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The goal of this website program is to provide teacher candidates with the background and knowledge necessary to
plan, write, and implement thoughtfully designed Service-Learning experiences which enable pupils to develop
confidence in their skills and abilities as well as social awareness and sense of compassion for others.
The lessons and activities are designed to assist the teacher candidates/learners in achieving several objectives.
At the completion of this course of study, the learners will:
- Develop an understanding of how Service-Learning can benefit all students, including those identified for
special education services and students who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Know and understand definitions of Service-Learning as well as the national and California standards for
Service-Learning
- Develop the skills necessary to design thoughtfully organized Service-Learning experiences which prepare
pupils for a better quality of life as adults
- Develop an understanding of "high service/integrated learning" projects that meet important needs, are well
organized, and are clearly integrated with the knowledge, skill, and value goals of the classroom
- Know and understand the elements of high quality Service-Learning: (1) integrated learning; (2) high
quality service; (3) student voice; (4) reflection; (5) collaboration; (6) civic responsibility; and (7) evaluation
(Service-Learning 2000 Center, Stanford University, CA)
- Know and understand the steps necessary for creating a Service-Learning program in an inclusive classroom:
(1) visioning and pre-planning; (2) planning; (3) implementation; (4) evaluation; and (5) modification
(Partners in School Innovation, San Francisco)
- Develop the competence necessary to implement thoughtfully organized Service-Learning experiences for their pupils
- Develop an understanding that experiences in Service-Learning provide opportunities for all pupils,
regardless of ability or disability, to combine and use knowledge and skill in meaningful ways
- Be prepared to become education professionals who can nurture relationships between pupils with disabilities
and their nondisabled peers and pupils of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds through Service-Learning
One student teacher summarizes her experience in implementing Service-Learning: "As a teacher, I have access
to a strategy (Service-Learning) that will enable me to touch students' lives and make a difference; they will
remember it for the rest of their lives."
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