The MYP Community Project is a student-directed collaborative initiative that aims to empower students to explore their passions, address real-world issues, and make a positive impact on their communities through service-learning initiatives.

It provides students with the opportunity to create a unique and personal project that aligns with their interests while also fostering awareness of the needs of others. The project should revolve around an area of interest but must also address an existing need within the community.

Regardless of the project's form, students must be able to demonstrate service as action, which will vary depending on the nature of the project's goal and global context.

The Service-Action can take a number of forms, including:

• Direct service

• Indirect service

• Advocacy

• Compilation of research

The MYP Community Project provides our students with the opportunity to learn important skills like communicating and working with others, thinking critically, and caring about others in their community. It's a valuable opportunity for personal growth and making a positive difference in the world.

You CANNOT do a project:

• that will benefit or interest you alone
• that is too costly. At Scotch, we recommend that you spend no more than a couple of hundred dollars.
• that would lead to harm or persecution of others
• that your parents are opposed to
• that can't be completed by the end of the Term 3 Holidays) - otherwise, you will have too little time to evaluate the success of your service action and effectively present your findings

The first step is to think about what interests you and then how you could develop one of those interests into a project.

Consider these elements to help you get started:

• World issues / problems that I am aware of - or that interest me
• Local community issues / problems that I am aware of - or that interest me
• School or family situations that I am aware of - or that interest me
• Personal interests – what I enjoy doing
• Things you are passionate about – love or hate
• Other projects I have seen or heard about that interest me
• What I am good at
• What I am not good at
• Which of the global contexts do I most relate to? Why?
• Who might be able to help me during the Community Project process?
• Which type of service interests me most? Why?

Project ideas could include anything from - caring for injured marsupials, tutoring students, developing a new organisation's website, constructing a club honour board, packing medical supplies, creating a film, or producing an environmental report, to name a few.

Your group must develop a clear goal that extends your knowledge, skills, or techniques in an appropriate way. However, the goal should be achievable based on the time and resources available and should be realistic rather than overly challenging.

• Your mentor teacher will be able to offer guidance on choosing an appropriate and realistic project goal.
• Record your group goal in the Process Journal