The Community Project focuses on community and service, encouraging students to explore their right and responsibility to implement service as action in the community
(IBO Projects Guide 2014, p 4)
The aims of the MYP projects are to encourage and enable students to:
The Community Project is a requirement of SISD Service expectations as laid out in the Service as Action handbook.
- participate in a sustained, self-directed inquiry within a global context
- generate creative new insights and develop deeper understandings through in-depth investigation
- demonstrate the skills, attitudes and knowledge required to complete a project over an extended period of time
- communicate effectively in a variety of situations
- demonstrate responsible action through, or as a result of, learning
- appreciate the process of learning and take pride in their accomplishments.
The Community Project is a requirement of SISD Service expectations as laid out in the Service as Action handbook.
How does the Community Project work?
The aim of this project is to identify a NEED within a COMMUNITY, and to finds ways in which to address this need in a sustainable manner.
You can choose to work on the community project individually or in groups of two to three. You will be given time to work together during the Moral and Personal Development lessons; however, some work will need to be completed outside of school hours. You are expected to spend about 15 hours on the project, which should be evidenced by your process journal entries. |
The objectives of the CP:
The objectives of the community project list the specific targets that need to be accomplished at each stage of the learning process. They define what you will accomplish as a result of completing the project.
You must address all strands of all four objectives in the MYP community project in order to pass.
You must address all strands of all four objectives in the MYP community project in order to pass.
Objective A: Investigating |
Objective B: Planning |
Objective C: Taking action |
Objective D: Reflecting |
Students should: i. define a goal to address a need within a community, based on personal interests ii. identify prior learning and subject-specific knowledge relevant to the project iii. demonstrate research skills. |
Students should: i. develop a proposal for action to serve the need in the community ii. plan and record the development process of the project iii. demonstrate self-management skills. |
Students should: i. demonstrate service as action as a result of the project ii. demonstrate thinking skills iii. demonstrate communication and social skills. |
Students should: i. evaluate the quality of the service as action against the proposal ii. reflect on how completing the project has extended their knowledge and understanding of service learning iii. reflect on their development of ATL skills. |
The key components for assessment
There are THREE key components that will be considered by supervisors when assessing students’ work.
They are:
They are:
Community project component |
How it is assessed |
Focus on sustainable service as action |
Evident in the exhibition |
Process journal |
A maximum of 10 entries for an individual OR 15 for a group. |
Exhibition |
The content of the exhibition assessed using all four criteria |
(IBO Projects Guide 2014, p 29)