Service-Learning Australia

The goal of TTT Day is for the students, teachers and community partners to demonstrate their progress towards achieving their TTT/service-learning goals, and for the community to recognize this progress and to celebrate with them.

• Plan the TTT Day program: decide the scope and who should attend. It can be short, informal and fun.
• Select a time that will make it convenient for project participants, especially parents and community partners to attend.
• Decide who you will invite – if your project is sufficiently advanced, you might invite government representatives to learn about your program, and of course, the media.
• Issue formal invitations where necessary.
• If presenting awards, decide who will make the award presentations.
• Decide what type of recognition you wish to give – your own certificates or small items.
• Determine how many people will be acknowledged and how they will be chosen.
• If necessary, develop a small budget or list of items needed for your event.
• Decide whether you will serve refreshments; how they can be paid for, and who will be in charge.
• Write up a brief description of the planned TTT/service-learning project, the impact on the students and on their community – this description can be used at the ceremony and for any media.
• Organise someone to take photos and note the names of those being taken.
• Make sure proper releases have been signed, so you can provide pictures to the media as well as uploading them to your school web site and putting them in the school newsletter.
• Let us know what you are planning and how we can help.
• Enjoy your special event – let us know how it goes – send in a brief write-up of your project, a description of your TTT day celebration and attach some photographs.

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This template is of a TTT sample letter of invitation that you can modify and send to government representatives, inviting them to your TTT Day celebrations.   (In the spirit of TTT, you might consider getting your students to compose the letter.)

This is a  template for a TTT project summary to be sent to invitees.  As you know, we love hearing about what you are doing, so please also email a copy to:  margaret.richmond@servicelearning.org.au