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Setting the Foundation: Service-Learning at its Roots

Setting the Foundation: Service-Learning at its Roots. Objectives. Understand the differences between community service, experiential learning and service-learning. Learn the key elements of a service-learning project.

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Setting the Foundation: Service-Learning at its Roots

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  1. Setting the Foundation:Service-Learning at its Roots

  2. Objectives • Understand the differences between community service, experiential learning and service-learning. • Learn the key elements of a service-learning project. • Understand the steps to developing and implementing a service-learning project.

  3. What is it? As a table, decide if the scenarios are community service, experiential learning or service-learning. You will have 5 minutes.

  4. Similarities & Differences

  5. Service-Learning Key Elements • Meaningful Service • Link to Curriculum • Reflection • Diversity • Youth Voice • Partnerships • Progress Monitoring • Duration and Intensity

  6. Revisit Scenarios Each table will now have 4 minutes to discuss how they could turn their assigned scenario into service-learning. Be prepared to report out to the whole group.

  7. Service-Learning I-P-A-R-D Model 5 Steps - Investigation Planning & Preparation Action Reflection Demonstration

  8. Investigation • Teachers and students investigate the community issues they may potentially address. • Investigation typically involves some sort of research and mapping activity.

  9. Types of Needs Assessments • Community Mapping • Walk About • Classroom Brainstorming • Informal Research like reading the newspaper or internet search • Community partner presents a need • SAE

  10. Planning & Preparation • Teachers, students, and community members plan the learning and service activities, contact community partners and address the administrative issues needed for a successful project. • One of the most important parts (if not the most important part) of this step is creating a link to curriculum!

  11. Action • The “heart” of the project: engaging in a meaningful service experience that will help your students develop important knowledge, skills, and attitudes, and will benefit the community.The action occurs both in the classroom and in the field.

  12. Reflection Reflection is On-Going • Pre Reflection: prepares participants for the project • Active Reflection: occurs in the field and requires critical thinking • Post Reflection: is used as an evaluation tool

  13. Demonstration • Participants publicly demonstrate their knowledge gained and accomplishments achieved through the service-learning project.

  14. Ag. Ed. & Service-Learning Service-Learning

  15. Benefits of Service-Learning • Involves ALL students. • Increases visibility of Ag. Ed. and FFA within the school and community. • “The exposure is helping the school see that we (FFA & Ag. Ed.) are extremely valuable and should not be cut out of the school academic program because of budget cuts.” – Advisor from PA • Allows Ag. teachers to create cross curriculum partnerships. • Creates SAE opportunities. • Opportunities for financial support.

  16. Note About Dinner • Please sit as states (if possible). • We will also have a table for individual chapters. • Use this time to discuss what you would like to gain from this training.

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