G5 Global Citizenship

We aspire to infuse Service Learning into the curriculum and across the co-curricular program at the International School of Beijing.  It is a captivating, challenging, and relevant learning journey that integrates purposeful action with instruction and reflection. Service Learning is a key component of Learning at its Best and develops compassion and empathy, strengthens communities, and nurtures a global mindset.

As an EY-12 Service Learning program, we value:

• Sharing of ourselves, our resources, our skills, and our learning in order to benefit our on-campus, local, and global communities 

• Experiences across the four types of service learning: direct, indirect, advocacy and research. 

• Reciprocal and mutually beneficial relationships for all stakeholders.

We believe that students learn through service best when they:

• Recognize that it takes more than good intentions to make an impact 

• Understand the systems of power that are at play in perpetuating inequality 

• Understand their own privilege and place in the world 

• Utilize and value the strengths and expertise of the community beneficiaries. 

• Believe that everyone has the right to a life of dignity 

• Believe that to impact another community, we need to become a community ourselves 

• Take a strengths-based approach when analyzing community need. 

• Engage in reflection as an omnipresent component of their learning journey

Some factors include:

A connected concept that is valuable for service learning is global citizenship.  ISB defines a global citizen as someone who: 

• effectively interacts with the local and global community 
• takes action to make their community and the world a more equitable and sustainable place 
• takes responsibility for their actions 
• has a mindset of openness and empathy for all people  
• respects and values human dignity and diversity