1. Integrating Service-Learning into a Standards-Based Teacher Education Program at a Mercy Institution
Dr. Sara Alexis Rutledge
Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Mount Aloysius College

2. Welcome, Introductions, and Relationship to Conference Theme

3. Literature Review of Current Research in the Field of Service-Learning in Higher Education
What is Service-Learning?
History of Service-Learning in Higher Education
Theoretical Basis for Service-Learning
Benefits of Service-Learning
Characteristics of Service-Learning
Components of Service-Learning
Connection Between Service-Learning and Social Justice
Rationale for Service-Learning in Teacher Education
Impact of Service-Learning on Enhanced Academic Learning and Student Retention
Federal Support of Service-Learning

4. Best Practices for Integrating Quality Service-Learning Projects into Teacher Education Programs
Share Experiences
Challenges and Rewards (Clearances, Transportation, Museum Thank You Letter From Student)
Developing and Maintaining Partnerships

5. Strategies for Meeting State and National Standards
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Association for Teacher Educators
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Mount Aloysius College Mission Statement and Strategic Plan
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education

7. Research on Service-Learning in Teacher Preparation Programs
There is an extensive amount of research concerning the critical importance of service-learning in teacher preparation programs.
Several researchers (e.g., Harwood, Fliss, & Goulding, 2006; Root, Callahan, & Sepanski, 2002; Vickers, 2007) found that when teacher candidates engage in service-learning projects, they are more likely to become sensitive to students’ developmental needs, understand the social-emotional learning that can serve to support academic learning for the students, and develop a more realistic view of the teaching profession, which in turn can help them to adjust and stay within the profession when they become teachers. Other researchers noted that teacher candidates that engage in service-learning become more culturally sensitive (Boyle-Baise, 2005; Brown & Howard, 2005).
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8. Service Learning
"A good college affirms that service to others is a central part of education." The Carnegie Foundation, College: The Undergraduate Experience in America
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has!" Margaret Mead
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else." Ben Franklin
"The greatest tragedy is not to live and die, as we all must. The greatest tragedy is for a person to live and die without knowing the satisfaction of giving life to others." Cesar E. Chavez

9. Showcase of Ten Successful Service-Learning Collaborations
Dr. Rutledge’s Teaching Load:
4 different Courses Each Semester=
8 Preparations per year plus one summer class
This will be my 9th year teaching at Mount Aloysius College and I have implemented 10 service learning projects into all 8 my courses.

10. ED 320 Applied Learning Strategies for the Exceptional Learner and the Bridge Program from Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8

11. ED 320 Applied Learning Strategies for the Exceptional Learner and the Pennsylvania Association for Individuals with Disabilities

12. ED 305 The Art of Effective Teaching and The Lexia Program at the Arc of Blair County

13. CS 302 Technology in Education and The Ann Harris Smith Child Development Center

14. CS 302 Technology in Education and NCLB Blue Ribbon School Pocopson Elementary School

16. ED 119 Aesthetic Experiences for Young Children and the Johnstown Children’s Museum

17. ED 119 Aesthetic Experiences for Young Children and the “Aesthetic Experiences for Children in Western and Central Pennsylvania Resource Guide”

18. SO 301 Multicultural Issues in Education and Society and Human Service Agencies in Cambria, Blair, Bedford, Somerset, and Center Counties

19. ED 414 Creating and Adapting Curriculum and the Greater Johnstown School District Tutoring Program

20. ED 310 Methods of Teaching Math and Horace Mann Elementary School in the Indiana Area School District

21. The Annual Mount Aloysius College Service-Learning Exposition

22. Recommendations, Conclusions, and Discussion

23. Resources The Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education
The International Journal for Research on Service-Learning in Teacher Education
Campus Compact and Pennsylvania Campus Compact
Learn and Serve America
The International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education at Duke University
Service-Learning Student Guide and Journal and Service-Learning Higher Education Guide
Southern Allegheny Learn and Serve Alliance (SALSA)