Notes from Our Service-Learning Community Walk

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1 Wrksheet 1 Ntes frm Our Service-Learning Cmmunity Walk Strengths and Resurces in Our Cmmunity Cncerns We Have Abut Our Cmmunity Service Opprtunities We See in Our Cmmunity Web 0 Idea: Map yur walk in Ggle Maps r anther similar prgram. This will give the yuth a visual reference fr their wrk. This wrksheet may be reprduced fr nnprfit educatinal purpses. Frm: Rehlkepartain, E. C. Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins: A Practical Guide t Starting and Sustaining High-Quality Prgrams. Sctts Valley, CA: Learn and Serve America s Natinal Service-Learning Clearinghuse, Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins Page 18

2 Wrksheet 2 Sample Interview Questins fr Key Cmmunity Leaders Needs-Based Interview Questins Describe yur rganizatin. What needs is it trying t meet? What prblems is it trying t slve? Hw is it trying t slve them? What are the biggest challenges r prblems facing yur rganizatin at this time? What will it take t fix thse prblems? What culd we d tgether t address these challenges? Strength-Based Interview Questins Describe yur rganizatin. What is its visin? What des it seek t accmplish? What are the strengths f yur rganizatin? Where are yu making a difference? If yu culd have three wishes fr the future f yur rganizatin s wrk, what wuld they be? Hw might we partner with yu t fulfill yur dreams fr the future? This wrksheet may be reprduced fr nnprfit educatinal purpses. Frm: Rehlkepartain, E. C. Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins: A Practical Guide t Starting and Sustaining High-Quality Prgrams. Sctts Valley, CA: Learn and Serve America s Natinal Service-Learning Clearinghuse, Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins Page 19

3 Wrksheet 4 Setting Service-Learning Gals and Indicatrs Gals: What Will We Accmplish? What will participants accmplish that will meet real cmmunity pririties? Indicatrs: Hw Will We Knw? Hw will yu knw when these effrts enhance cmmunity life? Service What skills, knwledge, r attitudes will participants learn? Hw will yu knw when this learning has ccurred? Learning Hw will this service-learning activity help participants grw and develp? What evidence will yu see that participants are grwing? Grwth When yu re develping gals, try t make them SMART: S pecific M easurable A ttainable R ealistic T imely This wrksheet may be reprduced fr nnprfit educatinal purpses. Frm: Rehlkepartain, E. C. Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins: A Practical Guide t Starting and Sustaining High-Quality Prgrams. Sctts Valley, CA: Learn and Serve America s Natinal Service-Learning Clearinghuse, Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins Page 21

4 Wrksheet 10 A Service Prject Jb Descriptin fr Yuth What yu will be ding: Where yu will be ding it: When yu will be ding it and hw much time yu can expect t spend: Yur supervisr (including cntact infrmatin): The expected results r utcmes f yur wrk: Expectatins fr yu while yu are prviding the service: Be curteus, friendly, and respectful t thers serving with yu r receiving the service. Get t knw the peple whm yu are serving. Wrk cperatively as part f yur team t reach the gals. Becme familiar with emergency prcedures at the wrk site. Tell prject leaders r staff when yu cannt meet yur timeline. D nt use language r dress in ways that might be ffensive t peple in the cmmunity. Use yur time (and ther peple s time) well. If yu dn t feel like yu re cntributing, tell a prgram leader. Keep in mind yur learning gals. Try t apply yur knwledge t the situatin. Ask questins abut things that yu dn t understand r that make yu curius. Be hnest in raising issues and cncerns that may arise. Ask fr help in learning new skills that yu need. Have fun! This wrksheet may be reprduced fr nnprfit educatinal purpses. Frm: Rehlkepartain, E. C. Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins: A Practical Guide t Starting and Sustaining High-Quality Prgrams. Sctts Valley, CA: Learn and Serve America s Natinal Service-Learning Clearinghuse, Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins Page 36

5 Wrksheet 12 Key Questins fr Reflectin Use these basic questins as starting pints fr develping the reflectin questins that are specific t yur service-learning prgram r experience. What? What did yu d? What did yu see, hear, smell, taste? What did yu think? What did yu feel? What happened? S What? What des it mean? What difference did ur actins make? Fr whm? Hw? Why d yu think things are the way they are? What d yu think and feel abut it nw? Nw What? What changes will yu make because f what yu learned and experienced? Hw will yu apply what yu ve learned t yur everyday life and learning? Hw will yu apply what yu ve learned t the brader scial and plitical issues that yu care abut? This wrksheet may be reprduced fr nnprfit educatinal purpses. Frm: Rehlkepartain, E. C. Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins: A Practical Guide t Starting and Sustaining High-Quality Prgrams. Sctts Valley, CA: Learn and Serve America s Natinal Service-Learning Clearinghuse, Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins Page 41

6 Wrksheet 16 Planning a Culminating Event Use this template t plan a final event that hnrs participants effrts, allws them t share what they have learned, and builds n their service-learning fr the future. Title f the event: Date and time: Lcatin: Participants and their rles: Participant Rles and Respnsibilities Hw will yu invite participants t the event? Activities: Hw will yu celebrate, demnstrate knwledge, grwth, and impact, and set the stage fr the future? Write a brief agenda fr the event. Hw will yu publicize the event (press release, psters, etc.)? Hw will yu evaluate the success f the event? This wrksheet is adapted frm RMC Research Crpratin (2006). K 12 Service-Learning Prject Planning Tlkit. Sctts Valley, CA: Natinal Service-Learning Clearinghuse. Dwnlad frm This wrksheet may be reprduced fr nnprfit educatinal purpses. Frm: Rehlkepartain, E. C. Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins: A Practical Guide t Starting and Sustaining High-Quality Prgrams. Sctts Valley, CA: Learn and Serve America s Natinal Service-Learning Clearinghuse, Service-Learning in Cmmunity-Based Organizatins Page 49

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