Kent Intermediate School District

1. Project Based Service Learning Kent Intermediate School District

2. Icebreaker Making Connections

3. Citizenship Activity What Makes aGood Citizen?

4. Project Based Service Learning Kent Intermediate School District Carla Stone Stoneshores Consulting www.stoneshores.net

5. Attributes of Project Based Learning? Recognize students’ inherent drive to learn Project work is central rather than peripheral Highlight provocative issues that lead to in-depth exploration Require the use of essential tools and skills Use performance-based assessments Encourage collaboration

6. Why The Shift to Project Based Learning? The World Has Changed!!! Children need both knowledge and skills to succeed. Workforce demands high-performance employees who can plan, collaborate and communicate with civic responsibility and be good global citizens ?

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

8. Why Service Learning? ? • Research-based teaching methodology • Overcome perceptions that place-based activities are merely “field trips” • Meets community needs • Curriculum-based activities • Benefits all parties involved

9. Service Learning benefits… Students Teachers Community

10. Service Learning Benefits to Students • Increases academic and cognitive development • Enriches curriculum • Reinforces learning through practical and meaningful applications • Puts character education into action

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. What’s The Difference? Service Learning Community Service Community Based Learning

15. What’s The Difference? Service Learning A method of teaching and learning that challenges students to identify, research, propose, and implement solutions to real needs in their school or community as part of their curriculum. Discovering that a local stream is degraded, students and teachers work with an environmental group to design a project relevant to the class curriculum. They conduct water quality tests and research possible contamination sources. Students then analyze data and present their findings to local officials. The environmental group uses the data for their watershed program. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

16. What’s The Difference? Community Based Learning An approach that enhances the curriculum by using community members and places as resources for learning. A teacher decides to center a unit of ecology on a stream near the school. Students visit the site frequently, collecting water samples and identifying plants and animals. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

17. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

18. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning During the month of December, students collected COATS FOR KIDS at school. They dropped the coats off at a local dry cleaner. The business donated their cleaning services for this project. The students then brought the coats to a “drop off” point at the local school. Over 100 coats were collected, cleaned, and handed out to children. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

19. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning During the month of December, students collected COATS FOR KIDS at school. They dropped the coats off at a local dry cleaner. The business donated their cleaning services for this project. The students then brought the coats to a “drop off” point at the local school. Over 100 coats were collected, cleaned, and handed out to children. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

20. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Middle school students wanted to help in some way after the tragedy of September 11, 2001. They held a bake sale at their school and a car wash at their local fire station on the weekend. They raised $600.00 and decided to donate all the proceeds to the American Red Cross. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

21. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Middle school students wanted to help in some way after the tragedy of September 11, 2001. They held a bake sale at their school and a car wash at their local fire station on the weekend. They raised $600.00 and decided to donate all the proceeds to the American Red Cross. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

22. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Students in a science class were concerned about the impact on the air quality while buses idled in front of their school. They worked with the Department of Environmental Protection to monitor the air and collect data. They found that the air quality was polluted due to the idling buses. Students presented their findings to the school board and the district changed the policy. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

23. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Students in a science class were concerned about the impact on the air quality while buses idled in front of their school. They worked with the Department of Environmental Protection to monitor the air and collect data. They found that the air quality was polluted due to the idling buses. Students presented their findings to the school board and the district changed the policy. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

24. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Elementary students were learning about plants and trees. They were collecting leaves and making a leaf book. The class went to their local Audubon center and participated in a scavenger hunt to learn more about plants and trees. They later went in the woods behind their school and identified plants and trees with a local forester. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

25. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Elementary students were learning about plants and trees. They were collecting leaves and making a leaf book. The class went to their local Audubon center and participated in a scavenger hunt to learn more about plants and trees. They later went in the woods behind their school and identified plants and trees with a local forester. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

26. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning When 3rd grade students learned that a local community group called “Cultivating Community needed help growing food for people, the students decided to build an urban garden. They learned about plants, soils, gardening, and about hunger in America. They donated the food to an agency to be distributed to those in need. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

27. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning When 3rd grade students learned that a local community group called “Cultivating Community needed help growing food for people, the students decided to build an urban garden. They learned about plants, soils, gardening, and about hunger in America. They donated the food to an agency to be distributed to those in need. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

28. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Students organized a weeklong food drive at their school to benefit the local food bank. They put up posters around the school to advertise the drive. They read announcements over the school intercom every morning to remind students about the drive. At the end of the week, several students brought the collected items to the food bank. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

29. What’s The Difference? Community Service Community Based Learning Service Learning Students organized a weeklong food drive at their school to benefit the local food bank. They put up posters around the school to advertise the drive. They read announcements over the school intercom every morning to remind students about the drive. At the end of the week, several students brought the collected items to the food bank. KIDS Consortium, 2009, www.kidsconsortium.org

30. What are the Different Types of Service? Direct Indirect Advocacy

31. Direct Service

32. Indirect Service

33. Advocacy

34. Research Has Demonstrated • Higher performance on state tests • Better attendance • Better engagement in school (Affective) • Follow the rules better (Behavioral) • Increased interested in the subject matter (Cognitive)

35. Enhancing Outcomes • Link to standards • Use instructional strategies with the greatest effect sizes • High quality practice

36. Enhancing Outcomes • Link to standards • Use instructional strategies with the greatest effect sizes • High quality practice

37. The K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice Released nationally at National Service-Learning Convention by NYLCApril 2008 Based on scientifically-based research within service-learning and in the education and youth development fields Established using a traditional standards setting process Shelly H. Billig, RMC Research and Wokie Weah, NYLC

38. The K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice • Meaningful Service • Curriculum Integration • Duration • Youth Voice • Reflection • Reciprocal Partnerships • Diversity • Process Monitoring

39. Standards for Quality Practice Meaningful Service Service-learning actively engages participants in meaningful and personally relevant service activities Service-learning encourages participants to understand their service experiences in the context of the underlying societal issues being addressed. Service-learning leads to attainable and visible outcomes that are valued by those being served. Shelly H. Billig, RMC Research and Wokie Weah, NYLC

40. Community Needs Assessment Needs What are the NEEDS in your community? Hunger Neighborhood Clean-up After School Activities

41. Standards for Quality Practice Link to Curriculum Service-learning is intentionally used as an instructional strategy to meet learning goals and/or content standards Service-learning is aligned with the academic and/or programmatic curriculum. Service-learning helps participants learn how to transfer knowledge and skills from one setting to another. Service-learning that takes place in schools is formally recognized in school board policies and student records. Shelly H. Billig, RMC Research and Wokie Weah, NYLC

42. Curriculum Integration English Language Arts Science Mathematics Technology Social Studies Issue Physical Education Fine Arts Career Pathways Languages Character Education

43. Standards for Quality Practice Partnerships Service-learning partnerships are collaborative, mutually beneficial, and address community needs Service-learning involves a variety of partners including youth, educators, families, community members, community-based organizations and/or businesses. Service-learning partnerships are characterized by frequent and regular communication to keep all partners well-informed about activities and progress. Service-learning partners collaborate to establish a shared vision and set common goals to address community needs. Shelly H. Billig, RMC Research and Wokie Weah, NYLC

44. Business Executive Visits School

45. Your Community Business Government Who are potential partners in your community? CBOs Faith-Based

46. Lunch and Partner Displays

47. Standards for Quality Practice Youth Voice Service-learning provides youth with a strong voice in planning, implementing, and evaluating service-learning experiences with guidance from adults Service-learning engages youth in generating ideas during the planning, implementation, and evaluation processes. Service-learning involves youth in the decision-making process throughoutthe service-learning experiences. Service-learning involves youth and adults in creating an environment that supports trust and open expression of ideas. Service-learning promotes acquisition of knowledge and skills to enhance youth leadership and decision-making. Shelly H. Billig, RMC Research and Wokie Weah, NYLC

48. Example of Excellence Gretchen Vinnedge Grand Rapids Community Media Center

49. Example of Excellence Donna Casmere Kelloggsville High School “The Spirit of Our Community”

50. Example of Excellence Marcia Cisler Kelloggsville Middle School “The Dock” “Diverse Cuisine for Diverse Cultures”