Campus Compact » Program Models Service-Learning In K-12 http://www.compact.org educating citizens • building communities Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:53:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Learning Through Assisting http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-by-population-disabled/learning-through-assisting/2014/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-by-population-disabled/learning-through-assisting/2014/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=2014 This is a Service Learning Model for high school students initiated by the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council and currently a Project of National Significance from the Administration for Developmental Disabilities. The model matches high school students with youngsters with developmental disabilities for inclusion in community activities. The Service Learning Model starts with comprehensive preparation in the classroom. Academic modules addressing child development in the areas of gross and fine motor skills, play activities, receptive and expressive communication, and mental health issues are provided. Additionally, four sessions of adaptive aquatics training and Family and Friends CPR are offered. These instructional activities prepare the high school students to earn academic credit by volunteering for community agencies that provide therapeutic or recreational services to children with developmental disability. The model can be adapted to include other services (e.g. substituting pet therapy for pool assisting) and/or other service groups (e.g. pre-school therapeutic play, middle school tutoring or Special Olympics).

Website: www.learningthroughassisting.org

Contact:
Kathleen Fresher-Samways
RI Developmental Disabilities Council
401-741-5759
or Contact through the website above

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-by-population-disabled/learning-through-assisting/2014/feed/ 0 IUPUI/George Washington Middle School Service Learning Initiative http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-learning-implementation/iupuigeorge-washington-middle-school-service-learning-initiative/1625/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-learning-implementation/iupuigeorge-washington-middle-school-service-learning-initiative/1625/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1625 In Fall 2001, the IUPUI Office of Neighborhood Partnerships (ONP) received a grant from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Community Partnerships to develop the IUPUI-GWCS Service Learning Initiative. The IUPUI-GWCS Service Learning Initiative built upon a pre-existing partnership between IUPUI, George Washington Community School (GWCS), and the two neighborhood associations of WINC and WESCO to support teachers from GWCS in implementing service learning into their class curriculum. GWCS teacher participants receive support and training from IUPUI faculty and staff (i.e., School of Education, Center for Service and Learning) through workshops, one-on-one consultation, and a summer graduate course: Service Learning Ideas for K-12 Educators. Teachers then work with community partners from WINC and WESCO, and the staff of the IUPUI Office of Neighborhood Partnerships to design and implement service learning projects in their classroom.

To date the IUPUI-GWCS Service Learning Initiative has involved 8 teachers and over 250 students in the communities of WINC and WESCO through projects that have included a Nutrition Education Campaign and Food Drive, a Neighborhood Park Clean Up, and Safety and Literacy Education Programs for Preschoolers. Outcomes from the IUPUI-GWCS Service Learning Initiative are intended to increase student learning, support the professional development of teachers, integrate service learning into the middle school curriculum, strengthen teacher understanding of community resources, address community needs, strengthen campus-community relationships, and contribute to the ongoing commitment of IUPUI to actively collaborate with the community and schools to improve the quality of life in west Indianapolis.

Contact: Meg Easter-Dawson, measter {at} iupui(.)edu or http://csl.iupui.edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-learning-implementation/iupuigeorge-washington-middle-school-service-learning-initiative/1625/feed/ 0 Project SYKES: Successful Youth Knowledgeable & Eager for Service http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/project-sykes-successful-youth-knowledgeable-eager-for-service/1362/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/project-sykes-successful-youth-knowledgeable-eager-for-service/1362/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1362 L.B. Sykes-Lanett Junior High School in Lanett, Alabama, was awarded $4,990.00 for their Learn and Serve project called Project SYKES: Successful Youth Knowledgeable & Eager for Service. Project SYKES incorporates service activities into required classes as well as clubs and organizations. The organizations and projects include:

1. National Honor Society sponsors peer tutoring.
2. The Drama Class sponsors theatrical productions and a summer theater workshop. Students perform for community groups and other schools in the district. The summer theater workshop is planned for elementary age children in the community.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/project-sykes-successful-youth-knowledgeable-eager-for-service/1362/feed/ 0 “”Beyond El Gran Capoquero”": high school students learn Spanish skills via Drama while providing community service to K-2 Spanish students http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/beyond-el-gran-capoquero-high-school-students-learn-spanish-skills-via-drama-while-providing-community-service-to-k-2-spanish-students/1514/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/beyond-el-gran-capoquero-high-school-students-learn-spanish-skills-via-drama-while-providing-community-service-to-k-2-spanish-students/1514/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1514 “”Beyond El Gran Capoquero”" (The Great Kapok Tree) extends SAIL’s 1997-98 interdisciplinary project whereby high school students acquire conversational Spanish skills via Drama while providing community service to K-2 Spanish students. That project’s success, our desire to capitalize on the strong oral presentation/drama skills of SAIL students and the support of our school improvement plan (expansion of hands-on, applied experiential learning and a greater emphasis on community service for our students) encouraged us to continue.

First semester included joint lesson planning, student training in Spanish, Drama, and Early Childhood Education teaching techniques, and development of student-produced curriculum implementation activities. SAIL students met with Ruediger second-grade students four times (informal “”icebreakers”", discussion of rainforest animals and habitats, and painting murals used as scenery for the first-grade students’ second-semester performance). Second semester included SAIL students meeting ten times with the first-graders, teaching Spanish dialogue, drama and movement techniques, mask making, and performance preparation. There were four performances: one, early in the project, with SAIL students showing the Ruediger students “”how it’s done”"; one, near the end, with all the students, for Ruediger parents and students; and two joint-cast productions, one for the “”Celebrate the Arts Festival”" at Gretchen Everhart School for Exceptional Students and one opportunity to entertain and exchange ideas with visitors from the Ecuadorian rainforest.

SAIL students provided approximately 700 hours of community service (including travel and preparation) and helped develop replicable curriculum materials. All students stayed enrolled in the program and took seriously their responsibilities as teachers and role models. There is positive anecdotal feedback from Everhart, Ruedigerand SAIL staff and plans to continue the Spanish/Drama curriculum and Ruediger/SAIL relationship. We may also pursue ways to replicate and use this Learn and Serve project as a model to implement the Sunshine State Standards for Foreign Language instruction for high school and elementary students and for using authentic assessment for evaluation.
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/beyond-el-gran-capoquero-high-school-students-learn-spanish-skills-via-drama-while-providing-community-service-to-k-2-spanish-students/1514/feed/ 0 Generations in Exchange http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/1522/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/1522/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1522 Adults can learn a great deal about ingenuity and determination from children. An “”Eco-Troop”" of fourth and fifth graders in Florida grew fond of the scrub jay, an endangered species that is so friendly the bird will eat a peanut from an open hand. The students were determined to protect the scrub jay. Oblivious of the monumental difficulties involved in buying the land necessary to preserve the scrub jay’s local habitat, they set to work. The school principal and their teacher brought the parents together with the children for weekly strategy sessions. Teachers and children refused to allow the adults to co-opt the agenda. Students, their parents, and local environmental groups made intergenerational presentations to the School Board, the Indian River County Commission, their congressman, and the secretary of the US Interior Department. As an intergenerational group the friends of scrub jay were successful. Eco-Troop received a $200,000 matching grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

The above is one of several intergenerational programs featured in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Network magazine, Winter 2001. Written by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/1522/feed/ 0 “”In Harmony”": developing a caring intergenerational link http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/in-harmony-developing-a-caring-intergenerational-link/1523/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/in-harmony-developing-a-caring-intergenerational-link/1523/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1523 IN HARMONY is a project that has established a service learning program within our inner city schools while establishing an intergenerational link between our 480 at risk students and 500 senior citizens at a nearby, non-profit, HUD subsidized retirement home. Our students are meeting actual community needs while extending student learning beyond the classroom. The students visit the retirement home each month to present interactive programs of newly acquired academic skills. IN HARMONY incorporates art, music, P.E., and drama to enhance what is taught in the academic curriculum. This program fosters the development of a sense of caring for others as the students share songs, games, stories, dances, art projects, and much more with the elderly and disabled residents from the senior citizen facility.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/in-harmony-developing-a-caring-intergenerational-link/1523/feed/ 0 Partners in Art: a new theater for high school students http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/partners-in-art-a-new-theater-for-high-school-students/1559/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/partners-in-art-a-new-theater-for-high-school-students/1559/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1559 Thanks to a group of enthusiastic team workers our community as a whole will be greatly enriched. Owing to a combined effort of our local Arts Guild, Construction students, who were responsible for designing and building a brand new performance-art interior for our local movie theater and a 6th Period Drama class, our community now has a top notch, state of the art theatre that the entire community and county can take pride in. The students profit greatly from the experience because it provides a setting (The Magnolia Theatre) that inspires them more so than a normal classroom environment. They are taught the history of the theater, all aspects of stagecraft (including lighting and sound), and lastly they are given the opportunity to improvise and perform. They spend a total of 180 hours in this “”classroom”". Not only do the students attend classes in the theater they are also custodians, who maintain and cleanup the facility for various performances. They operate the sound and lighting equipment and act as House Manager and staff for school-related performances. All the students find the experience to be greatly rewarding.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/partners-in-art-a-new-theater-for-high-school-students/1559/feed/ 0 Education majors take on a K-12 service-learning project http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-k-h-partnerships/education-majors-take-on-a-k-12-service-learning-project/1613/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-k-h-partnerships/education-majors-take-on-a-k-12-service-learning-project/1613/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1613 Service learning is changing education at every level: from kindergarten to graduate school. In Muncie, Indiana, 125 students at Northside Middle School got a taste of service-learning when their classes were transformed by the work of a class of education majors at nearby Ball State University. The university students worked with five classes of sixth graders, coming into their classrooms once a week to help them develop a service-learning project. In this way the college students, future teachers, learned the strength of teaching through service-learning, while helping a K-12 school to adopt this innovative teaching method.


From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy

E-mail: Jill Miels, 00JCMIELS {at} BSUVC.bsu(.)edu

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-k-h-partnerships/education-majors-take-on-a-k-12-service-learning-project/1613/feed/ 0 Teens With Attitude (TWA) http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/teens-with-attitude-twa/1659/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/teens-with-attitude-twa/1659/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1659 Teens With Altitude (TWA) is a sociodrama designed to address community problems of drug abuse, teen pregnancy, fire, safety, and gangs. The sociodrama is presented through music, skits, puppetry, poetry, and black light performances. It will strengthen social and resiliency skills of children and youth to exhibit appropriate social behavior, to use safe and healthful practices with their peers, to refuse to become involved with drugs and gangs, and to refuse to become teenage parents.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/teens-with-attitude-twa/1659/feed/ 0 Generations Exchange http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-engaged-campus/generations-exchange/1721/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-engaged-campus/generations-exchange/1721/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1721 In Maryland, state law mandates that every public school establish a school improvement team including community members, teachers, parents, and student representatives. High school students serve alongside adults on every advisory, curriculum, and study committee that makes recommendations to the district board of education. Students also are involved with special task forces such as one focused on grading policy and another exploring alternative approached for those students where traditional high school does not tmeet their needs.

The above is one of several intergenerational programs featured in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Network magazine, Winter 2001. Written by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-engaged-campus/generations-exchange/1721/feed/ 0 Generations in Exchange http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/1735/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/1735/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1735 In Portland, Maine as part of a homework assignment high school students visited local community health centers to learn about AIDS. The homework grew into a project to dispel HIV/AIDS stereotypes. With permission granted by the centers’ patients these students created a photography exhibit that traveled to many other public schools in Maine. Study stimulated outreach. Outreach brought intergenerational relationships, with in turn created more study and further outreach.

The above is one of several intergenerational programs featured in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Network magazine, Winter 2001. Written by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/1735/feed/ 0 Generations Exchange http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-citizenship-and-democracy/generations-exchange/1790/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-citizenship-and-democracy/generations-exchange/1790/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1790 A powerful Minneapolis-area consortium makes sure that young people are involved with every step of the planning process of a multi-community youth center. The board of directors for this ambitious $5 million project consists of 60 percent youth and 40 percent adults. Biweekly meetings, co-chaired by a youth member from each of the two largest high schools, serve as a forum for community input about the center’s computer lab, performing arts space, a youth-run food-service business, career planning, medical and mental health service, and a 10-bed shelter for homeless youth. This five-year planning process demonstrates how adults and young people can interact responsibly for their mutual benefit and for the sake of the community. In the words of one former board member: “”[The youth center] works for one reason: Everyone involved treats each other as equals.”"

The above is one of several intergenerational programs featured in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Network magazine, Winter 2001. Written by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-citizenship-and-democracy/generations-exchange/1790/feed/ 0 Performance and Social Change and Community-based theater http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-by-issue-multicultural/performance-and-social-change-and-community-based-theater/1796/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-by-issue-multicultural/performance-and-social-change-and-community-based-theater/1796/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1796 A version of Performance and Social Change and Community-based theater is taught to a class of 15 graduate and undergraduate students who spend 20-30 hours working with (somewhat vaguely defined) community-based theater groups. These include a program using theater to teach literacy in elementary schools, a theater company for highschool kids on the north side of Minneapolis, a few interactive theater companies, and a Latina women’s group celebrating La Posada.

A lot of time is spent in the classroom asking questions about cultural colonization, social agency, and the responsibility of the artist/community to engage in mutual exchange. Also questioned is the notion of ‘community’ as a positive, homogenous entity, examining the boundaries of ‘community,’ their fluidity/stability, and various ways of addressing the inclusion/exclusion paradigm that often defines community.

The class is a combination of history/theory and practice, looking at the pageantry movement of the early 20th century, Little Theaters, grassroots theaters, separatist political movements identified with theater (such as the Black Arts Movement, El Teatro Campesino), Cornerstone Theater, and contemporary grassroots movements. Boal techniques, guests from Yugoslavia using the work of Grotowski and Barba, and some sociodrama are introduced to the classroom.

Website: http://www1.umn.edu/commpub/c_cla/cla_69.html

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-service-by-issue-multicultural/performance-and-social-change-and-community-based-theater/1796/feed/ 0 High school drama department’s Medieval Festival http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/high-school-drama-departments-medieval-festival/1825/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/high-school-drama-departments-medieval-festival/1825/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1825 The drama department’s contribution to the service-learning program at this school is the Medieval Festival it organizes, involving most departments in the high school as well as the community. This event is a cross curricular project, including parental involvement, concentrating on a past time period. Students research medieval times while focusing on originality and creativity in the areas of literature, music, art, family life, health, and sports of the time period. Students apply academic skills and research by writing historically plausible scripts and music. All areas of the curriculum are involved including business and commerce with ticket sales and guild booths at the festival.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/high-school-drama-departments-medieval-festival/1825/feed/ 0 Play with a Purpose: video, radio and drama productions address youth issues http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/play-with-a-purpose-video-radio-and-drama-productions-address-youth-issues/1844/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/play-with-a-purpose-video-radio-and-drama-productions-address-youth-issues/1844/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1844 “”Play With A Purpose”" participants conceptualized and produced three different shows that were shared with our community. These included a video, a radio drama, and a series of monologues and short scenes addressing teen issues important to them. Most of the participants were at risk. Students participating were involved in their first theatre experiences. It was inspiring to see these students get excited about both the production and the response of others to their efforts. The project was based at three sites including the Andy Griffith Playhouse, Foothills (alternative school) and the Eckerd Camp (a wilderness camp for youth offenders). Performances were held in housing authority recreation centers and in the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Students learned about the productions from conceptualization to final performances. They learned numerous skills relating to theater while focusing on issues that were relevant to them-these ranged from teen pregnancy and suicide to violence related topics.

Contact: Arts Council of Surrey 13750 88th Ave. Surrey, BC V3W 3L1 Canada

Tel: 501-5188 Fax: 501-5581

Email: acs {at} vcn.bc(.)ca

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/play-with-a-purpose-video-radio-and-drama-productions-address-youth-issues/1844/feed/ 0 “”Very Special Arts”" http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/very-special-arts/1853/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/very-special-arts/1853/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1853 The Piedmont High School service learning project is called “”Very Special Arts.”" It utilizes the power of the arts to reach every child and adult with a disability through a cooperative effort involving high school art students and partners within the community. Students in the art curriculum receive disability training through guest speakers, videos, and class projects. Students in the National Art Honor Society work one on one with individuals with disabilities on field trips, and then report back to their classmates on their experiences. A countywide festival is planned round a children’s story book author and each art activity is related to one of the author’s books. On this day, participants have the opportunity to celebrate and share accomplishments in the arts. Many businesses and members of the community attend to make this day a true celebration.

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/very-special-arts/1853/feed/ 0 Using interdisciplinary arts programming to provide service-learning and literacy enhancement opportunities to high schoolers http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/using-interdisciplinary-arts-programming-to-provide-service-learning-and-literacy-enhancement-opportunities-to-high-schoolers/1916/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/using-interdisciplinary-arts-programming-to-provide-service-learning-and-literacy-enhancement-opportunities-to-high-schoolers/1916/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1916 The NYC Vocational Training Center (VTC), a 5-borough multi sited High School Program, the Fredrick Douglas Literacy Center (FDLC) and the Waterways Project of Ten Penny Players, Inc. (WP), a literacy arts publishing and performance program, are providing inclusive service learning and literacy enhancement opportunities for 400 VTC and 50 FDLC at risk 11th grade NYC young adults.

The program is implemented within the context of meeting targeted NYS Learning Standards through interdisciplinary arts programming and a school to work philosophy. VTC students receive 90 minutes a day of academic instruction from 9 teachers and spend the remainder of the educational day in service learning activities.

Students participate in weekly reflection classes at their site. The Empire State Partnership (ESP) grant received by the three partners has enabled artists to work with both groups of students and with faculty. Two of the FDLC classes are preparing puppet shows with Brooklyn College based Puppetry in Practice. They will perform at their local nursing home, the elementary school and at VTC nursing home sites. Similarly, VTC students based at Hyam Salomon also will work with the puppeteers to prepare productions which will be performed at the nursing home. The students will perform at their schools and libraries also. Students from both schools are working as well with poets, visual and performing artists to create productions based on their own writing, oral histories they collect form family or community members, and picture books. Last year FDLC and VTC students worked together with a performance artist to prepare a production of student poetry which they then performed at a nursing home, a library and a park.
]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/using-interdisciplinary-arts-programming-to-provide-service-learning-and-literacy-enhancement-opportunities-to-high-schoolers/1916/feed/ 0 Generations Exchange http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-citizenship-and-democracy/generations-exchange/1926/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-citizenship-and-democracy/generations-exchange/1926/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=1926 In Ohio, several parents wanted to ban a book used in high school literature classes. The principal believed that a collaboration between parents and students would address this controversial issue more effectively than the school administration acting alone. The student council at this school has input on all school committees, including hiring staff. The principal conducted seminars where students discussed the censorship issue. The student council then moderated evening seminars that included students, parents, school staff, and the district school board. The entire community emerged stronger as a result of confronting this controversy with an intergenerational committee.

The above is one of several intergenerational programs featured in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Network magazine, Winter 2001. Written by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-citizenship-and-democracy/generations-exchange/1926/feed/ 0 The Women’s Performance Group http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/the-womens-performance-group/2000/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/the-womens-performance-group/2000/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=2000 The Women’s Performance Group considers itself more than just a club. It is an environment where young women and men consider women’s issues, develop their unique talents, nurture their aspirations, and support others who are in needs. The group often uses visual and performing aids in its many service learning projects. As members of this group, the students design and prepare each activity. Student officers and committees plan, oversee, and coordinate activities, and all members proudly demonstrate ownership of this service learning group. The women’s Performance Group is currently working with district elementary and middle schools and with other districts, encouraging them to start similar service learning programs. The group’s many projects include: Head Start Art & Literacy Program; Living Museum; Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Teddy Bear Drive; Women’s Performance Group Home Page; National Women’s History Month Celebrations and Conference; Montgomery County Women’s Conference; Wall of Women; and a Dance Program.

Website: http://www.mhswelsh.com/wpg.html

]]> http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-arts-in-service-programs/the-womens-performance-group/2000/feed/ 0 Generations in Exchange http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/2030/ http://www.compact.org/program-models/program-models-campus-community-partnerships-andor-campuscorporatecommunity-partnerships/generations-in-exchange/2030/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 tdomf_26a6d http://compact.localhost.com/?p=2030 Community mapping carries great potential for interaction with people of all ages. A Charleston, SC teacher suggested to his students that they survey a 10-block area near their downtown school. After counting and mapping 45 abandoned lots and dilapidated buildings, they drew up a survey and interviewed 50 residents of varying ages to seek recommendations for ways to improve the neighborhood. The students presented their findings to the City Council. This exchange resulted in the demolition of several hazardous buildings and stricter enforcement codes. The next year the teacher’s new students continued to pursue neighborhood revitlaization with an inter-agency group of city planners.

The above is one of several intergenerational programs featured in the Constitutional Rights Foundation Network magazine, Winter 2001. Written by Wendy Schaetzel Lesko

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