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Module 1 - Introducing Service-Learning
Lesson 3 : The Standards of Quality for Service-Learning
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Standards of Quality provide the foundation for developing Service-Learning as an instructional
strategy. Below is the list, Standards of Quality for School-based Service-Learning, developed
by the ALLIANCE FOR SERVICE-LEARNING IN EDUCATION REFORM.
Study the following list of Standards.
Standards of Quality for School-based Service-Learning:
- Effective service-learning efforts strengthen service and academic learning.
- Model service-learning provides concrete opportunities for youth to learn new skills, to think
critically, and to test new roles in an environment that encourages risk-taking and rewards competence.
- Preparation and reflection are essential elements in service-learning.
- Students' efforts are recognized by their peers and the community they serve.
- Youth are involved in the planning.
- The service that students perform makes a meaningful contribution to the community.
- Effective service-learning integrates systematic formative and summative evaluation.
- Service-learning connects a school and its community in new and positive ways.
- Service-learning is understood and supported as an integral element in the life of a school and its community.
- Skilled adult guidance and supervision are essential to the success of service-learning.
- Pre-service training and staff development programs which include the philosophy and methodology of
service-learning best ensure that program quality and continuity are maintained.
(From ALLIANCE FOR SERVICE-LEARNING IN EDUCATION REFORM, 1993; STANDARDS OF
QUALITY FOR SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING, by V.T. Chester)
 Entry #7:
- Summarize which of the above standards you consider are the most important; You should select at least three.
Discuss why you chose the ones you did.
- Summarize the point of view of the California Superintendent's Service-Learning Task Force Report.
E-mail this journal entry to your instructor as an attachment.
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