Additional Support: Community Engagement

Before submitting, please refer to the table below to ensure your post is ready for submission. This table will help you verify that you’ve addressed all necessary elements and criteria. Taking a moment to review will enhance your post’s impact and clarity.

Is My Post Ready to Be Published?

Student demonstrates a true passion for their community service and understands the impact that they have on those around them.

Student includes a reflection on one's own privilege and intersectionality.

Student have engaged in community service for at least one year

Student recognises an authentic need and demonstrates a clear action but fails to reflect on their impact on those around them.

Student fails to recognise an authentic need, have only participated in community engagement for less than a year and does not reflect on the impact of their actions.

What Do We Mean by Community Engagement?

At least 1 year (2 consecutive terms) sustained engagement. Use a dedicated Sustainable Development Goal - with clear target(s) and indicator(s)

Identified types of actions: Research (mandatory), Advocacy, Indirect, Direct

Community partnership: commitment towards engagement, analysing needs, celebrating and empowering assets. This needs to be done collaboratively with community partners on a regular basis (people or planet - depending on the context of your proposal, project or group).

Should be outside of NIST (not a school team or school council)

What would work:

Service Group Participation
Passion Project

What would not work:

One day litter picking
One activity for a weekend
Joining a Service Group sporadically but not engaging with your community partner
Not considering how partners have benefited from your contribution, but only focusing on the group
Doing something for a few weeks 3 summers in a row