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Service Learning
The
Service-Learning Process
Learn and Serve
America is administered by the Corporation for National Service,
which supports school and community based efforts to involve K-12
students in the performance of worthwhile service activities within
their communities.
Learn and Serve America provides funds to the Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction (DPI) for statewide allocation. These
dollars are distributed to the 12 cooperative educational service
agencies (CESA) to foster and grow service-learning programs within
Wisconsin schools. Each CESA awards mini-grants to schools
that submit a qualified proposal for community service project
connected to the curriculum. The grants help defray the
annual costs of associated with state in the service-learning
projects or improve ongoing service-learning efforts.
Annually,
more than 20,000 Wisconsin students contribute over 250,000 hours
of community service through the Learn and Serve program.
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What
is Service-Learning?
Service-Learning
combines service to the community with student learning in a way
that improves both the student and the community. According to
the national and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, Service-Learning.
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is
a method whereby students learn and develop thought active
participation in thoughtfully organized service.
The services should meet the needs of communities;
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is
coordinated with an elementary school, secondary school,
institution of higher education, or community service
program and the community.
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helps
foster civic responsibility.
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is
integrated into an d enhances the academic curriculum
of the students, or the education components of the community
service program in which the participants are enrolled;
and
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provides
structured time for students or participants to reflect
on the service experience.
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Importance
of Service-Learning
A
national study of Learn and Serve America program suggests that
effective service-learning programs can improve academic grades,
increase attendance in school, and develop personal and social
responsibility.
Whether the goal is academic improvement, personal development,
or both, students learn critical thinking, communication, teamwork,
civic responsibility, mathematical reasoning, problem solving,
public speaking, vocational skills, computer skills, scientific
method, research skills, and analysis.
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Essential
Elements of Effective Service-Learning
Service-Learning
is a relatively simple concept to understand, but effective projects
and programs entail much more then performing a service and talking
about it in class. Below are essentials educational and
organizational elements that define effective service-learning.
Practices
--Learning
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Effective
service-learning requires the application of concepts,
content, and skills form the academic disciplines
and actively involves students in their own learning.
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| 2. |
Effective
service-learning engages students in tasks that challenge
and stretch them cognitively and developmentally.
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| 3. |
Effective
services-learning uses assessment as a way to enhance
student learning as well as to document and evaluate
how well students have met content and skills standards.
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| --Service |
| 4. |
Effective
service-learning engages students in service tasks
that have clear goals, meet genuine needs in the school
or community, and have significant consequences for
themselves and others.
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| 5. |
Effective
service-learning employs systematic evaluation of
the service effort and it's outcomes through formative
and summative methods.
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| Critical
Components that Support Learning and Service |
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Effective
service-learning seeks to maximize student voice
in selecting, designing, implementing, and evaluating
the service project.
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| 7. |
Effective
service learning values diversity through its participants,
its practice and its outcomes.
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| 8. |
Effective
service-learning promotes communication and interaction
with the community and encourages partnerships and
collaboration
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| 9. |
Effective
service-learning prepares students for all aspects
of their service experience including understanding
their role, the skills and information required, safety
precautions, and sensitivity to the people with whom
they will be working.
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| 10. |
Effective
service-learning includes student reflection as a
central force in the fulfillment of curricular objectives
as is done before, during, and after service using
multiple methods that encourage critical thinking.
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| 11. |
Effective
service-learning acknowledges, celebrates, and further
validates student's service. |
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Faces
of Service-Learning
In
colleges and schools, service-learning is part of the academic
curriculum. In community organizations, youth develop practical
skills, self-esteem, and a sense of civic responsibility.
Examples
of service-learning projects include:
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preserving
native plants
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designing
neighborhood playgrounds
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teaching
younger children to read
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testing
the local water quality
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creating
wheelchair ramps
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preparing
food for the homeless
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developing
urban communities gardens
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starting
school recycling programs
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and
much more!!
**Please
note that the above information was taken from:
Essential Elements of Service Learning
National Service-Learning Cooperative, April 1998, revised April
1999
National Youth Leadership Council,
1910 West County Road B, Roseville, Minnesota 55113
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UW-Stout
Service-Learning Courses
If
you are interested in taking a course in which you will complete
a community service project connected to your coursework, consider
these courses.
| Course |
Instructor(s) |
SRVM
260 Service-Learning
Investigate &
design service-learning systems in organizations, which
respond to community needs. Understand the problems unique
to designing, producing, marketing, and delivering service-learning
opportunities. Explore & describe the role of organizational
liaison for university or college students engaged in
service-learning. Address the needs of not-for-profit
and for-profit delivery systems.
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Dr.
Lee Nicholls or
Dr. Lynette Brouwer |
INMGT
400
Organizational Leadership
3 Credits
Supervisor's role in attaining organizational objectives
through human resources management; supervisory skills
of communication, motivation, initiation of change, discipline,
delegation and grievance handling developed on basis of
organizational and individual behavior concepts.
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Dr.
Lynette Brouwer |
Leadership
and Management in the Hospitality Industry
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Dr.
Lynette Brouwer |
MUSIC-264
Jazz Band
1 Credit
Jazz styles and improvisation from the dance band era
to the present. Study and performance of contemporary
"big band" jazz. Membership is open to all qualified
students. Audition may be necessary.
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Dr.
Stephanie Graber |
MUSIC-266
Stout Concert Band
1 Credit
Fundamentals of musical expression, tone production and
quality, and special problems of technique. Membership
by audition only.
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Dr.
Stephanie Graber |
SRVM
111 Introduction
to Global Service Management
2 Credits
This course is an introduction to the principles of service
management with an emphasis on the historical context,
current trends and career opportunities, and the global
economic impact of the service sector.
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Dr.
Lynette Brouwer |
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(Please note that this is not an
exhaustive list, but a list of those courses we are aware of at
this time. This list is under construction.)
Resources
for Service-Learning
Publications
Assessing
Learning Through Service. A study guide to the videotape,
produced by:
Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning.
1500 HWY 36 West, Roseville, MN 55113
(651) 582-8307
Websites
The
Big Dummy's Guide To Service-Learning
www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/bigdummy.html
Center
For Democracy and Citizenship
www.hhh.umn.edu
Character
Education Partnership
www.character.org
Civic
Practices Network
www.epn.org
Close
Up Foundation: Service-Learning Programs
www.closeup.org/servlern.htm
Do
Something!
www.dosomething.org
Earth
Force
www.earthforce.org
Kids
Can Make and Difference
www.kids.maine.org
Service
Learning Research and Development Center
www.gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc/
Organizations
The
Corporation for National Service
The Corporation for National
Service (CNS) is the federal agency that funds that Learn and
Serve America Program. The Corporation also funds AmeriCorps
and the National Senior Service Corps.
(202)606-5000
www.cns.gov
Family-School-Community
Partnerships
Department of Public Instruction
Our mission is to work with the communities to ensure learner
success and stronger communities through family-family-school
partnerships. Our mission is directly related to the Department
of Public Instruction Goals of promoting lifelong learning so
that individuals value learning, learn how to learn, demonstrate
effective communication, thing and problem solving, enjoy the
quality of life, area fulfilled, experience the joy of learning,
and contribute to and benefit form the intergenerational transmission
of culture.
125 South Webster Street
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlcl/bbfcsp
National
Assn. for Partners in Education
Partners in Education is a membership organization providing
leadership in the formation and growth of effective school volunteer,
intergenerational, community service, and business partnership
programs.
901 North Pitt Street, Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703)836-4880
www.napehq.org
National
Community Education Assn.
NCEA provides leadership in building learning communities that
respond to individual and community needs. NCEA provides
members with national and regional training conferences and workshops;
specialized periodicals, publications, and products; opportunities
for peer support and networking; and information and referral
services. NCEA works with related organizations to promote
parent and community involvement in schools, the formation of
community partnership to address community needs; and the expansion
of lifelong learning opportunities for all community residents.
www.ncea.org
National
Peer-Based Service-Learning Training and Technical Assistance
Exchange (The Exchange)
The Exchange supports service-learning through peer-based
training and technical assistance. If you need assistance implementing
service-learning programs, have questions, or simply want to speak
with someone who has "been there," you can utilize the Exchange
by calling 877-LSA-EXCHange (877-572-3924).
www.lsaexchanged.org
National Your Leadership Council's mission is to engage
young people in their communities and schools through innovation
in learning, service, leadership and public policy. NYLC develops
model programs in schools across America, creates curricula and
training programs, advocates for education reform and progressive
youth policy, and conducts research in youth issues.
National Your Leadership Council
1910 West Country Road B
St. Paul, MN 55113-1337
612/631-3672; Fax 612/631-2955
E-mail: nylcinfo@nylc.org
www.nylc.org
Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Dane Co. (RSVP) can
help find older adults to mentor, tutor and perform service with
students. RSVP is a program of the Senior Corps, part of the Corporation
for National Service. There are 17 RSVP offices statewide. The
Corporation's state office can put you in touch with the RSVP
office closest to you.
Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Dane Co. (RSVP)
517 North Segoe Road
Madison, WI 53705
608/238-7787
414/297-1118
www.seniorcorps.org
Wisconsin Intergenerational Network (WIN) is a statewide
network of organizations and individuals who believe that interaction
and cooperation among generations contribute to the health and
well-being of individuals and society. WIN provides opportunities
to agencies and individuals to share information, resources, and
skills; encourages stronger linkages between agencies serving
children, youth, families, and elders to promote intergenerational
involvement; researches public policy that affects all ages' and
engages in advocacy.
Wisconsin Intergenerational Network (WIN)
PO Box 6664
Madison, WI 53716
608/224-0606
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Updated: Tuesday,
November 20, 2003
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