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Building Capacity and Building Capacity and

Sustainability in Your DistrictSustainability in Your District

JoAnn HendersonJoAnn Henderson

Education Commission of the StatesEducation Commission of the States

Terri Mutranowski, Colleen Perry and John WeissTerri Mutranowski, Colleen Perry and John Weiss

Greendale Middle SchoolGreendale Middle School

Building Capacity and Building Capacity and

Sustainability in Your DistrictSustainability in Your District

JoAnn HendersonJoAnn Henderson

Education Commission of the StatesEducation Commission of the States

Terri Mutranowski, Colleen Perry and John WeissTerri Mutranowski, Colleen Perry and John Weiss

Greendale Middle SchoolGreendale Middle School

Building CapacityBuilding CapacityBuilding CapacityBuilding Capacity

Building SustainabilityBuilding Sustainability

Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

Creating PartnershipsCreating Partnerships

Service-Learning in Service-Learning in GreendaleGreendale

Service-Learning in Service-Learning in GreendaleGreendale

Move from community service to Move from community service to

service-learningservice-learning

Americorps and Vista volunteersAmericorps and Vista volunteers

Staff and student leadershipStaff and student leadership

Offering professional development Offering professional development

Service-Learning in Service-Learning in GreendaleGreendale

Service-Learning in Service-Learning in GreendaleGreendale

Seek funding sourcesSeek funding sources

Learn and Serve GrantLearn and Serve Grant

Collaboration with area districtsCollaboration with area districts

Implementation of projects Implementation of projects

Building Building SustainabilitySustainability

Building Building SustainabilitySustainability

Support from administration and Support from administration and

school boardschool board

Strategic planStrategic plan

Building and district goalsBuilding and district goals

Yearly school board updateYearly school board update

School board policySchool board policy

Building Building SustainabilitySustainability

Building Building SustainabilitySustainability

Educate communityEducate community

Part of curriculum review processPart of curriculum review process

Use data to show benefits of Use data to show benefits of

service-learningservice-learning

Build capacityBuild capacity

Building Building SustainabilitySustainability

Building Building SustainabilitySustainability

Provide sources for informationProvide sources for information

Publicize what you are doingPublicize what you are doing

Make it part of the hiring processMake it part of the hiring process

Educate new teachers/mentorEducate new teachers/mentor

Link to character education and school Link to character education and school

climate programsclimate programs

Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopmentProfessional Professional

DevelopmentDevelopment

Goal-setting modelGoal-setting model

Provide opportunities for professional Provide opportunities for professional

developmentdevelopment

Identify funding sourcesIdentify funding sources

Educate new teachersEducate new teachers

Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopmentProfessional Professional

DevelopmentDevelopmentAttendance at service-learning Attendance at service-learning

conferencesconferences

Provide staff with resourcesProvide staff with resources

Opportunities for sharingOpportunities for sharing

TimeTime

Create product that can be sharedCreate product that can be shared

PartnershipsPartnershipsPartnershipsPartnerships

Importance of establishing partnershipsImportance of establishing partnerships

Process of identifying partnershipsProcess of identifying partnerships

Making connections to communityMaking connections to community

Bringing Communities Bringing Communities TogetherTogether

Bringing Communities Bringing Communities TogetherTogether

Service Learning~ Service Learning~ The Time Is NowThe Time Is Now

Service Learning~ Service Learning~ The Time Is NowThe Time Is Now

Greendale Middle SchoolGreendale Middle School

By Colleen Perry, 8th Grade Social StudiesBy Colleen Perry, 8th Grade Social StudiesGreendale Middle SchoolGreendale Middle School

By Colleen Perry, 8th Grade Social StudiesBy Colleen Perry, 8th Grade Social Studies

SustainabilitySustainabilitySustainabilitySustainability

88thth-grade social studies ~ curriculum is built with -grade social studies ~ curriculum is built with

service learning opportunities in mind: service learning opportunities in mind: Africa Project

Project-based learning: Project-based learning: BIE

Students make connections to real world problems Students make connections to real world problems

Presentation Piece ~ accountability, sharing Presentation Piece ~ accountability, sharing

findings, making connections, moving students to findings, making connections, moving students to

act... act... Helping America Help Africa is born

After the Project ~ After the Project ~ After the Project ~ After the Project ~

Student assessment/ self and peer with interest Student assessment/ self and peer with interest

opportunity/ideasopportunity/ideas

Meeting for the “Africa Committee” planned Meeting for the “Africa Committee” planned

(32 students interested)(32 students interested)

Helping America Help Africa is born with an Helping America Help Africa is born with an

emphasis on HIV/AIDS, hunger and academicsemphasis on HIV/AIDS, hunger and academics

Executive Board is elected by group Executive Board is elected by group

Raising funds begins: Raising funds begins: News Article Online

Unexpected Outcome~ Unexpected Outcome~

PartnershipsPartnerships Unexpected Outcome~ Unexpected Outcome~

PartnershipsPartnerships Micro level of students working toward a common goalMicro level of students working toward a common goal

Leaders learn to lead and motivateLeaders learn to lead and motivate

Anxious members learn to focus attention on one Anxious members learn to focus attention on one

project at a time, follow through to completion, project at a time, follow through to completion,

celebrate accomplishmentscelebrate accomplishments

Reaching out to community ~ home/parent support, Reaching out to community ~ home/parent support,

sharing mission at bake sale, with Greendale Patch sharing mission at bake sale, with Greendale Patch

reporterreporter

Next Steps ~ Next Steps ~ Educate Others on Issues Educate Others on Issues

Next Steps ~ Next Steps ~ Educate Others on Issues Educate Others on Issues

Students are anxious to spread their knowledge with Students are anxious to spread their knowledge with

others ~ some ideas:others ~ some ideas:

Elementary students: assembly with digital Elementary students: assembly with digital

presentation and interactive stations presentation and interactive stations

demonstrating challenges the people of African demonstrating challenges the people of African

countries facecountries face

Public: through a “Walk for Africa”Public: through a “Walk for Africa”

Stand at village celebrations ~ and beyond Stand at village celebrations ~ and beyond

through high schoolthrough high school

PartnershipsBuilding Community

Terri Mutranowski - 6th-Grade English

The Village of Greendale

Greendale Middle School

•Proximity to Village

•Some GMS students are viewed as “trouble”

Building Community

• Students want the business people to come and speak to our classes to see how we can “Build Community” together

• T-shirts are made for both students and partners

Guest Speakers

Brainstorming ways to build mutual respect

•Work two Fridays each month

•Cleaning at Ferch’s Malt Shoppe and Grille

Put Us to Work!

Gardening for Shoppe Around the Corner

Put Us to Work!

Making Candy for Apples of Eden

Put Us to Work!

Vacuuming for Broadstreet Coffee

Put Us to Work!

Filing for Reimann Publications Visitors’ Center

Put Us to Work!

Business partners show appreciation through certificates, thank you notes, etc.

The Payoff!

Recognition

Certificates are framed to give to business partners

Reflection

• Business partners are given questionnaires regarding objectives of the service-learning project

• Valuable feedback is given

• Partners want to continue the project in the future

Curriculum Links

• One of the links is our iPhoto books project using the theme of building community

• Student Voice - Students suggest that the settings of the books take place at our area businesses

• Student Voice – Give businesses copies of the books

Celebration

• Invite our business partners to an assembly to celebrate our partnerships

•Presentation of iPhoto books

•Award iPhoto books as gifts to partners

Assembly

Celebration

Students share iPhoto presentations

Celebration

Business partners enjoying presentations and receiving iPhoto books

Celebration

Business partners receiving iPhoto books

Celebration

Partnership Notes

• Weekly communication with students

• Reflection through questionnaires

• Incorporate academic links at the businesses in addition to the classroom

• Partners included in the celebration

• Partners need to want the involvement

Education Commission of the StatesEducation Commission of the Stateswww.ecs.org

National Center for Learning & CitizenshipNational Center for Learning & Citizenshipwww.ecs.org/nclc

Education Commission of the StatesEducation Commission of the Stateswww.ecs.org

National Center for Learning & CitizenshipNational Center for Learning & Citizenshipwww.ecs.org/nclc