Service Learning

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Tanzania is an incredible place to learn about serving. Students at IST have numerous opportunities to engage in service activity that benefits not only the local community but also the students themselves, as service work cultivates important life skills. Experiential learning and acquainting oneself with the local community. It opens their eyes to the community around them, allowing them to discover how they may contribute.
"Citizens of the World'' : Service Learning
Embedded in the IST Mission is a commitment to help students fulfill their potential and improve the world. To that end, IST embraces both a Service Learning and a CAS Program to help students realize their potential to become inspired citizens and promote education for sustainable development and global citizenship.
Service Learning Philosophy
The Service Learning program strives to provide opportunities for the IST community to gain perspectives and take on leadership roles while empowering service partners to achieve their goals in sustainable, reciprocal relationships.  This will foster learning opportunities that connect to the IST curriculum to engage with global issues in a local context.  
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Implementation of Service Learning includes the following:
  • Authentic and integrated into the curriculum - linked to the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Contextual and hands-on learning experiences
  • Meaningful service is achieved through the 5 stages - Investigation, Planning, Action, Reflection and Demonstration
  • Service partners align with IST’s mission, safety and security measures and have sustainable goals
  • Establish and nurture professional development for teachers and student leaders
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The Service Learning program at IST includes both internal and external service action possibilities that includes the immediate school community (students, parents, teachers, administrators, support staff), as well as including community service partners from the wider Dar es Salaam area, Tanzania, East Africa and even the global community.  It ensures that there are authentic clear benefits for all partners, that investment is proportional to return for students and their growth / learning, that the relationship is reciprocal and based on mutual respect and shared goals and has a diverse group of partnerships.

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Some of our Key Service Learning Partners

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Service Learning Expectations

Involvement in Service Learning is expected for all students in all grades at IST Secondary School over the course of the academic year.