Second Session of the Gear Up for Service-Learning Success is this Thursday!

Please see below for more information.  The second session in this series is this Thursday at 12 PM EST.  Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity!

 

National Service-Learning Partnership and the National Youth Leadership Council 

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Gear Up for Service-Learning Success: The National Learn & Serve Challenge

The National Service-Learning Partnership and National Youth Leadership Council invite you to participate in a series of webinars;

1) An Introduction to Service-Learning: The National Standards for High Quality Service-Learning (happened 10/28 and will be archived at www.learnandservechallenge.org)  

2)  Understanding the Service-Learning Cycle

3)  The Value of Self- Assessment for Quality and Sustainable Service-Learning

 

This series is intended to provide an in depth look at how organizations might begin or possibly improve upon existing service-learning programming.  Throughout all three of these webinars we will explore how a new and exciting online professional development network known as the Generator School Network (GSN)  a for educators working in service-learning can help educators on their journey to improve the quality of their learning practices.  While each webinar is intended to build upon the previous, feel free to join any one or all sessions.

1)  To join these webinars visit www.readytalk.com  on the following dates and times:

 

(Oct. 28^th at 11:00 am CST                 Intro to Service-Learning)

 

Nov. 12^th at 11:00 am CST                  The Service-Learning Cycle

 

Dec. 3^rd at 11:00 am CST                    Self-Assessment and the GSN Resources

 

Join us by logging onto www.readytalk.com and typing89912⿝ as the access code underJoin a Meeting  You will be asked to provide your name and e-mail address to register.  The audio portion is done through a conference call line; join the audio by dialing 866-740-1260 and using the same participant passcode: 8991249.

 

For any questions or concerns, contact Michael VanKeulen, Director at the National Youth Leadership Council at mvankeulen@nylc.org  or 651-999-7378.

 

Hope you will be able to join us!

 

Christina Kwon
Director of Member Engagement

National Service-Learning Partnership

Academy for Educational Development
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.884.8982 (phone)
202.884.8422 (fax)
ckwon@aed.org

www.service-learningpartnership.org

“In 2009, Will Steger Foundation created a new curriculum for high school students that focuses on global climate solutions, called Citizen Climate. This curriculum emphasizes civic engagement and helps teachers and students understand the critical and complex climate solutions being discussed on the national and international stage. It also allows students to formulate statements about what they would like to see happen in climate policy and how these policies and actions can be replicated in their states and local communities. These lesson plans build on the Will Steger Foundation’s original six lesson plans on the basics of global warming. The new lessons cover the carbon cycle, target levels for atmospheric levels of greenhouse gasses, cap and trade, carbon tax, new technologies, concerns of developed and developing countries, and how to formulate position statements.”

 

http://willstegerfoundation.org/index.php/programs/k-12-education-program/citizen-climate-curriculum

Project Bud Burst- Environmental Service-Learning

Project BudBurst

Fall has arrived - celebrate the change of seasons with Project BudBurst! Get outside with your students and have them make observations of seeds ripening, leaf color change, leaf drop, and other interesting changes. It's easy to participate and provides a great learning opportunity at any time of the year. The Project BudBurst team has a goal of reaching 5,000 phenophase observations this Fall and needs your help!

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst  

 

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Planning Memo

It's getting to be that time of the year again!

We are 75 days away from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service 2010. Have you begun planning your projects? Do you know what community issues you would like to address? Now is the time to dream BIG and to plan so that the dream can become a reality!

Are you looking for great project ideas with lasting impact, best practices for building partnerships, advice on getting started, or someone to help troubleshoot some tough planning issues? Below you will find information on where to get answers to these and other questions.

First things first, where to get resources!

At www.MLKDay.gov, you can connect with all of the resources available for MLK Day 2010. Learn how to write a press release, organize events, coordinate volunteers, and much more. At www.MLKDay.gov you can link to a brand new MLK Day Tool Kit for planning small or large scale community projects and the Self Mobilizing Toolkit for planning individual, family or neighborhood projects.

Do you have the tools, but need still some practical advice, help, and ideas from your peers?

Join the MLK Day Service Connection, an online social networking site, where you can connect with others working on similar projects and with potential partners in your city or state. Post your questions, and let your peers and experts answer them for you.

Stay connected; join the MLK Day Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/MLKDay. Share your success stories, and inspire others. Tell us why MLK Day is important to you; why Dr. King’s teachings are still relevant today; or why the social justice movement that he championed should continue. Post pictures of service on www.flickr.com/photos/MLKDay and tweet your goals, inspiration, ideas, and more at www,twitter.com/MLKDay.

There are many ways to stay connected with those who share your goals for MLK Day and for service as a strategy to address community needs. Join them all, and influence your networks to do the same. As networks link together, we can create a nation-wide change movement!

Webshops! Webshops! Webshops!

This year, we will again be offering interactive web-based workshops that will help you organize, plan, and create great MLK Day projects.

Below you will find the schedule of MLK Day Planning Webshops.

Date	Topic
Mon, 11/02/09	Orientation to MLK Day Tools and Resources
Mon, 11/16/09	Best Practices for Planning/Implementing MLK Day
Mon, 12/07/09	Raising Resources for King Day Events/Projects
Wed, 01/06/09	Getting Media for Your MLK Day Event

Click on the webshops of your interest to register.

 

 

Mayor to Offer Proclamation Supporting Community Book Read

On Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7 PM, at the Fremont City Council Chambers, Mayor Wasserman will issue a Proclamation to the City of Fremont announcing the adoption of Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle as a city-wide read.

 

Fremont Unified School District has produced a website of suggestions for connecting service-learning opportunities to the reading of this book: http://calservenetwork.org/aauw2009.html

 

To learn more about the community wide book read program visit the American Association of University Women’s website: http://aauwfremontbranch.org/onebook.html

 

 

Participate in an upcoming book discussion group:

 

Thu.      Nov. 12             7-8 p.m.            Barnes & Noble, 3900 Mowry, Fremont

Thu.      Nov. 19             10-11 a.m.         Paddy’s Coffee House, 3900 Smith St.,Union City
Fri        Nov. 20             7-8 p.m.            Borders, 39210 Fremont Hub,  Fremont

Tue.      Nov. 24             10-11 a.m.         Niles Library, 150 I St.,  Fremont

Wed.    Dec. 9               7-8 p.m.            Half Price Books, 43473 Boscel Rd., Fremont

Mon.     Dec. 14             7-8 p.m.            Fremont Main Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont

Wed.    Dec. 22             2-3 p.m.            Kaiser Library, 39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy., Fremont

Mon.     Jan. 4               7-8 p.m             Fremont  Main Library  2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont

Sat.      Jan. 16              2-3p.m              Bay St. Coffee. 4000 Bay Street, Fremont

Tues.    Jan. 19              10-11 a.m.         Covent Garden Cafe, 1596 Washington Blvd. , Fremont

Mon.     Feb. 1               7-8                    Fremont Main Library, 2400 Stevenson Blvd  Fremont

 

 

 

K-12 Coastal Art & Poetry Contest presented by California Coastal Commission

The California Coastal Commission invites California students in kindergarten through 12th grade to submit artwork or poetry with a California coastal or marine theme to the annual Coastal Art & Poetry Contest.  Up to eight winners will be selected to win $100 gift certificates to an art supply or book store and each winner's sponsoring teacher will receive a $40 gift certificate for educational supplies.  All winners and honorable mentions will receive tickets for their families to visit the Aquarium of the Pacific, courtesy of the Aquarium.  Students may have their work featured on Commission web pages and materials and winning entries will be exhibited throughout the state.

Entries must be postmarked by January 30, 2010 to be eligible for the upcoming contest.  For rules and entry form (and helpful links for teachers and students) visit www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/poster/poster.html.

For more information contact:  Email coast4u@coastal.ca.gov | phone (800) Coast-4U

Wells Fargo Grants for Teachers

In support of education efforts, a limited amount of funds are available through the Wells Fargo Educator Fund. Classroom educators in Alameda County are encouraged to apply for funds for the purpose of covering the costs associated with:

 

(1) academic programs

(2) faculty development or curriculum-related preparation

(3) academic after-school extra-curricular school-sponsored programs and clubs

(4) programs that encourage school partnerships with the community.

 

Funds cannot be used to cover labor costs, fundraising activities, field trips or overnight hotel stays.

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Applications are due Monday November 16, 2009 and awards will be distributed in January 2010. 

 

Download an application.

 

 

WHALE TAIL(r) Grants Program due Nov 16th: $10-$50K ea

 The WHALE TAIL^®   Grants Program distributes funds from sales of the WHALE TAIL^®   License Plate. The grants support programs that teach California's children and the general public to value and take action to improve the health of the state's marine and coastal resources. Adopt-A-Beach programs, as well as other beach maintenance and coastal habitat restoration projects that have an educational component, are also eligible for these grants. This grants program focuses on reaching communities that are currently poorly served in terms of marine and coastal education.

Available Funding: A total of $352,000 will be distributed. Applicants may request any amount up to $50,000, and 25-50% of the funding will be allocated in small grants under $10,000.

Categories of Grants: The WHALE TAIL^®   Grants Program funds projects that fall into any one of the following three categories: 1) Adopt-A-Beach programs; 2) Youth programs; 3) Programs for the general public.

Eligibility: Applicants must be either a non-profit organization or a governmental entity. For beach operation and maintenance projects, the applicant must be a non-profit organization or local governmental agency. For proposals in the Adopt-A-Beach category, both current and new Adopt-A-Beach managers are eligible to apply.

Background: The program distributes funds from sales of the California Coastal Commission's WHALE TAIL^®   Coastal Protection License Plate. The WHALE TAIL^®   License Plate is an official "specialty" license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles for cars registered in California. Proceeds from the sales of the plates benefit the California Coastal Commission's Adopt-A-Beach Program, California Coastal Cleanup Day and a wide variety of coastal and marine education projects throughout the state.

Deadline: November 16, 2009

Go to:

http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/plate/plgrant.html

 

 

New Study Examines Teen Voice

The Best Buy Children’s Foundation has commissioned Teen Voice 2009, a national study of teen voice conducted by the Search Institute.

 

The report examines teens’ “sparks”- their talents, interests and strengths that make them happy.  It also describes a “Teen Voice Index” and “Relationships and Opportunities Index” that helps to understand how and why some students stay engaged and others check out.  The report ends with 15 suggestions to support teens’ interests and voice development.

 

An excerpt:

 

If you believe the headlines, most teenagers are failing school, having sex, drinking alcohol, and committing violence. They’re zoned out on computers, iPods, and cell phones, and they won’t have anything to do with adults—particularly their parents.

It’s true that some teens do face these challenges and make poor choices. But there’s a different story, just as true, that doesn’t often get attention: Most of today’s teens are actually savvy, active, engaged, and interested in making a positive difference in their world. But too often, they are, as this report shows, an under-tapped and under-recognized source of creativity and energy for our communities, nation, and world.

 

Read the report here:
http://www.search-institute.org/system/files/TeenVoiceReport_FINAL.pdf

 

 

Global Glimpse~ International Service-Learning for Bay Area High School Students

 “Now I feel that getting an excellent education is not just a privilege it is my responsibility” --Cherrie Young GG Alumni ‘09

 

Would you like to be a part of a global learning experience your students will never forget?  Would you like to give your students phenomenal access into the inner workings of a developing nation?  Would you be willing to travel with the purpose of service and global education rather than just tourism (for free!)?  Then please join the Global Glimpse program!

 

Imagine starting each new day with a new theme and a new opportunity to work with community members, NGOs, and even the U.S. Embassy, to broaden students’ perspectives.  Global Glimpse believes that the success of the next generation will require more than solid academic preparation.  The next generation needs a clear understanding of US interactions with developing nations. Students on this trip will not only learn how personal and foreign policy decisions reverberate globally, they will have the opportunity to volunteer to become part of a solution of their choice. 

 

Global Glimpse is an after-school and summer global education program for Bay Area high school juniors. Global Glimpse is a non-profit organization that offers a 3 week summer program designed to bring life changing, first hand experiences to students by traveling to and volunteering side by side global community members in a developing nation.  The preparation for this program starts during the school year with after-school workshops. Currently we are working in Nicaragua, Central America.  Nicaragua is a country rich with history, natural wonders, and global issues for our students to grapple with, such as poverty, micro finance, children’s literacy, and international aid.  Our unique program ties in subject area curriculum while empowering youth to think beyond themselves as responsible global citizens.

 

Join 25 Bay Area High Schools in our adventure this school year and summer (educators travel free). See pictures and read student stories at http://community.globalglimpse.org  & visit us at www.globalglimpse.org  

If you feel inspired to prepare youth to be successful in this globalized world; there is a new chaperone workshop on November 8th or please feel free to contact msteward@fremont.k12.ca.us .

Thank You For Your Interest!

Maia Steward

Irvington High School

msteward@fremont.k12.ca.us

(510) 687-6405

 

“Now that I have seen how people struggle, I really don’t want to take my life for granted” 

--Kristi Guan GG Alumni ‘09

 

 

 

Souper Bowl of Caring: Easy, Simple SL Project for Students

Learn, Serve & Give through the Souper Bowl of Caring and Change the Game!
January 17-February 13, 2010

Learning about hunger in their own community can be a very powerful lesson for students.  It is especially effective when that lesson is tied to a simple act of service that allows them to make a difference! 

The Souper Bowl of Caring is a way to teach this life changing lesson, while joining the efforts of your students to those of others all across the country.  100% of your students’ collections and service go directly toward impacting their local communities.  However, when you report your results, the world is able to see the cumulative impact of many small groups who committed to doing their part.

Over the past 20 years, more than $60 million in cans and cash has been raised and donated to charities in the U.S. through the Souper Bowl of Caring.  Join the movement that unites Americans in compassion and service and fights hunger around one of our nation’s most indulgent weekends.

Get Started Today.  It's Easy!

1. REGISTER.  Visit www.souperbowl.org  and register to receive a free Resource Kit to help promote your event.
2. LEARN & COLLECT.  Sometime between January 17 and February 13, 2010, lead students in learning about poverty and organizing a collection of money and/or canned foods in their school or community.
3. REPORT.  Once you finish your collection, report your total to the Souper Bowl of Caring online or via phone.  Reporting ties your collection to all the others and helps measure the scope and scale of the movement, while drawing national attention to the issue of hunger.  
4. DONATE. 100% of your collection should go directly to the charity of your choice in your own community. Give your cash and/or cans to any nonprofit that provides food for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, or help for the hurting.

For more info contact:
Sheree Muse
Director of School Relations
Souper Bowl of Caring
sheree@souperbowl.org
1-800-358-SOUP (7687)

Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Thriving in Uncertain Times

During spring 2009, California Campus Compact sponsored 5 regional dialogues across the state where participants identified trends in the field as well as many of the challenges they face in doing this work. Participants also devoted time during each dialogue to discussing strategies to address these challenges. The dialogues provided participants with an opportunity to share lessons and insights regarding where the service-learning and civic engagement movement has been, where it is heading and how those involved can continue to advance and strengthen the work in the face of the current economic climate and other challenges.

To view the two-part summary report of the dialogues, please view the PDF link:  http://www.cacampuscompact.org/download/CACC_Thriving_in_Uncertain_Times_Summary_Spring_2009.pdf

After viewing the link, reflect on the questions in the report and consider posting your thoughts on trends in service-learning and civic engagement as comments to the CalServe Network Blog

1.      Emerging: Which trends and practices are picking up momentum and acceptance?

2.      Established: Which trends and practices are mainstream or standard operating procedures?

3.      Cutting Edge: Which new ideas are creeping out and pushing to become accepted trends and practices?

4.      Fading: Which trends and practices are no longer relevant and considered outdated?

 

 

 

 

$1000 State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: November 9)

Youth Service America is currently accepting applications for State Farm® Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants to support service-learning projects that culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010. School and community educators across the United States and Canada (select provinces) can apply for up to $1,000 in funding for youth-led projects. Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy integrating meaningful community service with academic study and reflective practice to enrich learning, build civic engagement, and strengthen communities. State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning grant applicants are encouraged to develop projects that launch on Martin Luther King Day of Service, January 18, 2010, and culminate on the weekend of GYSD, April 23-25, 2010. For the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant application, please visit, www.YSA.org/awards

 

Michael Minks

Director of Outreach

Youth Service America

mminks@ysa.org

202.296.2992 x125

 

Showcase Student Service-Learning Projects at the National Service-Learning Conference

If your school or organization has outstanding service-learning underway, consider participating in the Service-Learning Showcase. Create a display that illustrates your work, meet attendees, and inspire others! The Showcase will be held Thurs., March 25, from 12:15 – 2:15 p.m. as part of the National Service-Learning Conference at the San Jose Convention Center. We particularly encourage youth participants.

To apply, click here to fill out the application form.

 

Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, November 23, 2009.
Selected applicants will be notified by December 4, 2009.

Service-Learning ideas for teaching Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle encourages us to eating healthy, environmentally responsible, locally grown foods. The Fremont Unified School District and the Fremont chapter of the American Association of University Women are working together to sponsor community book discussions and student service-learning projects related to the book’s message.  Service-learning ideas and content connections to the book can be found here: http://calservenetwork.org/aauw2009.html. 

 

If you’d like to add an idea to the page, please contact Nate Ivy: nivy@acoe.org

Summer of Service Funding Opportunity

Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2010, the Corporation for National and Community Service announces the anticipated availability of approximately $1 million for Summer of Service grants to support collaborative efforts to implement community-based service-learning projects during the summer months. Programs will engage middle school students (students who will be enrolled in grades 6 through 9 in the school year following the end of the summer) in community-based service-learning projects that are intensive, structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to the community. This opportunity should provide youth, particularly those from disadvantaged circumstances, with service-learning experiences that will motivate them to become more civically engaged and aspire to obtain higher education. Program participants must complete at least 100 hours of service within the summer program. For this competition, service activities should address environmental and/or disaster preparedness issues relevant to the community served.

Applications are due on December 10, 2009. For more information and application guidance, go to the Learn and Serve America website: http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp

 

Cara Patrick

Associate Director for Grants Management

Learn and Serve America

Corporation for National and Community Service

1201 New York Ave NW

Washington, DC  20525

202-606-6905

Fax: 202-606-3477

cpatrick@cns.gov

 

 

Visit and join the Learn and Serve Facebook Fan page at: http://bit.ly/IakWE

and befriend us on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/429558545

Friends of Children with Special Needs Fundraiser

Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) is a Bay Area nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support, friendship, and life skills training to developmentally disabled individuals and their families.  FCSN has a great track record of working with students of all abilities to design and organize high quality service-learning opportunities.  Please consider supporting FCSN’s ongoing program development by attending their Fundraising Gala- details below. 

 

Dear Friends and Family, You are cordially invited to join Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) at the "Spreading Our Dream" Fundraising Gala on November 7, 2009, Saturday, 6:30PM at the Santa Clara Convention Center. With your help over the past few years, we have seen tremendous growth in our children and adult programs.  We have broadened our service coverage to thousands of special need individuals every year.  At this point, FCSN Fremont Center is operating at its full capacity.  With the excellent programs, we plan to transform the South Bay with another  "Dream Center" by 2010. Our dream of empowering special children/adults and their families, and building the village to provide life-long support is coming closer and closer to reality.  Due to today's poor economic climate and the tremendous funding cuts from the State, FCSN is in great need of your support to keep "Spreading Our Dream" and give hope to the special needs community.   This gala is the only fundraiser of the year and it promises to be a great evening of  children's performances, fine food and entertainment, and wonderful company and friendship. There will also be a featured live-cooking demonstration from the acclaimed celebrity chef Martin Yan of "Yan Can Cook".  There are many ways you can support us.  Join us at the gala and invite your friends, sponsor us, buy raffle tickets, or make a donation.  Any help will be greatly appreciated. Please help us again during this very difficult year for all of the non-profits. Thanks in advance. FCSN's Fundraising Gala: Spreading Our Dream Date/Time: Saturday, November 7, 2009; 6:30pm-10pm Place: Santa Clara Convention Center, Hall A; 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara Ticket: $80  (FREE Childcare available, must RSVP to register the children) (Please see details on our website at www.fcsn1996.org) Most Sincerely, Anna Wang 510.4683.9797 annawang@fcsn1996.org FCSN "Together, let's build a community of love, hope, respect, and support for our special children."

 

Service Grants & Awards

2010 Do Something Awards (Deadline: December 15)

Since 1996, Do Something has honored the nation's best young world-changers. Do Something Award Winners represent the pivotal "do-ers" in their field, cause, or issue and are rewarded with a huge project grant, participation in a special award ceremony, media coverage, and continued support from Do Something. In 2010, four winners will receive $10,000 and one Grand Prize winner will receive $100,000 towards their organization or cause. The awards ceremony will take place in spring 2010. Learn more at: http://www.dosomething.org/programs/awards

Home Depot Building Healthy Communities Grants (Deadline: December 15)
Grants, up to $2,500, are now available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools or tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. who are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community.  Grants are made in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase or tools or materials. http://corporate.homedepot.com/wps/portal/Grants

 

 

Coalition of Essential Schools Highlights Service-Learning at National Conference

The Coalition of Essential Schools announced that they will offer a strong service-learning strand at their Fall Forum in New Orleans November 5-7.  (Note that Oakland’s ARISE High School will offer a workshop on the school’s social action project.)

SERVICE-LEARNING STRAND

How does effective service-learning impact the lives of young people and their communities?

The Service-Learning strand at Fall Forum will encourage the engagement of students and practitioners in meaningful service to the community connected to classroom curriculum and learning goals. The approach will be both experiential and didactic: exploring both the principles and practices of effective service-learning and providing hands-on service learning experiences and a context for discussing and learning how to integrate service learning into classroom curriculum that enable students to gain 21st century academic skills in real-world environments while strengthening their commitment to their communities.

Here are some of the selected sessions that will be offered:

Authors of Change: Our 10th Grade Culminating Service Project
Facilitators: Rob Feigal-Stickles, Jessica Torvik Lee; Nathan Hale High School
Friday: 8:00am - 9:45am
Is it possible for a culminating project to do it all? Demonstrate mastery of skills and content? Integrate English, history, and biology coursework? Be appropriately differentiated so that students with diverse skills, interests, and supports can succeed? Provide a stepping-stone to the 12th grade capstone project? And, finally, to involve students in real service-learning? Teachers from Nathan Hale High School’s Integrated Studies Program will present a sample project and facilitate an interest group discussion.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3167

The Forgotten Faces of Katrina: Lessons From New Orleans’ 7th Ward
Facilitators: Sam Frumkin, Lehman Alternative Community School
Friday: 8:00am - 9:45am
This workshop will focus on the role of leadership in generating compassion, concern, and service for the forgotten individuals of New Orleans as well as the underserved in our own communities. The facilitator will share his own experiences working in New Orleans’ deluged 7th ward over the last two years. Participants will engage in a discussion centered around strategies for cultivating leadership and inspiring participation in providing service to our neighbors.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3160

Learning as a Political Act: Social Action in the Middle School
Facilitators: Freja Joslin, Matthew King; Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School
Friday: 10:15am- 12:00pm
Do you believe that middle schoolers are ready to take on changing the world? Would you like to hear success stories and learn tools from teachers who have engaged students in social change work? Teachers from PVPA will present a unit conducted as a culminating project with their 8th graders. This interactive workshop will feature a sample unit plan, examples of student work, and a lesson for students on how to take social action. Participants will consider ways to implement this type of project in their classrooms and schools.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3113

Four Pillars of Service Learning: An Integrated Approach
Facilitators: JoAnn Groh, Paulo Freire Freedom School
Friday: 1:30pm- 3:15pm
The Paulo Freire Freedom School is a middle school with a curricular focus on social justice and environmental sustainability. Our commitment to service learning occurs in four ways. It is: 1) woven throughout our curriculum; 2) a component of our advisory program; 3) part of our Intersession/Expedition programs and 4) the work of individual students in their learning lab and graduation portfolio. Participants will hear about specific successful examples and help presenters think through challenges.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3029

How Do We Create Change and Movement? A Historical Research Project in which Students are Agents of Change
Facilitators: Eileen Barrera, Laura Flaxman, Jasmine Herrera, Devin Carberry; ARISE High School
Friday: 1:30pm- 3:15pm
Juniors at ARISE High School in Oakland, CA, pioneered the school's first "proficiencies"—a series of five projects and presentations by students in the school's "Senior Institute." These students conducted a research and social action project related to the essential question of their humanities class: "How do we create change and movement?" Teachers and students from the class will share their experiences and lessons. This workshop will help you connect academic work with students' own interests and meaningful service learning. Participants will leave with their own ideas for how to engage students in real-world projects that also meet high academic standards.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3065

Paint the Change
Facilitators: D. Banfield, Crescent City Art Project
Saturday: 10:15am- 12:00pm and 1:30pm- 3:15pm
Help to transform the Fall Forum exhibit hall into an environment of color, art, and education. The Crescent City Art Project works to aesthetically enhance communities throughout New Orleans through artistic expression that embraces culture, individuality, and pride for one’s community. To date, D. Banfield, Creative Director and co-founder of Crescent City Art Project, has produced over 2000 images that have been installed at many New Orleans schools, churches, buildings, and streets. Join D. in co-creating unique and original works of art that encapsulate the spirit and energy of Fall Forum, CES’ 25th Anniversary, and a legacy of changing schools and changing lives.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3269
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3270

Seniors Taking Action: Implementing Social Action Projects
Facilitators: Joseph Corsetti, Amber Jones, Danielle Palmieri, Lesek Ward; New Haven Academy
Saturday: 1:30pm- 3:15pm
Each senior at New Haven Academy, as an outgrowth of the four-year "Facing History and Ourselves" program, designs, implements, and presents their own Social Action Project. In the context of senior Humanities Classes, each student identifies a local, national, or international issue that he or she will explore, writes a formal proposal, and works with a mentor to implement the project. This workshop will explore this process and how it enables students to implement change in their own community.
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/fforum/view/ces_ff02e/3115

Again, to browse through the entire conference program, please access the Online Program Guide.

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Thank you for your interest in the CES Fall Forum. 

 

 

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Nate Ivy

 

Service-Learning Lead CalServe Region 4 | http://calservenetwork.org

Service-Learning Waste Reduction Project | http://recycle.stopwaste.org/slwrp

 

Alameda County Office of Education

313 W. Winton Ave., Room 220

Hayward, CA 94544-1198

Ph: 510.670.4283

Fax: 510.670.4578

nivy@acoe.org