Reviewing Service as Action (SA) Progress

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Review Service as Action Progress

For SA Coordinators via Year Groups > SA

You can access the SA roster from the SA tile of your MYP Group. The default view shows you the planned SA hours.

You can adjust the information viewed in the SA Roster from the dropdown menu on the upper right. The Outcomes option will allow you to view the number of outcomes that students are targeting across their activities, the count of evidence that they've submitted, and the number of meetings that have been held to date.

Screenshot: You can adjust the information viewed in the SA Roster from the dropdown menu on the upper right

Click on a student name to view their individual SA worksheet, which will display a list of activities and the planned SA hours for each activity.

 

Screenshot: Click on a student name to view their individual SA worksheet, which will display a list of activities and

Outcomes are listed under the SA Progress section. The Outcomes tab shows that the student’s activities are balanced across all learning outcomes. The yellow bars provide a count of the number of activities that are targeting each particular outcome, whereas the green bars indicate the number of activities completed with evidence. Over the course of the programme, the green bars will gradually overlap the yellow ones as the students complete their activities.

Screenshot: Outcomes are listed under the SA Progress section

 

SA Progress Indicators

Screenshot: Outcomes are listed under the SA Progress section

SA Advisors can add progress indicators via a student’s SA worksheet. On the top navigation bar, they can mark the student's overall SA progress as ‘Excellent’, ‘On-track’ or ‘Concern’. To remove the progress indicator, select ‘To Be Determined’.

 

Screenshot: SA Advisors can add progress indicators via a student’s SA worksheet

Once defined, the ‘flag’ or 'status' icon will appear in the SA Roster before the student's name. You can also filter students by these progress indicators by clicking the Filter tab on the top right.

 

For SA Advisors via Home > Reviews & Progress > Service as Action

Screenshot: Once defined, the ‘flag’ or 'status' icon will appear in the SA Roster before the student's name

 

As a SA Advisor or Coordinator, you can easily review progress for your students from Reviews & Progress > Service as Action. This tile will show the fifty most recent updates made by your students, including new activities, journal entries, photos, files, videos, and meetings. You can filter the updates for different MYP Grade Levels by using the Filter tab.  

 

Exporting Service as Action Checklist to Excel

Via Year Groups > Select the MYP Year Group > SA > Export to Excel

 

Screenshot: Via Year Groups > Select the MYP Year Group > SA > Export to Excel

By clicking Export to Excel, you can obtain SA-related information in an Excel worksheet, including the:

Summary:

  • Student ID
  • Status
  • Last Name
  • First Name
  • Email
  • SA Advisor
  • Homeroom Advisor
  • Number of
    • Learning Outcomes
    • Reflections & Evidence
    • Meetings
  • Planned Hours for hour types (if enabled)
    • Total hours

There are also additional tabs highlighting SA Projects and a list of Experiences by student.

 

Screenshot: There are also additional tabs highlighting SA Projects and a list of Experiences by student

Managing SA Assessment

Enabling SA Rubrics via Settings > IB Middle Years programme > Assessment > Assessment Models

Screenshot: There are also additional tabs highlighting SA Projects and a list of Experiences by student

 

This option must be enabled via Settings > Middle Years Programme > Assessment > Assessment Models tab. Check the box for Service as Action.

Click on the SA tab and use the pencil icon and arrow next to your SA progress rubric title to customise SA values (e.g. E, O, C) and descriptors.

Screenshot: Click on the SA tab and use the pencil icon and arrow next to your SA progress rubric title to customise SA values

Via the SA Roster, on the right-side menu there will be an option to Submit Term SA Evaluation.

Screenshot: Via the SA Roster, on the right-side menu there will be an option to Submit Term SA Evaluation
For each term, you can define student progress with a descriptor and a comment. Progress flags icons are defined via each student’s worksheet and follow through across all terms. Progress descriptors (Grade) and Comments are displayed for each student and can be included in term reports.
Text comments can include formatting options like headers or right to left text. Formatting options are available at the top of each text box.

Enabling SA Assessment on Term Report cards

for PDF Report Card Templates

To display the marks and comments on report cards, navigate to Insights > Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years > select a PDF Template

Screenshot: To display the marks and comments on report cards, navigate to Insights > Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years

Under the Overview tab, you will see an option to display SA progress.

Screenshot: Under the Overview tab, you will see an option to display SA progress

for Multi Curricula Report Templates

Screenshot: Under the Overview tab, you will see an option to display SA progress

To display the marks and comments on report cards, navigate to Insights > Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years > select a Multi Curricula Template

 

Screenshot: To display the marks and comments on report cards, navigate to Insights > Reporting > Templates > IB Middle Years

Service as Action Assessment data can be included in MYP report templates via the Service as Action component. The templates has to have at least one section added to a Multi Curricula report template to then add the SA Component to that section. 

Use the Customisation button at the top left of the page to open the left customisation menu.

Screenshot: Use the Customisation button at the top left of the page to open the left customisation menu

Select which parts of the Service as Action information to display under the Service as Action segment of the Customisation menu. If needed, set different Experience range to exclude Experiences from previous MYP Years or current term Experiences only. 

All Service as Action data will appear under the green SA banner on the report. This banner is default built in and cannot be changed. Click Save Changes at the bottom right of the page to apply any changes made in the Customisation menu to the report template.  

Marking an SA Worksheet as Complete

Via the SA Worksheet

Screenshot: All Service as Action data will appear under the green SA banner on the report

Once the student has completed the SA Programme, their SA worksheet will be locked and can no longer be edited. To allow your student to continue editing the worksheet, untick Student has completed the SA Programme in the Progress section.

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