1. What is Service-Learning?

2. Service-Learning Community Service Extracurricular activity Examples:
Canned food drive
Work in a soup kitchen
Visit a nursing home
Service-Learning
Project basis for meaningful teaching and learning
Inquiry
Problem solving
Real-life situations in the community
Brought back in to the classroom

3. Service-Learning is . . .
A means of education by which young people learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully-organized service experiences that:
Meet actual community needs
Are coordinated in collaboration with the school and community
Are integrated into each young person’s academic curriculum
Provide structured time for a young person to think, talk, and write about what he/she did and saw during the actual service activity
Provide young people with opportunities to use newly acquired academic skills and knowledge in real-life situations in their own communities
Enhance what is taught in school by extending student learning beyond the classroom
Help to foster the development of a sense of caring for others
Alliance for Service Learning in Education Reform (ASLER), 1993, p.2

4. Service-Learning is . . .
A method and philosophy of experiential learning through which participants in community service meet community needs while developing their abilities for critical thinking and group problem solving, their commitment and values, and the skills they need fro effective citizenship. (Mintz and Liu, 1994, p. 12)

5. Eight Common Elements of Service-Learning
Meets actual community need
Coordinates with school and community
Integrates into academic curriculum
Provides structured time for reflection
Provides opportunities to use newly acquired skills/knowledge in real life situations
Enhances what is taught in the classroom
Fosters a sense of caring for others
Encourages an ethic of citizenship

6. Service-Learning Cycle

7. PARE + C Preparation Action Reflection Evaluation
Celebration and Recognition