{"id":25760,"date":"2026-09-30T05:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/?p=25760"},"modified":"2026-09-30T13:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:06:36","slug":"transforming-student-service-projects-through-systems-thinking-by-michelle-odea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/transforming-student-service-projects-through-systems-thinking-by-michelle-odea\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Student Service Projects Through Systems Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25760\" class=\"elementor elementor-25760\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f4b446 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f4b446\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-beaa3c7\" data-id=\"beaa3c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d46376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-share\" data-id=\"8d46376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-share.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t<ul class=\"ekit_socialshare\">\n                            <li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-50d3e2e\" data-social=\"facebook\">\n                                        <div class=\"facebook\">\n                  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class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-436e438 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"436e438\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educators around the globe are starting to realise that, given how much our students\u2019 lives are immersed in AI they are needing to learn skills other than those necessary to purely obtain knowledge. Critical, analytical and creative thinking, problem-solving skills, empathy, compassion, and systems thinking are all going to need to be developed or enhanced to a higher degree to allow our students to cope in an ever-changing world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been feeling frustrated over the last couple of years about the lack of depth of my students\u2019 CAS (creativity, activity, service) projects, which is part of the IB Diploma Programme. While the majority of my students are genuinely interested in addressing local or global issues, their projects are often band-aid approaches, for example, a food\/clothes\/book (insert any other collection item) drive. Of course, these items are welcomed by our community partners but I never really felt that they truly understood the issues they were trying to address.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter Compass Education and their sustainability tools. I had seen some of the tools mentioned in various courses and articles that I\u2019d read but never truly understood how to use them until I completed the two-week intensive \u201cTeaching and Learning for a Sustainable World\u201d course during the summer. It was enlightening to finally gain an understanding of what is meant by sustainability and systems thinking. This was a game changer and I couldn\u2019t wait to try out the Sustainability Compass and the Systems Iceberg with my students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of their induction to Year 12, my students attend a simulation about poverty called \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossroads.org.hk\/global-x-perience\/struggle-for-survival\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Struggle for Survival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d run by Hong Kong-based NGO, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossroads.org.hk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crossroads Foundation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who work to help those in need across the globe. The experience forces students to face the desperation that millions go through on a daily basis just to keep their families alive, while at the same time battling with their own values and beliefs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was really excited to use the Sustainability Compass and the Systems Iceberg with the Year 12 students but knew that they would need some training with the tools before letting them loose on their own. Given that the Crossroads experience was common to all of them, I used the Sustainability Compass and Systems Iceberg as reflection tools about their \u201cexperience\u201d of poverty. As a side note, you may see references to \u201cflying toilets\u201d and \u201cair hugs\u201d in the attached examples. These are unique terms used as part of the simulation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a whole year group, they completed a guided session on the Sustainability Compass. While a small group of students boldly rated their knowledge of poverty before even going to the simulation or using the tools as ten out of ten, the majority of students stated that they gained a holistic view of the many factors that are related to poverty and how they are interconnected. In their groups of four, it was interesting to see all members contributing because one person may have had an interest in business and economics while another may have known more about environmental factors and so on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the students were required to consider the environmental, economical, societal and wellbeing elements of poverty, they very quickly realised the interconnectedness within the elements and between them. This meant when the students were asked to start drawing the arrows that indicated cause and effect, it came quite naturally to them. The students were so engaged that I had to force some of them to stop as it was the end of the lesson. My advice would be to allow an extended period of time if possible because it is very easy to continue to take the conversations as deep as you like.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-89eab6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89eab6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa57eb5\" data-id=\"aa57eb5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ee656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"94ee656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic2-1024x731.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25762\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic2-1024x731.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic2-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic2-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic2-1536x1097.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic2-2048x1462.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic2-18x12.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-18e1b53\" data-id=\"18e1b53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de423e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de423e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3-866x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25763\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3-866x1024.jpeg 866w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3-254x300.jpeg 254w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3-768x908.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3-1299x1536.jpeg 1299w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3-1731x2048.jpeg 1731w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3-10x12.jpeg 10w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic3.jpeg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-025fd95 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"025fd95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my second session with the Year 12 students, I asked them to take one or more factors from their Sustainability Compass and use this as an impetus for their Systems Iceberg. While the Sustainability Compass provides an excellent overview of a topic, the Systems Iceberg allows students to deep dive into an issue to really dig into the root causes, and then find leverage points that are accessible to them. Hence, hopefully eradicating the band-aid service projects and developing more long-term and sustainable projects with community partners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2704e9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2704e9b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f696247\" data-id=\"f696247\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259a268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"259a268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic5-10x12.jpeg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec2c6d3\" data-id=\"ec2c6d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f2e1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26f2e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic6-815x1024.jpeg\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fadcdb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fadcdb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic4-751x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25764\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic4-751x1024.jpeg 751w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic4-220x300.jpeg 220w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-blogpost_pic4-768x1047.jpeg 768w, 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f76f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Systems Iceberg was definitely more challenging for the students but with a little guidance and group sharing of ideas, they were able to complete the Systems Iceberg successfully. Compass Education\u2019s videos on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pBByS6uHBzk?si=5QwyiqUpO2qEnbLY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Br\u00fajula de sostenibilidad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y el <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y6h2_EcOOcM?si=1VYZw2TuPhplFsGv\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iceberg de sistemas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provided excellent examples for the students. They realised that while they can\u2019t always make systemic changes at every level, there are definitely more meaningful ways in which to make a difference.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that the students have had some exposure to the Sustainability Compass, the Systems Iceberg and systems thinking in general, they are ready to use them on their own. The students\u2019 next steps will be to complete a Sustainability Compass and a Systems Iceberg as part of the investigation process for their CAS project. Please be assured that you don\u2019t need to be teaching the IB Programme to use these systems thinking tools, they work for any age group and any curriculum. In fact, they don\u2019t even need to be part of a particular curriculum. One of my colleagues who was helping supervise the students was completing the Sustainability Compass in her head about where to retire! The systems thinking tools really can be used for any scenario. I am excited to see the improved quality of the students\u2019 ideas for their projects in the coming weeks and am looking forward to finding other opportunities in which to use these tools.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eedcb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6eedcb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8808c61 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8808c61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6313a40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6313a40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6abbe2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6abbe2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-640cf34\" data-id=\"640cf34\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7d074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"6c7d074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Michelle-ODea-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Imagen de Michelle O\u2019Dea\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichelle O\u2019Dea\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a passionate educator, as CAS Coordinator and Mathematics teacher, I believe deeply in the power of service learning to bridge the gap between classroom theory and real-world problem-solving. Dedicated to cultivating critical thinking, empathy, collaboration, and communication skills in my students, I integrate systems thinking tools to help learners navigate complex problems. By mapping interconnected factors, students gain a holistic view of local and global challenges, uncover root causes, and identify high-leverage intervention points. This systems approach empowers young people to move beyond superficial volunteering and build meaningful, long-term, reciprocal partnerships with community members to address authentic needs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6133274 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-media\" data-id=\"6133274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-media.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t\t <ul class=\"ekit_social_media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-11c7bfd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carolina-daza-ms-charsley-9604281a\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn\" class=\"in\" 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