Service LearningDescribe service learning.

Define and identify community needs.

Understand components of service learning.

Describe the goals of service learning.

Develop a sample service learning plan.

Describe the service learning requirement and how students

fulfill the requirements in Worcester County.

Define Service Learning

•List activities you have done to help others.

•How do we define service activities?

Directions: Read the word

at the top. Read the

definitions. Click on the

definition that you think

best represents the word at

the top.

Volunteerism

The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

Linking academic learning with student service that benefits the community. Projects include academic preparation, service activities, and structured reflection.

A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions.

Give to a charity or good cause.

The practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

Community Service

The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

Linking academic learning with student service that benefits the community. Projects include academic preparation, service activities, and structured reflection.

A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions.

Give to a charity or good cause.

The practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

Internship

The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

Linking academic learning with student service that benefits the community. Projects include academic preparation, service activities, and structured reflection.

A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions.

Give to a charity or good cause.

The practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

Service Learning

The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

Linking academic learning with student service that benefits the community. Projects include academic preparation, service activities, and structured reflection.

A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions.

Give to a charity or good cause.

The practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

Apprenticeship

The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

Linking academic learning with student service that benefits the community. Projects include academic preparation, service activities, and structured reflection.

A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions.

Give to a charity or good cause.

The practice of people working on behalf of others or a particular cause without payment for their time and services

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

Maryland’s 7 Best Practices for Service

Learning• Meet a recognized need in the community.

• Achieve curricular objectives through service learning.

• Reflect throughout the service learning experience.

• Develop student responsibility

• Establish community partnerships

• Plan ahead for service learning

• Equip students with knowledge and skills needed for service

Maryland’s 7 Best Practices for Service

Learning

Maryland’s 7 Best Practices for Service

Learning

Define and identify community needs.

•Complete the T-Chart. What do you need to survive? What do you need to be happy?

•What is a community?•What is a community need?

A group of people living and working

together!Examples:Neighborhood

SchoolTownState

CountryWorld

Define and identify community needs.

•What is a community need?

Identify community needs.

Directions: Read the list of

examples. Click on the

ones that would be

considered actions to

address community needs.Ariel bakes cookies for her classmates.

The Boy Scouts get together to have a car wash in order to raise money for a trip to Six Flags.

Students participate in fundraising activities to benefit Relay for Life.

School population participates in a food drive for the Maryland Food Bank.

Billy cuts the grass for his disabled grandmother every two weeks.

Volunteers construct a skateboard park after several kids get in trouble for skating by school property.

Understand components of Service Learning and develop

examples for a Service Learning project.

•What are the components of Service Learning?

Service Learning by Definition includes…

•Preparation•Action

–Direct– Indirect–Advocacy

•Reflection

Think about the

PREPARATION for a

dance… what would you

do?

What would the ACTION

portion of the dance

include?How would you REFLECT

on the dance?NOW… let’s use a service learning

example. Think about the

PREPARATION that you would need

to complete for participating in a food

drive for the Maryland Food Bank…

what would you do?

What would we do during

the ACTION portion of the

service learning project?How would you REFLECT

on your work for the food

drive? Click here to enter your

answers into your worksheet.

RAPMake fliers announcing the food drive and post throughout the school and neighborhood.

RAPKeep a journal throughout the stages to record benefits and impressions of the project.

RAPCreate a petition in support of the cause.

RAPDecide how you will collect the food.

RAPTake pictures throughout other phases and create a display to post throughout the school.

RAPDecide where you’ll store your food once it is donated.

RAPGo door-to-door asking for donations.

RAPContact mayor or town council about issuing a proclamation to announce the event.

RAPAssess project. What was good or bad? What should we change for next time?

RAPSort and pack donations.

Preparation, Action, or Reflection?

Service Learning by Definition includes…

•Preparation•Action

–Direct– Indirect–Advocacy

•Reflection

Direct Service• Students learn:

– To be responsible for their own actions.– To be dependable– To make a difference in another person’s

life.– To solve problems.– To care for another person.– To focus on the needs of others and put

one’s own problems in context.– To get along with people different from

one’s self.

Tutoring, mentoring, visiting the elderly

Indirect Service•Students learn:

–To work in a team and cooperate.–To play different roles in a group.–To take pride in an accomplishment.–To organize people to get a job done.–To involve others (recruit them to help).

–To perform project-specific skills.–To value working with others to solve a problem.

Drives, Collections, Fundraisers, Clean-ups, Construction

Advocacy•Students Learn:

–To persevere.–To articulate a concern and suggest solutions.

–To persuade people to act in a new way.

–To understand relationships among issues.

–To appreciate the duties and privileges of citizenship.

–To appreciate the political process.

Lobbying, Speaking, Performing

AIDOur story is not quite over because before anybody left for town there was even a louder cry from the river. You guessed it! A dozen babies now were needing to be pulled out to safety. Once the job was done and both friends were standing knee deep in babies, one friend said to the other, “You stay here and protect these children and I will go up the river and find out who is throwing these helpless babies in the water and make sure they stop it!”

AID

It seems the two friends were just about to head back into town with their new find when from the river they heard even louder cries! Quickly investigating they saw six babies now in the same situation all helplessly floating towards them on little rafts. So while one stayed to protect the first baby, the other hero jumped into the water and gathered up all the babies and brought them out to safety. Now standing there with seven crying babies the two friends knew they needed help so one decided to stay and protect all the children while the other went into town, While there, the alert would be put out to collect food, diapers, and bedding ones soon to arrive.

AIDOne day two friends were enjoying a peaceful walk along a river bank when suddenly they heard a disturbing cry. Looking out into the water they saw a tiny baby coming towards them on a small raft. They knew they had to act so they jumped into the shallow water and brought the child to safety. They then discussed how they could temporarily feed and care for the child.

Direct, Indirect, or Advocacy?

Examine benefits of service learning.

•What makes you feel good as a person?

•What things have you done that have made you feel good?

•Read what others have done.•Reflect on effective service learning programs.

Graduation Requirements?

Putting it all together…

•Write a letter to your parent or guardian explaining what service learning is, how it can benefit you as a person, and the state and county requirements for you as a student. Use any of the resources in this PowerPoint.

•Take your letter home and have it signed by your parent or guardian. Return by ___.