1. International Service Learning, Spain
Professor: Sarah Melanson, Valencia College
Students: Cristyne Ramirez, Cristal Badillo

2. Questions:
What? Assisting English teachers in the classroom in a public school
Where? Santander, Spain
When? Summer A, 2016
Who? Four Valencia students (3 education majors, 1 psychology major)
Why?
How?
The rest of the presentation will answer the last two questions

3. 2013: My sabbatical
Volunteering at the school I identified a need and had an idea

4. Port of Santander

5. My idea:
Bring Valencia students to Santander to work in the classrooms, assisting the English teachers, designing games and activities to help the children practice English. How can this be developed into a study-abroad opportunity?

6. Steps/challenges Bringing administration on board
Funding (different for short term vs. semester)
Faculty development requirements
Models for study abroad (short term vs. semester, service learning vs. internship)
Utilizing local connections
Recruitment/applications
Travel arrangements
Pre-departure meetings/orientations
Timing 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 week options. # of credits. 8 st. minimum

7. Bringing administration on board
Director of SAGE
Two Deans
Director of Internships
Director of Service Learning

8. Professional development requirements
Credentials for Education (UCF graduate school, two 3-credit classes). Spring and Summer 2014.
Study Abroad Program Leader certificate (SAGE, 20 hours). Fall 2013.
Credentials for ED were so that I could be faculty advisor for Education internship. In the end we did not offer this so I didn’t need to have taken those 6 credits.

9. Models for Study Abroad
Short term study abroad vs. semester abroad
Funding (set amount per trip vs. 1/3)
Faculty role (faculty-led versus
independent travel)
Minimum number of students
Internship versus service learning
Credits: 80 versus 20 hours
Pre-requisites Introduction to Education
We made it a semester abroad (later it got changed to hybrid). 8 st. minimum, could not take 8 sts because school could not accept them. Could go with 1 or 2 or up to 4, more if they chose to go different weeks. 2 week minimum. Stil semester abroad if sts travel independently. It was decided to offer as both options. But it did not work out that year because of applications going through internships.

10. Utilizing local connections
Juncal and Sarah, May 2015

11. Recruitment/Applications, fall 2015
Education classes
VFE
Study abroad fairs
International Education Week
EPI (not degree seeking, no scholarship)
Applications: SAGE, internship, or Service Learning?
Different requirements (pre-requisites, GPA, # of credits)
EPI is Education Preparation Institute. We went with aplications through SL because had not worked previous year through iNternship.

12. Interviews, November 2015 Native speakers of English
Passionate about working with children (but not necessarily Education majors)
Ability to design activities and games
Flexible, open to new ideas and ways of thinking
Spanish not required

13. Travel arrangements
At interview, students decided to go during the same four weeks and travel together.
Hybrid short-term faculty led and semester abroad.
Booking the flights.
Ground transportation.
Passports.
Packing, airline luggage restrictions.
By making it hybrid, sts then were included in short term for things like required orientations and also got bigger scholarship. Local connections helped with ground trnasportation.

14. Pre-departure meetings/orientations
Required SAGE orientation
Meeting in the EAP lab
Contacts with Juncal and Teresa
SLA book
Information from host families
Phone information

15. On our way!

16. In Santander
Attend pre and post service orientations/meetings with school
Hold weekly meetings with students (total of 4 meetings at local cafés and places of interest)
Manage budget
Help with questions about bus and train travel, phone plans
Be ‘on call’ in case of problem
Liase/coordinate between school director, Juncal, homestay families, students, and Valencia College
Visit University of Cantabria to discuss this program and future collaborations

17. Vega and Mora
Playa Liencres