Doing My Part: Teacher Manual Reflections on Community Service

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Description:

This teacher manual, which complements the Student Reflection Handbook by the same title, takes up the call for service-learning sounded by the National Commission on Service-Learning. Service-learning is a step beyond simple community service because it joins the action of community service with an academic, reflective component. It can be used as part of an existing high school service-learning course or to upgrade a community service program that is already in place. It does not serve as a manual for beginning a service-learning program from scratch. Instead, the teacher manual and student reflection handbook provide ways for students to explore ideas, assess skills, set goals, discuss experiences, and formulate their own perspectives on community service in an informed, coherent, and mature way.

This resource is based upon a semester course, but can be adjusted to fit any service-learning course within any kind of high school.

Activities:

The manual provides the procedures for teachers to guide students through the reflection process. Assignments include periodic personal progress checks and the application of new information about topics like human rights and diversity to personal belief systems. Topics covered in student reflections include, but are not limited to, social justice, social strategy, social principles, and social analysis. The Teacher Manual features a glossary, a set of interdisciplinary projects, final evaluations, and an online resource page