service learning k-12 service-learning & effective instructional strategies
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Service LearningService Learning
K-12 Service-Learning &K-12 Service-Learning &
Effective Instructional Effective Instructional StrategiesStrategies
s-l is an instructional s-l is an instructional method that:method that:
1.1. develops 21develops 21stst century skills, including century skills, including critical thinking, problem solving, critical thinking, problem solving, communication, teamwork, creativity, communication, teamwork, creativity, information literacy, and action information literacy, and action planning that prepares students to planning that prepares students to compete in a global economy;compete in a global economy;
2.2. is integrated intentionally into is integrated intentionally into students’ academic curriculum;students’ academic curriculum;
s-l is an instructional s-l is an instructional method that:method that:
3.3. lets students learn and develop lets students learn and develop by actively participating in by actively participating in meeting community needs via meeting community needs via school-community collaborations;school-community collaborations;
4.4. uses regular assessment to uses regular assessment to engage in data-based decision engage in data-based decision making and continuous growth making and continuous growth and development.and development.
Service-Learning is . . .Service-Learning is . . .
a teaching and learning strategya teaching and learning strategy integrating integrating meaningfulmeaningful community community
service service with academic study with academic study and reflective practiceand reflective practice
to enrich learning, build civic to enrich learning, build civic engagement, and strengthen engagement, and strengthen
communitiescommunitiesAdapted from Learning in Deed: The Power of Service-Learning for American
Schools, A Report from the National Commission on Service-Learning, 2002
Service-learning is Service-learning is notnot::
An episodic volunteer programAn episodic volunteer program
Completing minimum service Completing minimum service hours in order to satisfy a class or hours in order to satisfy a class or graduation requirementgraduation requirement
Service assigned as a form of Service assigned as a form of punishmentpunishment
One-sided: benefiting only One-sided: benefiting only students or only the communitystudents or only the community
Brief Before LaunchBrief Before Launch
Service-Learning is a teaching strategy, not a program.
High quality service-High quality service-learning does not learning does not happen by accident or in happen by accident or in isolation.isolation.
Service-learning must Service-learning must incorporate lessons incorporate lessons learned from learned from educational research.educational research.
Education is Changing Education is Changing
(Wellman & Lipton, 2003, p. 2)
Effective Effective Instructional StrategiesInstructional Strategies
WeedWeed the the Garden: Garden:
Students are able Students are able to perform at a to perform at a higher level higher level academically academically when curriculum is when curriculum is deeper in contentdeeper in content
Service-Service-
LearningLearning
Through service-learning, students delve deeper into fewer topics, allowing them to
learn and integrate knowledge more fully.
Effective Effective Instructional StrategiesInstructional Strategies
Inquiry Teaching &Inquiry Teaching &
Higher-Level ThinkingHigher-Level Thinking Involving students in Involving students in
posing questions, posing questions, analyzing data, analyzing data,
and developing and developing conclusions or conclusions or generalizations generalizations
moves their moves their
learning to a learning to a
higher level. higher level.
Service-Service-
LearningLearning
Students identify a Students identify a
community need and community need and carry out a project carry out a project designed to address designed to address that need; to do so, that need; to do so, they integrate they integrate critical thinking skills critical thinking skills and meaningfully and meaningfully interact with interact with knowledge and knowledge and concepts.concepts.
Effective Effective Instructional StrategiesInstructional Strategies
Active EngagementActive Engagement When students are When students are
active in (1) learning active in (1) learning and (2) assessment, and (2) assessment, mastery of academic mastery of academic skills increasesskills increases
along with along with
motivation & motivation &
self-self-
responsibility.responsibility.
Service-Service-
LearningLearning
Students are Students are
actively engaged actively engaged in (1) what they in (1) what they need to learn, (2) need to learn, (2) how to learn & how to learn & apply concepts byapply concepts by
connecting the connecting the
learning to a learning to a project they project they
care about. care about.
Service-Learning = Active LearningService-Learning = Active Learning
What About Dropouts?What About Dropouts?
S-L is a strategy for dropout preventionS-L is a strategy for dropout prevention11. . S-L is important to S-L is important to
– Academic Engagement & AchievementAcademic Engagement & Achievement – School & Work ConnectionsSchool & Work Connections, , – Adult & Student relationshipsAdult & Student relationships, , – Communication, Career & Essential Communication, Career & Essential
Skills, Skills, – Community & Civic EngagementCommunity & Civic Engagement
Effective Effective Instructional StrategiesInstructional Strategies
Student Student Ownership: Ownership:
Students learn Students learn more when they more when they feel personally feel personally invested in the invested in the process.process.
Service-Service-
LearningLearning
Youth Voice:S-L provides a
strong Youth Voice in planning,
implementing, and evaluating
service - learningexperiences with
guidance from adults.
In their own wordsIn their own words
““I was always taught that you went to I was always taught that you went to elementary school to prepare for junior elementary school to prepare for junior high to prepare for high school which high to prepare for high school which prepared you for college which prepared you for college which prepared you for life. prepared you for life.
But life was happening when I was But life was happening when I was fourteen, and I was stuck in school. fourteen, and I was stuck in school.
I wasn’t being prepared, I was being I wasn’t being prepared, I was being held back.”held back.”
Effective Effective Instructional StrategiesInstructional Strategies
Create a democratic Create a democratic environment:environment:
Classrooms that invest Classrooms that invest students in decision students in decision making and classroom making and classroom management management
process develop more process develop more actively engagedactively engaged
students and students and
stronger citizens. stronger citizens.
Service-Service-
LearningLearning
Youth Citizens: Classrooms that
embrace quality service-learning
methodology view students as an asset
to our schools & communities and seek to empower
them through active citizenship.
What about lowering What about lowering Teacher Dropout Teacher Dropout
Rates?Rates? TeacherTeacher:: Service-learning Service-learning
has made me a has made me a better teacher. better teacher.
I can finally push I can finally push my students to my students to meaningfully meaningfully apply and transfer apply and transfer skills they learn.skills they learn.
TeacherTeacher:: Service-learning Service-learning
has become an has become an essential part of essential part of my curriculum my curriculum planning.planning.
In their own wordsIn their own words
StudentStudent““The first time we went to The first time we went to
city council meetings, city council meetings, everyone was afraid. But everyone was afraid. But we began to see that we began to see that they were just people they were just people too, and they thought too, and they thought we had good ideas and we had good ideas and we started to feel like we started to feel like we were working we were working together with them”together with them”
StudentStudent““Service-learning Service-learning
makes school makes school more interesting. more interesting. We learn about We learn about all of our subjects all of our subjects and we learn how and we learn how to cooperate and to cooperate and work in groups.”work in groups.”
Effective Effective Instructional StrategiesInstructional Strategies
Reflection:Reflection: Effective learning Effective learning
must involve a must involve a process of process of meaningful reflection meaningful reflection embedded embedded
throughout the throughout the
learning learning
experience. experience.
Service-Service-
LearningLearning
Reflection: Ongoing,
meaningful reflection is a key component
in high quality service-learning.
Reflection reinforces
learning
Pete ReadyEducation Specialist Office of Educational Improvement & InnovationOregon Department of Education255 Capitol Street NESalem, OR 97310503.947-5785 [email protected]
program web pages:www.ode.state.or.us/go/servicelearningwww.ode.state.or.us/go/21cclc