Developing a Service Mindset Through Peer to Peer Learning - NIST Community Partners Week Pt. 2

Guiding Question:

• How might we empower students to organize an event to share, celebrate, and inspire younger students in our school community through service learning.

Key Takeaways:

• Peer to peer learning in the context of service learning
• Authentic engagement with service learning in elementary education co-facilitated by high school student leaders
•  Planting the seeds with our youngest learners to develop the service learning mindset
• Sustainability of service learning initiatives through whole school events like Community Partners Week

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Episode Summary 

On this episode, I meet Omaira and Tul, members of ServiceCo and service learning leaders at NIST. Following up on our previous episode with Y6 students, in Part 2 Tul and Omaira share a behind-the-scenes look at Community Partners  Week, the organization of this impactful event, and their role as service learning leaders designing and leading learning experiences with Y6 students. This was the 3rd annual Community Partners Week at NIST, and by all accounts, the best one yet. During Community Partners Week, students in the primary years program had opportunities to connect with community partners like Helping Heart (EY-Y1), a local nursery (EY-Y1), Student-led service groups Eco and Plastic-free NIST (Y2), Operation Smile (Y3), Student-led service group FemiNIST (Y4), and Student-led service group FashioNIST (Y5). Join me for a great conversation with these student leaders to get a deeper insight on the impact of CPW at their school and how peer to peer learning leads to a service mindset, the ongoing sustainability of service learning initiatives, and a culture of service across the whole school community.

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