Services students can provide can help others in caring for their animals correctly. Time is all they will spend, if only 1 person decides to further their education to provide correct info to those who want to know is worth that time they spend.
It sounds like my program is already doing service learning!
It is important for a successful service-learning environment at a school, that from all the way at the top down to students there is buy-in.
Service learning is a great way to connect students with community members and build a strong working relationship.
Service learning is a way to build community and create relationships among the public. There was not too much information that was new to me, but merely reinforced the significance of service learning. If you want something real and tangible for student buy-in, service learning might be the way for you.
Working at a welding program we always have the public stop in with they're projects that need built and its always good for the school to help out.
Creating a variety of service opportunities is critical to student "buy in" and will promote both student and community satisfaction.
It is possible to set up a service learning project so that students can select from a variety of possibilities rather than having them prescribed.
Service learning is beneficial for students to learn about a future career and learn more about their own growth.
Service learning give the students confidence and personal validation. Engages them in an activity that give students a sense of purpose.
The idea of establishing a service learning program as a part of the training curriculum is intriguing. Being able to give the students a real life hands on experience would work wonders for retention and student growth. The closer to real life application the experience is, the better it prepares the student to be an active contributor to the community after training.
The union between the community and the training center is enhanced as well as the students sense of ownership and connection to the community.
Thru Service learning, students have opportunity to be selfless by helping the community.
Service learning is a way to help students reflect on their service, expand empathy, build self confidence, strengthen social responsibility, recognize personal values and beliefs, and use critical thinking skills.
I'm psyched to know I've essentially been teaching a service learning course! I never realized it had a category in education, and I've had many students say they learn the most from my service learning class, since it's a combination of relevant curriculum and industory client work community members wouldn't have access to.
Creating relationships with intended institutions is very vital to a students gowth.
The benefits list is almost endless. From the classroom learning, to the community. I think it allows the students to take ownership of their learning becuase they are held responible to what they attempt. I also think it helps the students develop social and professional skills.
i think its time to think outside of our shop mybe look at some farms that maybe we could get our students to do some welding projects for and to help out some of our community that needs a little extra help
Once again, I have learned more about developing service learning opportunities and promoting service learning to faculty, students, and the community.
While I knew and have seen the positive effects that service learning has on participating students and faculty, I never thought about personal branding nor knew about ROI. I am going to include those concepts into our Service Learning Handbook. These are also an important concepts to share with faculty.
The examples of service learning projects that were provided have made think about extending our service learning opportunities to the health and exercise programs that we provide.
This is getting my juices flowing and invigorating my plans for service learning.
It is important to choose sites that will help the students meet their learning goals, as Kara mentioned above, the service learning opportunities need to tie into and enhance what the students learn in class. It is their opportunity to apply that knowledge to real-life situations and see how that knowledge can make a positive difference in their community. I also appreciated the advice to allow the students to be involved in deciding where they would like to serve. This will improve student buy-in and the likelihood that they will find the experience meaningful and valuable.
There are SO many different opportunities for service learning - it can serve as an amazing way to help students take more pride in themselves and their community - something that is much needed now days. The idea of helping them switch their mindset from that where everything is handed to them, to one where they go out and seek to make things better, is life changing.
