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Service Learning

ISK’s Service-Learning Vission

ISK seeks to develop students as compassionate and curious global citizens. To that end, we aspire, through service-learning, to engage students in meaningful change by “learning from and acting with” local and global communities.

ISK’s Service-Learning Mission

ISK uses the service-learning, empathy-to-impact cycle, embedded in curriculum, clubs and after-school activities, so that students take responsibility for their world (Care), learn from other people in their world (Aware), develop the skills to participate in their world (Able), and act for meaningful change in their world (Impact). This means that students will act on their learning, and learn from their action, always in a posture of humility and reflection. As students engage in service-learning, ISK stresses the importance of reciprocal partnerships of learning and action with communities and organizations in our local place in Rwanda.

Meaning of Service-Learning at ISK

To better understand the concept of service-learning aligned with the ISK service-learning vision and mission above, it is helpful to unpack each part of the concept individually.

ISK’s Service-Learning, Empathy-to-Impact Cycle

ISK has adopted from Inspire Citizens an empathy-to-impact service-learning model.  This cycle of Care, Aware, Able and Impact supports the vision and mission of ISK. 

Throughout the process, ISK students engage in reflection on themselves and their learning.  The cycle starts with care and results in impact, both arising from compassion for others.  Along the way, students increase their knowledge, understanding and skills, deepening their curiosity about the world around them. 

“Learning From and Acting With”