Options and Opportunities

Mid Year Workshop (January 9th, 2009)

COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING

WHY COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING???

To enhance students’ personal development, their sense of belonging to their community, and their understanding of community roles and responsibilities

To improve students’ understanding of employment requirements and the links between the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they are acquiring in school and their future plans

SUGGESTED CBL ACTIVITIES

WHAT ARE WE DOING?Many of us are on the tour circuit ….

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITYLOCAL LOCAL BUSINESSBUSINESSNSCCNSCC

SERVICE SERVICE ORGANIZATIORGANIZATI

ONON

EMPLOYMENEMPLOYMENT CENTRET CENTRE

MAJOR MAJOR EMPLOYEREMPLOYER

WHAT ARE WE DOING?We’re Inviting Guests into our Classrooms

YOUTH YOUTH APPRENTICEAPPRENTICEWCBWCBCANSCANS

INDUSTRY INDUSTRY EXPERTSEXPERTS

MOTIVATIONMOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERSAL SPEAKERSMILITARYMILITARY

WHAT ARE WE DOING?We’re Helping Students Identify and Showcasetheir Skills

LETTERSLETTERSRESUMESRESUMESPORTFOLIOSPORTFOLIOS

PASSPORT PASSPORT TO SAFETYTO SAFETYOH&SOH&SWHMISWHMIS

WHAT ARE WE DOING?We’re Contributing to the Community

CLOTHING CLOTHING DRIVESDRIVES

SENIOR SENIOR CENTRESCENTRESFOOD BANKSFOOD BANKS

AIDS AIDS AWARENESSAWARENESS

HEALTH HEALTH FAIRS FAIRS

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CLEANUPSCLEANUPS

SUGGESTED CBL ACTIVITIES

GOALS OF CBL

Central goals of community-based learning are to

• provide opportunities for students’ personal growth• enhance students’ development as citizens who actively participate in and contribute positively to their local communities• help prepare students for the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences of adultand working life• foster, promote, and develop student self-esteem and confidence

STUDENT LEARNING ….

To fully support student learning experiences we

need to encourageInterdisciplinary lessons which link specific

outcomes with careers and/or the work placeInterdisciplinary lessons delivered through

group projects which involve community based learning activities

Projects requiring the application of skills from several courses

MODELLING TO SUPPORT LEARNING

SERVICE LEARNING???A structured learning experience which

integrates curriculum with active voluntary service opportunities in the community so that service experiences are directly connected to curriculum outcomes and in-school learning.

Fosters students’ personal and social development through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet identified community needs.

Activities are intended to benefit both the students and the service recipients.

SERVICE LEARNING – EXAMPLE

SAMPLE ONLY – ACTUAL PICTURE NOT AVAILABLE

GROUP SERVICE PROJECT

  4 3 2 1Effort Student participated in 

all activities, contributed to each step of the process: brainstorming, organizing, implementing.

Student participated in most activities and was active throughout most of the steps in the process.

Student participated in at least half of the activities and contributed to at least two steps of the process.

Student participated in less than half of the activities and contributed to at least one step of the process.

Career Research Demonstrates very strong understanding of training required for careers in this industry and the requirments in this field.

Demonstrates good understanding of careers and pathways to this industry.  

Showed some understanding of related careers and the requirements of those careers.

Poorly presented with little awareness of careers and pathways in this industry.

Visual Plan Considerable creativity and originality. Content and ideas clearly reflect the project expectations.

Some originality and inventiveness. While visual is presented in an interesting way, text and graphics contained some inconsistencies.

An attempt at originality and inventiveness; lacked sufficient graphics or texts to fully represent plan.

Ideas and graphics show little effort at creative or original thought. Missing text and images that are key to the overall plan.

Completed Project

Met or exceeded criteria identified by each subject teacher.

Met at least 75% of identified criteria.

Met 50-75% ofidentified criteria.

Less than 50% of identified criteria met.

SERVICEPROJECT RUBRIC

ASSESSING & EVALUATING STUDENT LEARNING

JournalsLog BooksChecklistsInterviewsSelf AssessmentWork SamplesObservationsReflections

PresentationsVisual DisplaysWritten

AssignmentsQuestionnairesSimulationsPortfoliosPerformance

Assessments

THE VALUE OF DEBRIEFINGStudent observations are always valuable (to

them as well as you)

What did they enjoy? What did they not enjoy? What was most valuable to them and why? What change would they implement to make the

experience more meaningful? What did they learn (why or why not)? How has the experience affected them? Who did they feel benefited the most in their class

from the experience and why? And more ……