Transcript Service Learning

EDG4948 - Service Learning
Dr. Becker
Benefits of EDG4948
 Three
(3) upper level credit hours
 EDG4948 is repeatable up to two
times
 Get familiar with your community
 Set your own schedule
 Minimal writing
Syllabus
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Course Information
Course title: Service Learning Course number:
EDG 4948
Service Learning is a guided field experience
that helps students work with diverse
populations while gaining insights into career
and community issues, and civic responsibility.
This experience assists students in developing a
more universal perspective and provides
opportunities to develop new attitudes and
ideas. This is a web-based course.
Syllabus
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Service Learning is a
class where you are
detached from a
classroom setting, so
how is it assessed?
Syllabus
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Methods of Assessment:
Completion of 50 total hours of service in one
approved setting.
Up to four hours of training/orientation may
count toward your total hours.
Completion of required Service Learning Forms.
Supervisor Evaluation
Discussion Participation
Directed Readings/Quiz Completion
Selecting an organization for your
service
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Students select organizations for a number of reasons.
You may want to confirm or change career objectives. You can do this by performing
your service in fields related to possible career choices. For example:
Would-be veterinarians have served at humane societies and wildlife rescue centers.
Future psychologists have worked with children and adults in a variety of agencies
such as the Center for Drug Free Living and the Mental Health Association of Central
Florida.
Planning to be a teacher? There are a number of public schools where you can
explore this career field. You may want to broaden your professional perceptions by
working in agencies tangential to your career:
 Education majors, for example, might gain insights about children from
experiences at Boys and Girls Club, juvenile detention centers, or the UCF
Creative School for Children.
 Art majors gain valuable experience through service with the Florida Hospital
Artist-in-Residence program. A third source of motivation may be based on
personal experience.
You may want to serve at the American Cancer Society because a family
member is dealing with cancer or provide Meals-on-Wheels in memory of a
beloved grandparent.
Selecting an organization for your
service
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Practical matters to consider in selecting an
organization:
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What is my class schedule and how will the organization's hours
of operation fit with it? Will I be able to attend meetings and
planning sessions?
Is there an orientation that I must attend and is it rigidly
scheduled?
Does the organization require a background check and how ling
will that take?
Do I want direct involvement with clients or program participants,
or do I want to “remain behind the scene?”
What level of involvement and personnel responsibility am I
seeking in the organization?
Selecting an organization for your
service
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There are also agencies and activities that are not appropriate for this course. They
include:
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Service with private schools and private organizations.
Service for a private business or commercial enterprise.
Service provided as a paid volunteer.
Service that is not supervised by a paid professional staff member from the service
organization or school.
Activities related to soliciting, fund-raising, or securing sponsorships.
Service conducted in support of or sponsored by a particular religion or political position,
party, or candidate.
Service performed as a part of a requirement for another course, practicum, or internship.
Service performed in connection with club, sorority, fraternity, or other university service
activities.
Service performed in connection with a previous or current place of employment.
Service performed as a requirement for court ordered community service.
Service performed in support of activities that include a student's relatives or acquaintances.
Relatives, acquaintances, former supervisors or teachers may not serve as supervisors for
the Service Learning course.
Service performed with an organization where the student is currently or was previously
employed or volunteered.
Organizations requiring extensive training prior to beginning service.
Which organizations are available
for my service?
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The organization must be a non-profit,
and you may not have ever volunteered
there before.
Approval of your organization
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How do I get my organization approved?
Your organization will be approved through a quiz
designed for this purpose. Your organization IS NOT
approved until you earn 20 out of 20 on the Organization
Approval Quiz.
If you are proposing an organization that is not on the list
provided in Module 1.1, you must also include a
webpage for your proposed organization and the
organization's non-profit number.
Once you have received approval for your organization,
you will need to complete the Service Learning Contract
for that organization. See the Homepage for links to the
forms.
Approval of your organization
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You will need to schedule an appointment with
your supervisor to complete the Service
Learning Contract. It is appropriate to share the
Service Learning Time Log and Student
Evaluation Form with your supervisors at the first
meeting so that they will be familiar with the
criteria and expectations for your service
commitment.
You will sign the contract and your intended
supervisor will sign it (this is the same supervisor
who will sign your Time Log form and Evaluation
form).
A form such as this needs to be filled out by an
acceptable non profit organization
What if the organization I selected
is not meeting my learning goals?
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In the off chance that the organization that you select and start your
hours with is not meeting your learning goals, you may switch. The
goal is to perform your service hours with an organization that best
fits your needs.
You must do this before you complete a maximum of 10 hours. Your
new organization must be approved before you begin hours there.
This means that you will also have to fill out a new contract with your
proposed supervisor.
Your first 10 hours will still count toward the total 50 hours. However,
you must complete and turn in your updated contract or the hours
with the new organization will not count.
Why Take Service Learning?
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Gain three (3) upper
level credit hours!
Repeatable up to two
times!
Lend a hand in your
own community!
Learn about yourself
and others!