Cultivating Student Inquiry With Service-Learning 2017 Personalized Learning Summit Julie Rogers Bascom Service-Learning Coordinator for Edina Public Schools,MN julierogers.bascom@edinaschools.org jmrbascom@gmail.com @juliebascom

Today we will….. Define service-learning Examine the why of investigation/inquiry Consider how to determine a community problem Practice 3 inquiry strategies to guide students

What is Service-Learning?

Service-Learning Service-Learning is an approach to teaching and learning in which students use academic knowledge and skills to solve community problems.

4 Stages of Service-Learning Standards of Quality Service-Learning Identify Desired Results Determine Acceptable Evidence Student Learning cycle - IPARD Self assessment Link to Curriculum Meaningful Service Reflection Duration and Intensity Partnerships Diversity Youth Voice Progress Monitoring

Stage One - Identify Desired Results Starting with student learning targets - Content Standard Character - eg. develop growth mindset Civic - eg. engage in solving a community problem

“Unpacking” a Standard with Learners 5.8.1.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussion (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

How have you/your students determined a community problem? Power of youth voice! Community Mapping Interviewing others Newspapers Discussion with organizations

At your table…... Determine a community issue that you/your **** students might want to address

Stage 3 - IPARD Look at the pie shapes - - pre-service is where we connect to learning and critical thinking

Why Investigation? In Order to Plan ! Identify and understand need Find others with similar concerns Connection to learning Identify and understand need Reflection Consider and measure impact Assessment SL is a process - not a project!!!

MISO M – Media I – Interview S – Survey O - Observation Adapted from Strategies for Success with 21st Century Skills by Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A. copyright 2012 ABCD Books www.abcdbooks.org.

Why have students ask questions? Question Formulation Technique www.rightquestion.org Student ownership Deepens comprehension Make new connections and discoveries

Step 1: Design a Question Focus For example: How does experiencing homelessness impacts student opportunity? What are individual behaviors that affect the environment?

Step 2: Produce Questions Four essential rules for producing your own questions: Ask as many questions as you can. Do not stop to discuss, judge, or answer the questions. Write down every question exactly as it is stated. Change any statement into a question.

Step 3: Improve Your Questions Categorize the question as closed- or open-ended. Name the advantages and disadvantages of each type of question. Change questions from one type to another.

Steps 4, 5, and 6 Step 4: Prioritize the Questions Teachers can provide criteria or guidelines for the selection of priority questions. In an introduction to a unit, the instruction may be, Choose your three most important questions. Why did you choose these three as the most important? Step 5: Teacher and Students Decide on Next Steps Step 6: Students Reflect on What They Have Learned.

Q Matrix - for higher level thinking Who What Where When Why How Is Did Can Would Will Might

Stage Four Self Assessment

Review…... Why investigate How to determine a community problem Three inquiry strategies to guide students

Final Reflection What’s 1 take away? What are you still wondering about? What might you do next in your classroom or service arena?

Resources The Complete Guide to Service Learning by Cathryn Berger Kaye www.cbkassociates.com www.rightquestion.org NYLC - www.nylc.org

Cltivating Student Inquiry With Service-Learning 2017 Personalized Learning Summit Julie Rogers Bascom Service-Learning Coordinator for Edina Public Schools,MN julierogers.bascom@edinaschools.org jmrbascom@gmail.com @juliebascom