Values in Action
Values in Action Programme
Our Values In Action (VIA) programme aims to
inculcate values of social responsibility, humility and life-long volunteerism
in our students. Through the programme, we hope that our students will develop
the heart and will to serve others, touch lives, and make the world a better
place.
To provide real contexts and experiences for our
students to serve the community, we have adopted the Service Learning
Philosophy towards VIA to engage our students by means of interactive
activities and community projects both locally and overseas. We believe in a
bottom-up, student-led, service-learning programme that focuses on developing
long-term partnerships with welfare organisations. Through the process,
students not only help improve the lives of others, but also transform their
own.
The students’ VIA experiences are guided by TMSPARK framework in four
key aspects. They 1) are given the opportunity to Share perspectives, 2) Put
their values into Actions and Advocate
for a good cause, 3) Reflect on
their VIA experiences, and 4) plan how they can Keep up with contributing to
positive change in the community beyond their journey in TMJC.
We hope that, through these experiences, our
students can become socially responsible and engaged citizens who are willing
and able to spark positive change in local and global communities.
Some of our key signature VIA programme include:
- TM Connects, an annual Community Awareness event for students to gain awareness and have a better understanding of different community issues.
- CG VIA, where each class is given the opportunity to initiate student-led VIA projects based on their areas of interest and the organisation that they would like to serve.
- TM Sparkles, a College-wide Cleanliness Project which encourages TMJC students to take responsibility for the cleanliness of venues they use frequently.
- TM EcoGreen, a program that aims to nurture our College as stewards of the environment where we learn and practise environmental sustainability through the 4 Cs: Curriculum, Campus, Culture and Community.
