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Heads Up, Hands Out 4-Healthy Hearts

Heads Up, Hands Out 4-Healthy Hearts. Louisiana 4-H Service-Learning Initiative 4-H Volunteer Leader Training. Session Outline. Why? What is Service-Learning? How is it Different Than Community Service, Volunteering, Field Experience and Internships?

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Heads Up, Hands Out 4-Healthy Hearts

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  1. Heads Up, Hands Out 4-Healthy Hearts Louisiana 4-H Service-Learning Initiative 4-H Volunteer Leader Training

  2. Session Outline • Why? • What is Service-Learning? • How is it Different Than Community Service, Volunteering, Field Experience and Internships? • What are the Components of the Service-Learning Cycle? • What are the Benefits of Service-Learning?

  3. Why Service-Learning? • How do we involve more youth? • How do we engage and retain youth? • How do we get more parents and volunteers involved? • How do we foster more community support? • How do we expand the image of 4-H?

  4. Louisiana’s Plan • 4-HU Unveiling • Statewide Trainings • Parish Service-Learning Teams

  5. Service Learning Is…… • Organized service experiences; • Meet real community needs; • Integrated into the curriculum; • Provides reflection; • Enables youth to utilize newly acquired skills and knowledge; • Enhances what is taught; • Extends into the community; and • Fosters a sense of caring for others.“

  6. Puzzled About Service-Learning Cycle • Put together the pieces of your service-learning puzzle. • Identify what part of the cycle your puzzle pieces describe. • Describe ideas to support this part of the cycle. • Share with the group.

  7. Youth Voice • the inclusion of young people as a meaningful part of the creation and implementation of service opportunities.

  8. Community Ownership • Community Ownership • Networks with a Community • Community Leadership

  9. Needs Assessment • Something that causes someone to take action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action or that which gives purpose and direction to behavior. Pre-Service Reflection

  10. Project Outcomes Training and Orientation Collaborators Risk Management Resources Action Plan Evaluation Planning

  11. Preparing Youth • Issues • Decision Making • Skills Training • Job Description • Team Building • Problem Solving • Behavioral Expectations

  12. Meaningful Service Experience • Sustained or significant duration • Connection between service and learning • Curriculum connection • Reflection • Youth voice and ownership • Strong partnerships with community Reflection During Service

  13. Observation • Allows you to uncover details • Become aware of people’s reactions, emotions and motivations • Provide perspective on the people, issue and community

  14. Problem Solving • Promotes complex critical thinking • Provides an avenue to understand the complexity of the problem • Generate solutions • Evaluate solutions • Make decisions

  15. Evaluation • Program Impact • Recipients • Student • Community • Program Improvement Post-Service Reflection

  16. Reflection • Structured Activities that Focus on…… • the project and the process. • clarify their learning. • Emphasizing critical thinking skills.

  17. Benefits of Service-Learning • Match the Benefit to the Category • Youth • Community • School or Organization • Discuss and Share Your Answers

  18. Service-LearningYouth Benefits • Personal Development • Responsibility • More Socially Competent • Caring • Self-Esteem • Reduced Behavior Problems

  19. Service-LearningYouth Benefits • Civic Responsibility • Greater Ethic for Service • Increased Understanding of Government • More Likely to Think About Policies • Understood Social Change

  20. Service-LearningYouth Benefits • Academic • Improved Problem Solving Skills • Higher Attendance Rates • Higher State Basic Test Scores • Increased Language and Reading Achievement Test Scores • Higher Grades • Sense of Educational Accomplishment

  21. Service-LearningCommunity Benefits • Meet Direct Community Needs • Provide Additional Resources • Empowerment • Active Citizenship • Improving Community Assets • Understanding and Appreciation of Diversity

  22. Service-LearningOrganizational Benefits • Paradigm Shift with New Roles • Motivated Learners • Engagement in Significant Work • Cooperative Learning Environment • Reflective Practitioners • Collaborative Decision-making • Positive, Caring Organizational Climate • Community Involvement Resources • (Service-Learning Guide)

  23. One of the deepest secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others. • Lewis Carroll

  24. References • Conrad, D., and Hedin, D. (1989). High School Community Service: A Review of Research and Programs. Washington, DC: National Center on Effective Secondary Schools. • Civic and Political Health of the National: A Generational Portrait • Indiana Department of Education Study on Youth Voice (1997-1998). • Lopez, M. H. (June 2003, Updated February 204). Volunteering Among Young People. College Park, MD: The Center for Information and Reseaerch on Cific Learning and Engagement. http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Volunteering2.pdf

  25. References • Lopez, M. H. (October 2002). Youth Attitudes towards citic engagement and community service requirements. College Park, MD: The Center for Information and Reseaerch on Cific Learning and Engagement.http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Youth_Attitudes_Civic_Education.pdf • Monitoring the Future (2002). Michigan State University Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center. • Pocket Guide to Service Learning, National Dropout Prevention Center, Clemson University. • Scales, P., Blyth, D., Berkas, T & Kielsmeier, J. (2000, August). The effects of service learning on middle school students' social responsibility and academic success. Journal of Early Adolescence, 20 (3), pp 331-358.

  26. References • Scales, P. C., Blyth, D. A., Berkas, T. H., & Kielsmeier, J. C. (2000). The effects of service-learning on middle school students' social responsibility and academic success. Journal of Early Adolescence, 20, 332-358. • "Service-Learning: An Essential Component of Citizenship Education," (2000). Social Education 65 (4), pp. 240-241, NCSS Position Statement. • The National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993

  27. References • Service Learning-Making a World of Difference for Students, Georgia Department of Education, February, 1997 • Service Learning 101, http://www.fulton.k12.mo.us/programs/sl101.html • The Power of Assets. The Search Institute. http://www.search-institute.org/research/assets/assetpower.html • Service Learning: An Essential Component of Citizenship Education, (Social Education 65 (4), pp. 240-241, NCSS Position Statement 2000). • World Wise School Educators, http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/service/index.html

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