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Jazz Up 4-H through Service- Learning

Jazz Up 4-H through Service- Learning. Janet Fox Kim Jones Abby McCormick Charles Hebert Todd Tarifa. Research Base For Service Learning . Take the Youth Service Challenge. Volunteer service rates among 8 th , 10 th and 12 th grade youth has remained steady since 1991. .

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Jazz Up 4-H through Service- Learning

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  1. Jazz Up 4-Hthrough Service-Learning Janet Fox Kim Jones Abby McCormick Charles Hebert Todd Tarifa

  2. Research Base For Service Learning

  3. Take the Youth Service Challenge • Volunteer service rates among 8th, 10th and 12th grade youth has remained steady since 1991. True False

  4. Take the Youth Service Challenge Volunteering rates among young people are generally higher than they are among adults. True False

  5. Take the Youth Service Challenge • Student voice in service-learning is linked to: • Improved Self Concept • YES NO • Political Engagement • YES NO • Tolerance • YES NO

  6. Teaching Strategy Links Community Service to Learning Meets a Community Need Conscious Educational Growth Integrating Planning Educational Curricula Hands-On Service Reflection Interest and Ownership What is Service-Learning?

  7. The Service-Learning Cycle

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

  9. Needs Assessment • Anything that is necessary but lacking. • Reason for the action or that which gives purpose and direction to behavior. • Indigence which is a state of extreme poverty or destitution.

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

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

  12. Pre-Service Reflection

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

  14. Observation • Relies on the five physical senses: visual perception, hearing, taste, feeling and smell. • Applies the knowledge into a framework of previous knowledge and ideas.

  15. Levels of Problem Solving • Impulsive Response • Impulsive /Judgmental • Clearest sense of responsibility and concern is for self • Empathetic/Superficial Concern • Relational Concern • Responsible Concern • Principled Concern • Using Service-Learning to Help Students Acquire Problem Solving Skillsby Dr. Penelope Wong

  16. During Service Reflection

  17. Evaluation • Measure the impact of the program on the participant, the collaborating partners and on the community • Help improve the program so it can be more effective in the coming years.

  18. Post-Service Reflection

  19. Reflection • Students and Leaders Formally Reflect and Evaluate…… • On the project and the process. • Clarify their learning. • through Structured Activities…… • Emphasizes critical thinking skills.

  20. Reflection • Effective reflection activities • Link experience to learning • Are guided • Occur regularly • Allow feedback and assessment • Foster exploration and clarification of values Hatcher & Bringle, 1997

  21. Keys to Learning • Strengthens Service and Learning. • Provides Concrete Opportunities for Growth. • Includes Preparation and Reflection as Essential Elements. • Includes Pre-service Training, Orientation, and Staff Development.

  22. Keys to Student Involvement • Involves students in the planning and implementation. • Recognizes student efforts.

  23. Keys to Impacts • Makes a meaningful contribution to the community. • Connects the school, organization and its community. • Supported as an integral element of the organization.

  24. Celebrate • Recognize Students’ Contributions • Celebrate the Impacts of Service • Brings Closure to the Project

  25. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. • Margaret Mead

  26. Service is About… • There is no limit to the amount of good that people can accomplish, if they don’t care who gets the credit. • Anonymous

  27. 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).

  28. References • Lopez, M. H. (June 2003, Updated February 2004). Volunteering Among Young People. College Park, MD: The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Volunteering2.pdf • Lopez, M. H. (October 2002). Youth Attitudes towards civic engagement and community service requirements. College Park, MD: The Center for Information and Research on Cific Learning and Engagement. http://www.civicyouth.org/PopUps/FactSheets/FS_Youth_Attitudes_Civic_Education.pdf

  29. References • 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.

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. References • 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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