SERVICE LEARNING 101 Using ServiceLearning as an Interdisciplinary

SERVICE LEARNING 101: Using Service-Learning as an Interdisciplinary Tool to Engage Students Presented by Leslie Flores 11/7/2017

What is Service Learning? Group Activity �What do you think of when you hear the word “service”? Silently write down words/phrases on the “service” side of your paper �What do you think of when you hear the word “learning”? Silently write down words/phrases on the “learning” side of your paper �Discuss with your group how to combine some of the words/phrases you wrote to develop a definition of “service learning”. Write it at the top of your paper

What is NOT Service Learning? �The same as community service �If you’re teaching about earthquakes and you raise money for breast cancer, that is not service learning because the two have nothing to do with each other �Irrelevant or deters from the curriculum �If done properly, service learning will enhance your curriculum or unit �Just a project or event �Service learning is an EXPERIENCE and PROCESS

What is Service Learning?

Why Implement Service Learning? �Inherently interdisciplinary � 21 st century/transferable skills �Inquiry-based, student-centered, experiential learning �Instills civic values & promotes civic engagement �Supported by research �Service learning enhances learning & cognitive skills �Meaningful service hours �MHS graduation requirement = 50 service hours

The 5 Stages of Service Learning

The 5 Stages of Service Learning �Investigation �Inventory or profile of student interest, skills, talents �Action research to reveal a need in the community �Preparation �Acquire content knowledge; organize a plan/timeline �Action (Service) �Direct service, indirect service, advocacy, and/or research �Reflection ongoing throughout the process �Demonstration �Capture the entire service learning experience

4 Type of Service Actions �Direct �Hunger Serving people at a soup kitchen �Indirect �Collecting donations (monetary or goods) �Advocacy �Writing letters to the mayor to fund neighborhood gardens �Research �Creating an infographic about access to healthy foods

Mapping the Community �Assets-Based Community Development (ABCD) �Use the MISO method to discover assets and needs �Media – internet, TV, newspapers, films, maps, etc. �Interviews – asking experts �Surveys – using set questions with people who have knowledge on a topic or for knowledge or opinions �Observations, Experiments, & Experience – using our surroundings or memories of being somewhere, or creating an experiment or simulation

Across the Curriculum • Write your issue in the center • In each box, think of how that issue could relate to that subject area • If you’re unsure about how the issue may relate to a subject area, collaborate with colleagues to get ideas • What you write DOES NOT have to be a service activity, just a task that relate to that subject area and the issue

http: //www. un. org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

So Now What? How to Start �Reflect on what you’ve learned �Personal Inventory (Investigation) �Four Corners Experience (Preparation) �MISO method to gather info about a need �Proposal for Action �Progress Monitoring

RESOURCES � The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action (2 nd Edition) by Cathryn Berger Kaye (Free Spirit Publishing) � Digital Content: freespirit. com/CG 2 SL-forms Password: 2 serve � Service In Schools (SIS) - schools. nyc. gov/community/sis/default. htm � Service Learning Institute - spep. libguides. com/servicelearning � Youth Service America (YSA) - ysa. org � Generator School Network (GSN) - gsn. nylc. org � WE Schools - we. org/we-schools/ � generation. On - generationon. org � Learning to Give - learningtogive. org