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Campus Center, Room
225 (Second Floor)
Phone (714) 992-7967
Contact Person:
Karen Rose, email krose@fullcoll.edu
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Dr. Sam Foster's
Chemistry class conducts "hands-on" learning activities with Raymond
Elementary
School 5th-grade
students.
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Check Out the SL Agency
Quick Sheet |
New Service Learning Opportunities
Fall 2008 (Check back later...updates in progress)
Orange County On Track -
provides a support system for disadvantaged families
and helps create a safety and more compassionate
society by creating opportunities, hope and respect
for individuals. There are two programs in
particular that your students could connect: (1)
Kids on Track Through Adult Mentoring, Adult
Mentoring for Children of Prisoners and
AmeriCorps/Vista community service positions.
Women's Transitional Living Center -
we have worked with the WTLC for a number
of years and their needs keep increasing due to the
demand for emergency/transitional housing and
services for victims and families of domestic
violence. They have recently added a Translation
Program and need individuals who can
translate/communicate with clients in languages that
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian,
Farsi, Arabic. The intensive training that
individuals receive is state certified (40 hours)
and all participants receive certification mandated
by the CA Evidence Code Section 1037.1 for Domestic
Violence service providers.
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"Service
Learning is a teaching and learning approach that integrates community
service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic
responsibility, and strengthen communities."
National Commission on
Service Learning
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Service-learning allows learners to apply
classroom theories to authentic and practical
situations by connecting it to the needs of the
local and global community.
Goals of Service-learning:
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involves collaboration
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addresses significant community needs
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enriches the traditional classroom learning
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provides structured time for student
reflection
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fosters the development of civic and social
responsibility
Service-learning enables students to understand
their involvement and commitment can make a
difference in the quality of life in their
community. The connection between
service-learning and academic study is made
through reflection activities/journals, small
group discussions and consultations with
faculty. Reflection allows the student to
internalize his/her learning and to develop a
sense of purpose about their relationship to the
larger community.
Service Learning Information Directory
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Information
and Answers to FAQs |
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What
is service learning?
Service
Learning integrates community service into the curriculum to enhance and
enrich student learning and promote civic responsibility. In a
way, service-learning
holds up a mirror for us to see ourselves, a microscope for us to
examine our society, and binoculars for us to see what lies ahead.
How
and why is service learning important?
Students
learn more when they are actively involved in what they are learning
than when they are passive recipients of information. Service
learning is "active participation" in learning and one of the
most effective forms of active learning.
What
are the different benefits?
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increases retention;
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provides quality education;
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increases the relevancy of education to students 'living in a real
world;
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enhances personalized education for students;
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teaches positive values, leadership, citizenship and personal
responsibility;
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empowers students as learners, teachers, achievers and leaders;
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invites students to become members of their own community;
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teaches job skills and prepares students for careers after
college;
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encourages faculty to be innovative and creative in their
teaching;
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contributes to a university's outreach efforts to the local
community, the state and beyond;
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increases campus-community collaboration and partnerships;
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helps with community education; and
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contributes thousands of hours of service to people in need,
non-profit agencies, private sector companies, non-governmental and
governmental agencies.
What
are the organizations and agencies in Orange County?
There
are over 150 agencies and organizations in Orange County that need
help. Here
the names of just a few. For a complete list, click on the link
below or contact the Office
of Special Programs (714) 992-7782.
Agency List
If
you're interested in knowing which courses offer community service
learning, which organizations you can perform service or just
want to learn a little more about community service learning, then
you've come to the right place!
How
can faculty get involved?
Resources for
faculty:
Service-Learning Forms
Below
are all of the forms that must be on file or completed. Each form
is available as a MSWord document or a PDF (portable document
file). If you do not have the MSWord software on your computer
then click on the PDF version. In order to read the PDF version,
you will need
Adobe
Acrobat reader.
Click
here (X) for a free version of
Adobe
Acrobat reader.
Resources
and Links
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