1. Community Project Timeline – What are my deadlines?
Process Journal – How do I document and plan?
- You will be discussing the timeline overview for the project and explaining the process journal during this ATL session.

2. Community Project – Fall Dates
October - Learn
10/9 - Introduction of project within ATL
10/16 - Community Project Timeline
10/23 & 10/30 - Community Project review of rubrics
November - Investigate
11/6 - Brainstorm ideas for community project; pick group members
11/13 & 11/20 - Meet with supervisor – Process Journal Check #1 (Proposal for Action)
December – Plan
12/4 - Proposal for Action Due
12/11 - Students that need to modify proposal will be notified
Go through the dates with the students and have them attach this timeline to the front inside cover of their process journal.
There are 3 required meetings with supervisors, there will only be one in the fall
The Proposal for Action is a mandatory document and they will get a template for it on November 6th – it is exactly what it sounds like, their outline of their proposed community service project

3. Community Project – Spring Dates
January - Action
1/8 & 1/15 – Meet with Supervisor – Process Journal Check #2
1/22 – Data/ Graph check
1/29 - Bibliography check
February – Presentation Prep
2/5 & 2/11 – Meet with Supervisor – Process Journal Check #3
2/19 - Begin creating presentations
2/26 - Practice for Presentations
March - Reflection
3/4 - Morning Presentations (Half-day of ATL)
3/8 & 3/9 - Presentation Expo for parents (At night)
There will be two mandatory supervisor meetings held in the spring
They will do the bulk of the work in January and February to complete the project and prepare for their presentation
We will have a half day of ATL for the actual presentations and two nights for parents to come see all their hard work
There will be a more detailed timeline/checklist provided for each month at the beginning of the month (for your overachievers I will try to get a soft copy to you at the beginning of Nov.)

4. Process Journal
The process journal is a generic term used to refer to the record of progress maintained by the student throughout the process.
It can be written, visual, audio or a combination of these, and may include both paper and electronic formats.
In your presentations you will feature 10 individual extracts or 15 group extracts that show evidence of how they addressed each objective.
The process journal is the journal that students already have within your classroom.
They will be allowed to have journal entries that are visual or audio if they want, but they should have some written entries as well.
They will have to pick their 10 best extracts for the presentation if they work individuals and their 15 combined best if they work in a group.
So even if they work as a group they will need to have documented individual process journals.
The extracts are how they show they investigated, planned, took action, and reflected.

5. The process journal is:
The process journal is not:
used throughout the project to document its development
an evolving record of intents, processes, accomplishments
a place to record initial thoughts and developments, brainstorming, possible lines of inquiry and further questions raised
a place for recording interactions with sources, for example teachers, supervisors, external contributors
a place to record selected, annotated and/or edited research and to maintain a bibliography
a place for storing useful information, for example quotations, pictures, ideas, photographs
a means of exploring ideas and solutions
a place for evaluating work completed
a place for reflecting on learning
devised by the student in a format that suits his or her needs
a record of reflections and formative feedback received.
used on a daily basis (unless this is useful for the student)
written up after the process has been completed
additional work on top of the project; it is part of and supports the project
a diary with detailed writing about what was done
a static document with only one format.
This is the chart provided by IB programme that actually states the purpose of the process journal.
Have a few students read aloud and clear up any misconceptions or me with questions.
FROM THE IB

6. Extracts may include: Visual thinking diagrams Annotated research
Bulleted lists
Artifacts from inspirational visits to museums, performances, galleries
Charts
Pictures, photographs, sketches
Short paragraphs
Up to 30 seconds of visual or audio material
Notes
Timelines, action plans
Screenshots of a blog or website
Annotated illustrations
Self and peer assessment feedback
- Here are some examples, if they think of something else they want to include they can ask you or run it by me.