national and international contexts. Global challenges, such as poverty, environmental sustainability and education, often have local manifestations.

Considering the ethical implications of their actions with guidance from service activity leaders/teachers! Students must be aware that their choices and actions impact service as action. Increased ethical sensibility develops accountability and leads to acting with integrity.

An explicit expectation of the PYP is that successful inquiry will lead to responsible action, initiated by the student as a result of the learning process. This action will extend the students learning, or it may have a wider social impact, and will clearly look different within each age range.

Students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self and their developmentally appropriate responsibility in their community.This continues with the service component of the DPs CAS requirements

Creativity, action, service (CAS) is at the heart of the Diploma Programme. It is one of the three essential elements in every students Diploma Programme experience. It involves students in a range of activities alongside their academic studies throughout the Diploma Programme. The three strands of CAS, which are often interwoven with particular activities, are characterized as follows. Creativity: arts, and other experiences that involve creative thinking. Action: physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle, complementing academic work elsewhere in the Diploma Programme. Service: an unpaid and voluntary exchange that has a learning benet for the student. The rights, dignity and autonomy of all those involved are respected.

Pause-and-Think

What are the expectation of service in the MYP? Have you seen your child take action on his/her learning? Have any of these actions been service-oriented?

SESSION OBJECTIVES

Discuss some of the upcoming transitions in MYP 2014 Understand service as a form of authentic action in the MYP Understand the service learning cycle Discuss the benets of service learning and action to your child Explore the variety of ways for your child to engage with service and action at NIST

Pause-and-Think

Is there anything that surprised or intrigued you about the service learning cycle? What do you see as the most valuable part of the service learning cycle?

SESSION OBJECTIVES

Discuss some of the upcoming transitions in MYP 2014 Understand service as a form of authentic action in the MYP Understand the service learning cycle Discuss the benets of service learning and action to your child Explore the variety of ways for your child to engage with service and action at NIST

Knowledge !
What do I know and understand?

I understand and am able, but I dont care.

Skills
What can I do?

ACTIVE CITIZEN
I am able and I care, but I dont understand the issue.

I understand and I care, but I am unable to do anything about it.

Attitudes
What do I value and care about?

What do you think?

In your group, brainstorm the kinds of knowledge, skills or attitudes students would either need or develop in order to do act in service.

Development of Community and Service in Secondary School at NIST

All

Adult Responsibility

Years 7, 8, 9 student life program Years 10,11 Student choice

None

Some

Years 12 and 13 CAS and leadership

None

Some

All

Student Responsibility

SESSION OBJECTIVES

Discuss some of the upcoming transitions in MYP 2014 Understand service as a form of authentic action in the MYP Understand the service learning cycle Discuss the benets of service learning and action to your child Explore the variety of ways for your child to engage with service and action at NIST

Join an existing service group (ECA) or iChoice.

Get involved in something outside of NIST in another community.

Work on a homeroom project (y7, 8, and 9)

How can I get involved?

Take action on something you learned about in class.

SESSION OBJECTIVES

Discuss some of the upcoming transitions in MYP 2014 Understand service as a form of authentic action in the MYP Understand the service learning cycle Discuss the benets of service learning and action to your child Explore the variety of ways for your child to engage with service and action at NIST