DEEPENING PRACTICE: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MOVING FORWARD WITH SERVICE LEARNING

Facilitated by: Elisha WrittClintonville Public SchoolsService Learning Lead Teacher

CLINTONVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLSDISTRICT UPDATE Building resources available to staff

Keyword search “service learning” in district library catalog Coordinating support from other practitioners

High school teachers – time period crunch DPI Webinar – May ____!

Kindergarten teachers – implementation at primary level Developing training program

Service Learning 102: A Refresher Training Roundtable discussions Initial Training and Year End Follow-up Session

Working on school board policy Support regardless of grant status

PROJECT SHARE 20 minutes to fill in what you can on the

Waupaca County Service Learning Project Summary Remember…$25 stipend to all who fully complete

a summary

Please give a brief summary of your project. At this time, we only need to have the basic

idea of what you and your students did. Do not reference what you would change or

do differently…not yet! You’ll be sharing more later.

THE PROCESSI - InvestigationP - PlanningA - ActionR - ReflectionD - DemonstrationC - Celebration

TIME TO REFLECT Divide the circle into sections equivalent to the

amount of time you spent on each part of the process.

IPARDC: THE PROCESS…A REVIEW Investigation

◦ Don’t skip this step! Planning

◦ Get organized!◦ Determine all of your learning pieces!

Action◦ Involve others, when possible

Reflection◦ Not a one stop step!

Demonstration/Celebration◦ Showing impact on others and self◦ Celebrating the impact

DEEPENING PRACTICE Now divide the circle again – but this time divide it

how you would allocate time for your next service learning experience.

K-12 SERVICE LEARNING STANDARDS FOR QUALITY PRACTICE35 indicators

TIME TO REFLECT Please take about 15 minutes to review the

Rubric for Continuous Improvement of the Service Learning Experience and score yourself.

Please note that each standard includes several sub-standards. You may find yourself scoring in more than one level per standard- this is fine!

And…it is OK to be novice!!!!

STANDARDS Meaningful Service

Actively engages participants in personally relevant activities

Link to Curriculum Intentionally used as an instructional strategy Assessment of learning takes place

Reflection Multiple challenging activities are incorporated

Diversity Promotes understanding of diversity and

mutual respect Connection to those being served

STANDARDS…CONTINUED Youth Voice

Provides youth with a strong voice in planning, implementing, and evaluating the experience

Partnerships Collaborative and mutually beneficial

Progress Monitoring Ongoing process to assess quality

Duration and Intensity Must be sufficient

DEEPENING PRACTICE Look back at the rubric.

For each score in the novice or introductory level, determine what you need to do in order to achieve experienced or advanced status.

What ideas do you already have for change and improvement?

Which areas do you feel will be hardest to improve?

WHAT NEXT? Please tell us what you want/need for

training as you continue with your Service Learning Professional Development