2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow Social Enterprise for Learning (SEfL) as Preparation for High Quality Internships Presentation by: Deborah McKoy, PhD UC Berkeley Patricia Theel, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) SFUSD teachers

SEfL Initiative: A work-based learning and internship preparation strategy integrating literacy and 21 st Century Skills

Today’s Workshop Goals Share SEfL vision and theory Provide materials and tools Lessons from the Field: SFUSD adoption of SEfL as internship preparation

Social Enterprises for Learning (SEfL) STC/WBL/CTE strategy, developed in 1998 Three main outcomes: 1.Social: provide benefits to a larger community or general public 2.Enterprise: produce goods or services for clients or customers 3.Learning: enable participants to develop specified kinds of knowledge and skills Applicable to a range of career themes and contexts

Why SEfL? SEfL Projects are authentic, inquiry-based learning opportunities Initiatives provide important professional/career context and give a professional trajectory to high school students Academy students are too often not prepared to take full advantage of internships as they are not prepared

SFUSD: SEfL as Internship Preparation Get inspired – develop relationships, share resources! Visioning, developing and improving enterprise project ideas Working with clients Knowledge into Action!

Lessons from the Field Greatest assets to SEfL learning experiences Greatest challenges and lessons to learn from

SEfL in Action Demonstration of several SEfL projects

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