The Process of Service-Learning: Meeting National Priorities and Improving Results

Posted by on November 07, 2010

As a part of the Learn & Serve Challenge, Learn and Serve America, the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, and the National Service-Learning Partnership are pleased to announce the upcoming free webinar, “The Process of Service-Learning: Meeting National Priorities and Improving Results,” Thursday, November 11, from 4:30 – 5:30 pm Eastern time.

Space is limited, so register today.  http://www.servicelearning.org/webinar-signup

Description:

The recent passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act resulted in the most sweeping expansion of national service in a generation. As the Corporation for National and Community Service confront the social impact focus areas identified in the Serve America Act, service programs across the country are being called on to address these issues of national priority.

Whether you are a novice or experienced with service-learning, knowing key processes will help you guide students toward best outcomes in these areas. Join us to obtain essential information that can help students achieve measurable outcomes to address the national priorities:  Education, Healthy Futures, Environmental Stewardship, Veterans, Opportunity, and Disaster Services.

During this one-hour webinar, take a tour of the revised second edition of The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum & Social Action with author and international service-learning expert Cathryn Berger Kaye. Her guidance will provide you time-saving insights and tools, show you extensive resources that maximize academic connections, increase youth voice, add meaning and purpose, develop reciprocal benefits with your partners, and bring learning to life! As you address the national focus areas, dive into the National Learn & Serve Challenge, work toward a Semester of Service, or ensure that your service-learning integrates critical thinking, skill development, and well-integrated curriculum, this webinar is for you!

Sample downloadable documents will be available.

Presenters:

Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., is a former classroom teacher, a nationally recognized expert on service learning, and an international service learning consultant. She travels over 130 days a year providing conference keynotes and specialized professional development for state departments of education, university faculty and students, school districts, international schools, and classroom teachers on a variety of educational issues such as service learning, civic responsibility, student leadership, and respectful school communities. She also is the author of the highly acclaimed The Complete Guide to Service Learning (revised second edition), Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands with Philippe Cousteau and EarthEcho International, and the How to Take Action! series, including A Kids’ Guide to Protecting & Caring for Animals and A Kids’ Guide to Climate Change & Global Warming. Cathryn lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Please visit her at http://www.abcdbooks.org or by email at cbkaye@aol.com.