Service-learning Log (FPT & IPT) TE405 TEXP7419/TEIP7419

The IIE Bachelor of Education in Intermediate Phase

Teaching (IPT) and Foundation Phase Teaching (FPT)
4th Year

Service-learning Log (TE405)

2023
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Table of Contents
Preamble ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Task Instructions ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Appendix A: Social Action Project Proposal .................................................................................................. 9
Appendix B: Social Action Project Activity Log............................................................................................ 10
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Preamble
An integral component of The IIE Bachelor of Education degrees is learning through service. Meaningful
engagement in service-learning activities over the four years of the degree provides opportunities for
experiential learning that highlights diversity in the South African context, recognises the needs of all
learners and equips students to identify and respond to learning, environmental or social problems.

In Year 4, you are required to complete a school-based, social action project that adopts a critical
approach to service-learning. You will identify, plan, and carry out solutions in order to achieve social
awareness and effect change in your host school for this final Teaching Experience.

Teaching Experience, Year 4, has been allocated 8 weeks of school-based WIL. This will be divided into
2 blocks, as shown in the table below:

BLOCK NO. OF WEEKS SEMESTER GRADE

BLOCK 1 3 weeks Semester 1 Grade 3 / Grade 7
BLOCK 2 5 weeks Semester 2 Grade 3 / Grade 7

This Service-learning Log (TE405) constitutes 20% of your final TEIP7419/TEXP7419 PoE as per the table
below:

TEIP7419/TEXP7419 LOGS WEIGHTING TE BLOCK

Service-learning Log (TE405) 20% Block 1 & 2
Online Microteaching Log (TE406) 15% Between Block 1 & 2
Teaching Log (TE407) 50% Block 1 & 2
Professional Identity Log (TE408) 15% Block 2

You are required to complete all the activities in this Service-learning Log (TE405) as part of your final
PoE for Teaching Experience.

SERVICE-LEARNING LOG (TE405) TASK SUMMARY MARKS WEIGHTING

Task 1: A School-based, Social Action Project 120 marks 20%
1.1. Social Action Project Proposal (20 marks)
1.2. Social Action Project Activity Log (55 marks)
1.3. Showcase your Social Action Project (30 marks)
1.4. Reflection (15 marks)

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Task Instructions
Task 1: A School-based, Social Action Project
DESCRIPTION

You are required to complete a school-based, social action project for service-learning in your host
school for Teaching Experience. Engaging in service-learning in the form of a school-based, social
action project will develop your awareness of and capacity for addressing social justice issues and
commitment to creating social change.

• A social action project is a planned set of activities carried out over a period of time in order
to achieve social awareness and effect change.
• A school-based, social action project can be around any relevant environmental, health,
academic or social issue and is designed to create awareness and educate learners, teachers,
parents and the school community around the specific issue.
• A school-based, social action project is a multi-step process that involves students identifying
an issue they care about, that is relevant to their school context, researching the issue and
exploring effective ways of creating awareness and educating others.
• You are required to work under the supervision and guidance of a school representative (this
can be anyone in the school who is able to supervise you in this project).

You are required to commit to fifteen (15) hours of work towards your school-based, social action
project. Below is a summary of the requirements of this task.

During TE Block 1:

• Identify a possible project in your school, in line with current academic, social or
environmental issues. This may align to an existing initiative in the school, be a new initiative
in the school, or may assist the school in supporting an initiative within the school
community.
• Remember the purpose of the school-based, social action project is to be of service to the
school or school community through the social action project.
• Design a suitable project proposal that must be signed off by a school representative in TE
Block 1.

Between TE Block 1 & 2:

• Plan all aspects of the social action project before implementing it in your school in TE Block
2.
• You should be fully prepared to implement your social action project in the school at the
start of TE Block 2, so as not to take away time and focus from these final Teaching
Experience Weeks in school.

During TE Block 2:

• Implement the social action project in your school.

• Note: The implementation of the social action project should not take away from your
teaching time in the classroom.

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• Remember to gather evidence of what you have implemented in order to have artefacts to
share in the online service-learning showcase of your social action project.
• Ensure that your school representative has awarded you marks for your project proposal and
the implementation of your project in the school.

During and after TE Block 2:

• Using an online presentation tool, create a showcase of your social action project for your
supervisor.
• Reflect on your experience of designing and implementing a school-based, social action
project on your Teaching Experience Blog.

Below is a step-by-step summary of the requirements of this task:

Step 1: Design a
suitable project
proposal
TE Block 1

Step 5: Reflect in a blog Step 2: Plan all aspects

post "School-based, of the Social Action
Social Action" Project
After TE Block 2 Between TE Block 1 & 2

Step 3: Implement your

Step 4: Showcase your social action project in
social action campaign your school
After TE Block 2 TE Block 2

INSTRUCTIONS

Task 1.1. Social Action Project Proposal (20 marks)

During TE Block 1 you are required to identify a possible social action project in your school or school
community, in line with current academic, social or environmental issues. You are required to work
under the supervision and guidance of a school representative to design a suitable project proposal.
Please work with your host school to ensure that you are offering a service that is meaningful in this
school community.

• Design a suitable proposal for your school-based, social action project, using Appendix A: Social
Action Project Proposal. Click here for an editable version of Appendix A.
• Appendix A: Social Action Project Proposal must be signed off by a school representative by the
end of TE Block 1. The school representatives’ details and signature are required (as per the
template).
Please note: No project can commence in TE Block 2 without first being signed off by the school
representative

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Submission Instructions:
• Your signed Social Action Project Proposal (Appendix A) must be uploaded and accessible on
Learn in your Service-learning Log under Task 1.1: Social Action Proposal before TE Block 2.

Note: Marks must be awarded for the Task 1.1 by the Mentor Teacher in the School
Administrative Log & Report and by the IIE Supervisor in the Institutional Assessment Log.

Task 1.1. Social Action Project Proposal (Appendix A) /20

The Social Action Project Proposal (Appendix A) has been completed, signed off by the /5
school and uploaded under Task 1.1 in Learn

The school will award a mark out of 15 for the Social Action Project Proposal (See School /15
Administrative Log & Report). Please insert here.

Task 1.2. Social Action Project Activity Log (55 marks)

Once your Social Action Project Proposal (Appendix A) has been signed off, you may start to plan how
you will implement the project in your school. Your school-based, social action project should be
planned around the framework below and encompass all four components. All components must be
implemented and showcased in your final PoE submission.

You are required to spend a minimum of 15 hours completing your school-based, social action
project and must record all time spent.

Create Awareness How will you create awareness in your school for this social action project?
Where/When/How? What resources will you create?

Educate How will you educate the learners in your school about the social action
project? What will they learn? What resources will you create?

Unite How will you unite learners to advocate your social action project? What
role will they play? Who will oversee this?

Parent and community How will you involve/educate/inform parents/caregiver/wider community?

involvement What resources will you create?

• Implement the Social Action Project in your school during TE Block 2.

• All four components of the framework should be implemented: Create Awareness, Educate,
Unite, Parent and Community involvement.
• Collect artefacts to evidence all components of your project. These may include photographs,
recordings, replicas, diagrams, etc
Remember you are bound by the POPIA Act and must protect the personal information of the
learners, any information about the school and your own personal information.
• Document any time spent on the Social Action Project and detail the activities in your ‘Social
Action Project Activity Log (Appendix B)’. Click here for the editable version of Appendix B.
• Make sure Appendix B is signed by the school representative before the end of TE Block 2.

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Submission Instructions:
• The signed Social Action Project Activity Log (Appendix B) must be uploaded and accessible on
Learn in your Service-learning Log under Task 1.2. Social Action Project Activity Log.
Note: Marks must be awarded for the Task 1.2 in the School Administrative Log & Report and in
the Institutional Assessment Log & Report (see below).
Task 1.2. Social Action Project Activity Log (Appendix B) /55

The Social Action Project Activity Log (Appendix B) has been completed, signed off by the /5
school and uploaded under Task 1.2 in Learn

The school will award a mark out of 50 for the Social Action Project Activity Log (See /50
School Administrative Log & Report. Please insert here.

Activity 1.3 Social Action Project Showcase (30 Marks)

• Your social action project showcase should be presented as a link to an electronic platform.
• You must decide on the best platform to use, that will showcase all aspects of the
implementation of your project effectively.
• All four components of the framework should be showcased: Create Awareness, Educate, Unite,
Parent and Community involvement.
• Each student must submit their own Social Action Project Showcase. This must be your own
work, regardless of whether you worked with another fourth-year student in your school on the
Social Action Project.
• Include all photographs, recordings, diagrams, posters, etc. that evidence your initiative.
Remember you are bound by the POPIA Act and must protect the personal information of the
learners, any information about the school and your own personal information.
• Use different multimedia tools and technologies to enhance your presentation. You may use of
multiple digital tools or platforms but must be accessible from one link.
• Be creative, show off your project and educate others on what you have achieved.

Some ideas include:

o Adobe Spark - Free tools for making reports, presentations, posters and more!
o Visme - easy online ebook maker turns ebook creation into a simple and fun process
o Google Sites - A platform free platform where you can present information in a form of a
website or a blog.
o BulbApp - Easily collect, share & showcase your work.
o Genially- A design tool where you can make interactive and visually appealing content

Submission Instructions:
• The link to your Social Action Project Showcase must be uploaded and accessible on Learn in
your Service-learning Log under Task 1.3: Social Action Project Showcase on Learn.
Note: The Institution will assess the student’s performance using the rubric in the Institutional
Assessment Log & Report.

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Activity 1.4 Reflection (15 Marks)

• Create a blog post, titled “My Social Action Project” on your Teaching Experience Blog Page.
• Reflect on the experience of service-learning. Use the following points to guide your reflection:
✓ Consider the effectiveness of the project, considering each component and reflecting on
your learning experience as well as the impact on the school or community.
✓ How has service-learning changed you personally?
✓ How has service-learning developed you professionally? What new knowledge, skills
and/or attitudes have you gained?
✓ Describe the benefit of this initiative to the school and comment on its sustainability.

• Comment and provide valuable feedback on the blog post of at least one of your peers.
• Share the link of the comment you have made on your peer’s blog post for “My Social Action
Project” in the comment box of your own blog post for tracking purposes.

Submission Instructions:
• The link to your reflective blog post for Service-learning must be available in your e-book and
submitted in your Professional Identity Log (TE408) on Learn.
Note: The Institution will assess the student’s performance using the rubric in the Institutional
Assessment Log & Report.

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Appendix A: Social Action Project Proposal

Please note: The proposal must be submitted for approval to the school representative before
implementation of the Social Action Project.
Student Name Student Number

School Name Name of Initiative

School Representative Name & Position

Relevance:
[Explain the relevance of the project to the school or community. How will it promote social awareness
and effect change? (500 words)]
Framework for action:

Create Awareness How will you create awareness in your school on your social action project?
Where/When/How? What resources will you create?

Educate How will you educate the learners in your school about the social action
project? What will they learn? What resources will you create?

Unite How will you unite learners to advocate your social action project? What
role will they play? Who will oversee this?

Parent and community How will you involve/educate/inform parents/caregiver/wider community?

involvement

Supporting Partners:
[Will the project use any supporting partners from outside the school? If so, provide the details below.]
Supporting Partner (1) [name and contact details]

Supporting Partner (2) [name and contact details]

Donations/Resources
[List any resources required and detail how this will be managed in line with school processes]

Timeframe
[Edit the below table to align with your initiative.]
Task Estimated Time Start and End Dates

… … …

… … …

APPROVAL SIGNATURE OF SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE Date

School Stamp

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Appendix B: Social Action Project Activity Log

Student Name Student Number

School Name School Representative

Project Title

Date Description of Activity Duration

Total Accumulated Time on Initiative +/- 15 Hours

APPROVAL SIGNATURE OF SCHOOL Date

REPRESENTATIVE
School Stamp

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