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Service-LearningService-LearningThe Time Is NowThe Time Is NowService-LearningService-LearningThe Time Is NowThe Time Is Now
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