99 Ways to Give and Recieve

Global Education Conference 2011 By Sean Thomas Moroney, M.Ed.

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99 Ways to Give & ReceiveA Service Learning Primer

What is Service Learning?

Broad Definition:

• Learning through “doing” with and for others

• Responding through personal action to existing needs on a local, national or global scale

• Contributing to and/or building (a) community by volunteering time, work, money or resources

• Planning, applying, reflecting and recording experience and results

99 Ways+ to Give & ReceiveAn Educators’ Guide to Service Learning

Some common examples:

• Students learn as a class about a need or cause then raise funds for support or relief

• Students study and identify an existing need -(usually locally) and then develop a plan together to respond with action

Students subscribe to teacher/school organized plan or project and respond with service action, performance e.g, school trip to work in an area of need

• Students create individualized plans to perform service work volunteering their time and talent e.g., IB CAS or similar


Some outcomes, benefits to Learning Communities

• Students can participate in experiential learning

• Develop and apply new skills in real time in the “real world”

• May grow critical thinking and problem solving ability

• Understand the relevance of learning, education

• Be able to meet and work with people from different backgrounds

• Can make a difference in the community by sharing their skills and talents

• Consider options for career



Roles -Teachers: Create service course or project rationale, learning objectives, from or aligned with school curriculum framework or documents

Identify, Articulate learning objectives, outcomes

Develop and provide learning assessment tools portfolios materials, rubrics etc.

Promote resources which record reflection and coherency from service experiences e.g. photo/videography, blogs.

Network and share opportunities to join service with others in their learning and greater community


Things that work:

• Consistent, communication, discourse• Assigning coordinators to manage service projects • Relationships with community and/or other

organizations must be characterized by clear communication, openness and trust.

• Shared risk and benefits between communities, organization

• Planning and problem solving decision making• Assessment, evaluation needs to be created for all

stakeholders: feedback, teachers, students and related organizations

• Project, course, tracking, assessment, and follow-up.


Symbiosis:

Working community service-learning programs are built on relationships which offer reciprocal benefits to all community stakeholders students, teachers, parents, recipients/ partner organizations

• Effective service learning programs are a model of symbiotic relationships between the learning and the service taking place


Is Your School Ready & Able to support a Learning Service program?

How much are students currently engaged in school based service project, including extra curricular programs?

How much does the school integrate service, give credit for documented service experiences, or require that students perform service?

How available is an assigned teacher or coordinator to organize the program, meet with students and agency representatives?

How supportive of service and experiential learning are the principal and other administrators?

How flexible is the schedule to allow students to be in the community as part of their education experience?

How much are learning outcomes that include citizenship, community involvement, respect for diversity, and social responsibility seen as part of the school’s mission?

International Society for Technology Educationhttp://www.iste.org/

World IB Organizationhttp://www.ibo.org/

Shifting to 21st Century Thinking in Schoolshttp://www.shiftingthinking.org/

Educational Collaborators 1:1 Readiness Surveyhttp://is.gd/19RC21

21st Century Skillshttp://www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com/

Sources & Resources

http://www.iste.org/welcome.aspx



http://www.ibo.org/

http://www.ibo.org/

http://www.ibo.org/

http://www.shiftingthinking.org/

http://www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com/

Sean Thomas Moroney, M.Ed.

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