Are you in the Zone ?

Are you in the Zone?

Academic Service Learning

Day 1 Teacher Training

What is all about?

“Our grant will address issue of urban decay and the need to support green infrastructure as a way to protect environment and support economic revitalization.”

Support

Kent ISDKent ISDWe Lead LearningWe Lead Learning

Wittenbach/Wege Agri-science Environmental Education Center

What’s in it for You? Professional Development

Academic Service Learning (PBL) Sustainability

Technical Assistance Academic Service Learning Curriculum Crafter

Partnerships with Businesses and Organizations College Access Network (students and parents) Media Messages National Recognition Funding

Introduction to Service-Learning

Teaching in the ZONE!

What Makes aGood Citizen?

Citizenship Activity


1. Think of someone you consider to be a good citizen

2. What makes them a good citizen?3. What are their attributes? (behaviors, knowledge, attitudes)4. Report out:

Your nameWho your citizen is & why you chose themWhat are his/her attributes

What Makes aGood Global Citizen?


Knowledge – Skills – Values – Beliefs – Behaviors

What is Service Learning?

Service Learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service to the community with classroom learning.

What is Service Learning?

“Service learning can be defined as a teaching method where classroom learning is deepened through service to others in a process that provides structured time for reflection on the service experience and demonstration of the skills and knowledge acquired.”

Cathryn Berger Kaye

How is Service LearningDifferent from…

Community Service

Volunteerism

Community Service

School curriculum not emphasized No reflection Outside the school day Off school campus Quantified number of required

hours Negative connotation

Volunteerism

School curriculum not emphasized People choose Perform a service Without pay

Service Learning

Instructional strategy Integrated with curriculum Provides service that meets a

genuine need Interprets experiences Takes place on/off school campus

Service Learning

Beyond the academics, service learning is a way to help our students grow socially and as individuals.

Service Learning Benefits to Students

Increases academic and cognitive development

Enriches curriculum Reinforces learning through

practical and meaningful applications

Puts character education into action

Service Learning Benefits to Students

Increases career awareness and job skills identification

Improves sense of teamwork, mutual achievement and leadership skills

Enhances social development Fosters personal growth Improves civic-mindedness

Service Learning

Benefits to Teachers Engages students in their

learning process Creates a motivated,

involved student Reduces behavioral

disruptions Provides collaboration and

research opportunities Can increase classroom

resources

Service Learning

Benefits to Community Gives direct aid to

community organizations Helps students become

invested in their community

Helps community members value youth as contributors

Math Games/Senior Neighbors

Elementary

Students learned to play math games to improve their skills.

They taught the games to Senior

friends and met once a month to play

together.Senior Neighbors

Veteran History Interviews

Honors Language ArtsMiddle School

After reading literature about wartime

experiences, students contacted, gathered

data, researched, interviewed and videotaped local veteran histories.

Lowell Area Historical Museum

Library of Congress

Water Quality at Murray Lake

Natural ResourcesHigh School

Test water and soil around Murray Lake. Provide association

with results and recommendations.

Murray Lake Association

What Does Service Mean to You?

Activity:

What are the Different Types of Service?

DirectIndirect Advocacy

Direct Service

Indirect Service

Advocacy

Project Planning: Service Learning Projects Basic Stages

PreparationActionReflectionDemonstration of knowledgeEvaluation

Preparation

Identify need Check prior knowledge Plan for service Integrate academics

Effective Practice: Duration and Intensity

Service is provided Variable duration Ongoing reflection


Action

Before, during, after service

Variety of formats


Reflection

Demonstration

Students provide evidence of their learning and service


The Dock

Kelloggsville Middle School

Marcia Cisler and

Brian Moore

K12 Standards for Quality Practice (developed by NYLC / RMC Research)

Meaningful Service

Curriculum Integration

Duration

Diversity

Reflection

Youth Voice

Reciprocal Partnerships

Process Monitoring

Meaningful Service

Meaningful Service exists when a real need is identified and met through students’ efforts.

Recipients benefit in a tangible way because a need has been met.

Students benefit through increased learning, awareness, and empathy.

Effective Practice: Meaningful Service

Community Needs Assessment

Activity

Character EducationCharacter Education

LanguagesLanguages

Fine ArtsFine Arts

Technology Technology

MathematicsMathematics

English Language ArtsEnglish Language Arts

ScienceScience

Social StudiesSocial Studies

Physical EducationPhysical Education

Career PathwaysCareer Pathways

IssueIssue

Quadrant Activity

HIGH SERVICE

The project meets an important need and is well organized

LOW SERVICE

The project does not meet a real need and/or is not well

planned

INTEGRATED LEARNING

Project is clearly

integrated with the goals of

the classroom

UNRELATED LEARNING

Project has no clear, ongoing connection to the goals of

the classroom

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IIIIV

Reciprocal Partnerships

A reciprocal partnership occurs when one seeks the needs of their community and then finds the resources necessary to meet that need

In turn the community resource agency might also call upon its community to act as a partner

Effective Practice: Reciprocal Partnerships

What Exactly Does This Mean?

Having reciprocal partnerships with the Community means that service learning students have a relationship with community organizations or members, which enable both to benefit. The use of reciprocal partners in service learningbrings participants together toward a mutual goal.

Effective Practice: Reciprocal Partnerships

What is Diversity?

Diversity is a form of individualism, unique characteristics, beliefs and values.

“Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.” - Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

Types of Diversity Cultures

Ethnic groups

Languages Generational diversity

Physical features Socio-economic backgrounds Opinions Religious Beliefs Sexuality Gender Identity Neurology

Effective Practice: Diversity

How Does SL Promote Diversity?

Effective Practice: Diversity

Reflecting Common Cultural Values Emphasizing Each Students Capacities Building Capacity for Action Enlarging Perspectives Reinforcing Positive Identity Promoting Humane Values Engaging Learners Performing Valuable Service

What is Youth Voice?

Youth voice refers to the ideas, opinions, involvement, and initiatives of people

considered to be “young.”

In the context of service learning, youth voice refers to the input young people provide in developing and implementing projects,

plans, and policies to guide service learning efforts.

Effective Practice: Youth Voice

Why Youth Voice? When youth are engaged in communities, schools,

and organizations, young people grow more capable, effective, and powerful than we have ever imagined

Adults grow more energized, creative, and insightful Sharing responsibility of community building lifts the

weight of working alone When young people help make decisions, programs

are more likely to meet their needs When young people are part of the process they feel

ownership, mobilize others and become powerful role models

Effective Practice: Youth Voice

Digging Deeper

Activity: The Five Why’s

Reflection Defined

The use of creative and critical thinking skills to help prepare for, succeed in, and to learn from the service experience, and to examine the larger picture and context in which the service occurs.

Toole, J. & Toole, P.

Effective Practice: Reflection

Reflection is a vital and ongoing process in service learning that integrates learning and experience with personal growth and awareness. Using reflection, students consider how the experience, knowledge, and skills they are acquiring relate to their own lives and their communities. - Cathy Berger Kaye


Reflection Defined

Purposes for Reflection in Service Learning

Personal growth & self-awareness

Understand relevant community issues, problems, and solutions

Connect curriculum to service experience


Reflection Journals Writing Prompts “Parking Lot” on the wall Yarn Toss Drawing Two Minute Survey Question Jar Picture Card Reflection

Easy Reflection Methods


Process Monitoring

Process Monitoring refers to a process for gathering information to determine the quality of the programming being used and the extent to which there is growth toward goal attainment.

Effective Practice: Process Monitoring

Why Process Monitoring?

Accountability Worthwhile academic/social

outcomes Capacity building High quality Guide improvement process


What Should You Be Monitoring?

Student progress



Student progress Academic understanding Social development



Student progress Individual Projects



Student progress Individual Projects Community Partnerships



Student progress Individual Projects Community Partnerships

Were the partner’s needs met Did they add to the learning Did both work well together



Student progress Individual Projects Community Partnerships Overall Service-Learning

Program


Putting It All Together

Developing a Service Learning Project

Activity

Curriculum Links

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Community Need

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Diversity

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Activities: Investigation, Preparation,

Action, Reflection, Demonstration

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YEZ! Project Planning Map

Assessment Methods

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Sustainability

Meggan JohnsonDirectorWittenbach/Wege Agriscience and Environmental Education Center

What is Sustainability?

Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment.

Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.

Sustainability is important in making sure that we have, and will continue to have, the water, materials and resources to protect human health and our environment.

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Three Arms of Sustainability

Nested Sustainability

Suggests that both our economy and society are constrained by environmental limits. Is this true?

Sustainable Development


The “environment” is where we live; and “development” is what we all do in attempting to improve our lot within that abode. The two are inseparable.

- World Commission on Environment and Development

Diverse local to global efforts to imagine and enact a positive vision of a world in which basic human needs are met without destroying or irrevocably degrading the natural systems on which we all depend.

- Robert W. Kates, Brown University

Sustainability is a Cultural Value of our Region• In 2007, the United Nations recognized the City of Grand

Rapids as a “Center of Expertise in Sustainability”

• In 2008, Fast Company called the City of Grand Rapids, America’s Greenest City.

• In 2010, Grand Rapids has been named the most sustainable midsize city in the U.S. by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Civic Leadership Center and Siemens Corp.

• The U.S. Green Building Council estimates that metro Grand Rapids now has more square footage per capita under LEED certification than any other city in the United States. (LEED = Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

• Sustainable Grand Rapids Website:http://mygrcity.us/departments/enterpriseservices/serviceareas/es/public/Pages/default.aspx


The “environment” is where we live; and “development” is what we all do in attempting to improve our lot within that abode. The two are inseparable.

- World Commission on Environment and Development

Diverse local to global efforts to imagine and enact a positive vision of a world in which basic human needs are met without destroying or irrevocably degrading the natural systems on which we all depend.

- Robert W. Kates, Brown University “We do not inherit the earth from our fathers; we borrow it from our children.”

-David Brower, founder of the Earth Island Institute

What Does This Mean?

It means that we must think differently about what we value. How do our actions, or lack of

action, affect ourselves, our community, our

region and our world.

Quotable““You can never have an impact on society if you have not You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.” changed yourself.”

- Nelson Mandela- Nelson Mandela

““It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of.” capable of.”

- Mahatma Gandhi- Mahatma Gandhi

““Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me and I'll understand.” me and I'll understand.”

- Chinese Proverb- Chinese Proverb ““Do not try to...[teach] a great many things. Awaken Do not try to...[teach] a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will surely set fire.” inflammable stuff, it will surely set fire.”

- Anatole France- Anatole France

Quotable

“Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation;

through appreciation, protection.”

- Freeman Tilden

On a blank white sheet of paper, write

3 Things you learned today2 Questions you have1 Idea you can use immediately

Crumple the paper to create a snowballThrow snowball into the center of circlePick up a snowball and read aloud

Snowball Activity


Questions & Evaluation

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