“…a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.”~National Commission on Service-Learning www.servicelearning.org

WHAT IS SERVICE-LEARNING?

Simon Corson, H’16 meets with City Manager Matt Horn and

Town Supervisor Mark Venuti

Students from Prof. Ted Aub’s Intro to Arch. Design built a bridge at the Geneva Garden Apartments

Happiness House is an educational, residential, health and human service organization that excels in providing the highest quality, innovative and cost effective services to children and adults with and without disabilities through collaboration with families and partners throughout the Finger Lakes community.

Our belief in the principles of equal opportunity, independence and realization of individual potential is the cornerstone of who we are and what we do. We believe “What Happens Here Changes Lives Forever”.

We envision every community being ready to welcome and utilize the talents and abilities of all individuals. 

http://www.happinesshouse.org/

Service-Learners need:

To be available between 8am – 3pm M-F

Completed Volunteer Application Unofficial HWS transcript copy Signed Confidentiality Agreement Signed Code of Conduct Statement Completed & Signed Criminal

Conviction Statement (volunteering less than 20 hours does not require additional finger-printing)

Completed and Signed Statewide Central Register Database Form - must provide all current and prior addresses

TB Test / Physical @ Hubbs (within 6 months) Orientation

Cozy Days is our Pre-School for 3 and 4 year old children offering a Christian environment in a pleasant, cozy setting.

https://sites.google.com/site/zionlutherangeneva/cozy-days

Service Learners need:

Availability between 8:830-11:45

Carpool / drive to Snell Rd location (near Belhurst)

Agri-Business Child Development (ABCD), founded in 1946, is committed to providing the highest quality early childhood education and social services to farm worker and other eligible families across New York State.

As a non-profit provider of high quality culturally and linguistically diverse child development services for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers, Agri-Business Child Development ensures that each child receives comprehensive educational, health and social services.

http://www.abcdny.org/about

Service-Learners need To be organized (paperwork /

appointments) Bilingual skills welcome! Availability 8am-noon M-F Carpool/drive to Goodman

Street location Physical / TB test @ Hubbs State Central Registry (list

where you have lived for 28 years)

Finger prints (no cost/bring photo ID)

Self Criminal Conviction Statement

Geneva City School District (GCSD) Head Start offers a first rate preschool education to preschool age students throughout Ontario County. GCSD is the grantee for the Head Start program in Ontario County, serving 153 children throughout the county. This includes 85 children enrolled at Geneva West Street School Head Start. Our delegate sites are located at Canandaigua Happiness House and Clifton Springs Our Children's Place Child Care Center, each program serves 34 children

Our program serves children who will be three or four years old by Dec. 1 and meet the Head Start eligibility requirements. Head Start works with Geneva schools and families to promote school readiness as children transition to kindergarten. This free program focuses on all aspects of healthy development for each child, including social, emotional, cognitive and physical development. 

http://www.genevacsd.org/headstart.cfm?subpage=1926251

Service Learners need:

Availability M-F 9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. for 4-year-olds and Monday through Thursday 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. or 12:15 to 3:45 p.m. for 3-year-olds.

Carpool / Drive to West Street Review Volunteer Handbook and

sign last page Fill out Geneva Head Start

Volunteer Application Form (including confidentiality and volunteer consent form)

No flip flops…

Geneva Lakefront Childcare Center seeks to provide the best possible child care at an affordable cost to families around Geneva.

High Quality care for children from 6 weeks to 12 years

Breakfast/lunch/ afternoon snack provided

http://www.genevalakefrontchildcarecenter.com/

Service-Learners need:

Availability between 7 – 12:30 or 3-5:45

Walking distance to campus

No paperwork

The Jim Dooley Center for Early Learning currently serves both employees of Finger Lakes Health and residents of the community. Programs include infant care through after-school care, for ages 6 weeks through 6th grade.  

These programs, based on age and development, are supervised by a registered nurse and teachers with college degrees in early childhood education. The Jim Dooley Center for Early Learning is licensed by the New York State Department of Social Services. The Center was the first local child care facility to earn accreditation in 1997 and again in 2007 by the National Association for the Education of Young Children for exceeding standards in early childhood education.

http://www.flhealth.org/child-care-center

Service Learners Need:

Availability between 7am – 6pm Mon-Fri

Carpool / drive to Hospital location

TB Test / Physical from Hubbs Review Dress Code Policy and

Student Information Handbook and sign Student Information Sheet Student/Intern

Commitment and Confidentiality Agreement

Take “Student Orientation Test” (information available in handbook)

West Street School PAWS Night is an afterschool program for students and families on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 to 7 p.m.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. PAWS Night activities focus on health and wellness, academic and technology connections, family connections and homework support. Special workshops using technology, literacy and math games, and game time in the gym are just some of the activities offered. 

http://www.genevacsd.org/West.cfm?subpage=936412

Volunteers need to: Role model “PAWS

behavior” P – Patience and

KindnessA – Academic ExcellenceW – Working TogetherS – Safe and In Control 

Tues or Thurs 3:15-7pm

What’s next?1.CCESL will confirm your schedule with the community partners 2.CCESL will send you a placement email to confirm details (days/times, transportation, directions)3.Be sure to SAVE this email – which may include directions on additional steps needed for your placement (volunteer application, TB test, etc.)4.IMPRESS your community partner! You’re a reflection of HWS and your professor, and ask when a good time would be to have the SL Contract signed

The Service-Learning Colleague will be responsible for communication between the community partner(s), The Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning (CCESL), and the faculty member. The Colleague’s ability to serve as a liaison is key to ensuring students have a successful service-learning experience.

Service-Learning Colleagues: Support them in making connections with their site partners Discuss their service-learning experience Encourage them to talk directly to the professor about their

experience Discuss any issues they might be having and how they can

be handled Assist them in making their experience more meaningful

Assist with paperwork distribution and collection: Service-learning contract Service-learning hours – and CollegiateLink Facilitation

Send your resume to kflowers@hws.edu

SERVICE-LEARNING COLLEAGUE

FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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Did you know that the SJSP

Minors requires 2 Service-Learning Classes?

QUESTIONS?

Service-Learning Classes represent about 25% of what CCESL does to promote student civic engagement… America Reads, Community Service House, Alternative Spring Break, 4 Days of Service, Big Brother Big Sisters, etc.

PowerPoint on CCESL webpage of other opportunities and check out the bi-weekly “Compass Times”

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