SERVICE-LEARNING

A Path to Civic and Career ReadinessPANELISTS: JAHANA HAYES

2016 National Teacher of the Year

SEN. GARY STEVENSAlaska State Senate

MODERATOR: PAUL J. BAUMANN, PH.D.Director, National Center for Learning and Civic Engagement

June 28, 2017 2017 National Forum on Education Policy

No Zero-Sum Game

Civic Readiness

College Readiness

Career Readiness

• Shared Student Outcomes

• Shared Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Care and concern for communities. Knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to

participate effectively in democratic life. Six Proven Practices:

1. Instruction in government, history, law and democracy.

2. Discussion of current and controversial issues and events.

3. Service-learning.4. Extracurricular activities.5. Participation in school governance.6. Simulations of democratic processes and

procedures.

Civic Readiness

Able to navigate pathways that connect education and employment.

Adaptable to new jobs and careers and committed to lifelong learning.

Incorporates engaging workplace experiences, including service-learning.

Career Readiness

Integrates intentional teaching with experiential learning that engages students as agents of change in their communities.

Students acquire and apply cross-disciplinary, standards-based, academic content and college and career readiness skills to address student-identified real world community issues and problems.

Service-Learning

Service-learning identified as a strategy to increase student civic engagement in 19 states + DC.

Service-learning identified as means of preparing students for the workplace in 24 states.

Service-learning identified in 9 states as strategy for both civic and workplace readiness.

Where Do States Stand?

Service-learning boosts academic engagement, educational aspirations, acquisitions of 21st

century skills and community engagement.

Service-learning makes strong contributions to students’ commitments to civic participation.

Service-learning contributes to students’ job- and career-related skills and aspirations.

Service-learning results in fewer in- and out-of-school suspensions for students.

What does the research say?

Thank You!