C i v i c E n g a g e m e n t & S e r v i c e L e a r n i n g Vang – university 1 – csu fresno Fall 2007

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happened to him." -Aldous Huxley

"Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happened to him."

-Aldous Huxley

Did you know ? Educational attainment is a powerful predictor of civic engagement. The more education people have, the more likely it is that they will participate in civic affairs. -Thomas Ehrlich

Educational attainment is a powerful predictor of civic engagement. The more education people have, the more likely it is that they will participate in civic affairs.

-Thomas Ehrlich

Getting Involved in the World around You will help you better understand the communities in which you live develop your own self-confidence and sense of social responsibility

will help you better understand the communities in which you live

develop your own self-confidence and sense of social responsibility

Service-learning & Civic Engagement are not the same S e r v i c e - L e a r n i n g #1 Service-learning uses community service as the vehicle for the attainment of students‘ academic goals and objectives. #2 Community service fills a need in the community through volunteer efforts. Provides students with opportunities to use newly acquired skills and knowledge in real-life situations. #3 It identifies in advance, and tracks, specific learning objectives and goals (as well as the intangible ones).

S e r v i c e - L e a r n i n g

#1 Service-learning uses community service as the vehicle for the attainment of students‘ academic goals and objectives.

#2 Community service fills a need in the community through volunteer efforts. Provides students with opportunities to use newly acquired skills and knowledge in real-life situations.

#3 It identifies in advance, and tracks, specific learning objectives and goals (as well as the intangible ones).

#4 Students perform a valuable, significant, and necessary service which has real consequence to the community. #5 The goal of the service is to empower students and those being served. #6 The needs of the community dictate the service being provided. Suffolk University- Service Learning Resources website

#4 Students perform a valuable, significant, and necessary service which has real consequence to the community.

#5 The goal of the service is to empower students and those being served.

#6 The needs of the community dictate the service being provided.

Suffolk University- Service Learning Resources website

Benefits of Service-Learning Increases relevancy of education to students ’living in a real world’ Enhances personalized education for students Teaches positive values, leadership, citizenship and personal responsibility Empowers students as learners, teachers, achievers and leaders Invites students to become members of their own community

Increases relevancy of education to students ’living in a real world’

Enhances personalized education for students

Teaches positive values, leadership, citizenship and personal responsibility

Empowers students as learners, teachers, achievers and leaders

Invites students to become members of their own community

Teaches job skills and prepares students for careers after college Encourages faculty to be innovative and creative in their teaching Contributes to a university’s outreach efforts to the local community, the state and beyond; Increases campus-community collaboration and partnerships Suffolk University - Service Learning Resources website

Teaches job skills and prepares students for careers after college

Encourages faculty to be innovative and creative in their teaching

Contributes to a university’s outreach efforts to the local community, the state and beyond;

Increases campus-community collaboration and partnerships

Suffolk University - Service Learning Resources website

C i v i c E n g a g e m e n t #1 Can take many forms, from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. #2 It can include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions of representative democracy. #3 Can encompasses a range of activities such as working in a soup kitchen, giving blood, serving on a neighborhood association, writing a letter to an elected official or voting. The Colorado Civic Canopy website Service-learning & Civic Engagement are not the same

C i v i c E n g a g e m e n t

#1 Can take many forms, from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation.

#2 It can include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions of representative democracy.

#3 Can encompasses a range of activities such as working in a soup kitchen, giving blood, serving on a neighborhood association, writing a letter to an elected official or voting.

The Colorado Civic Canopy website

How Can You Do Your Part ? - for C i v i c E n g a g e m e n t -

How Can You

Do Your Part ?

- for C i v i c E n g a g e m e n t -

VOLUNTEER – your time and talent to a cause or community group you are passionate about. Make your community a better place or help others in need. Be a role model for your peers and a mentor for children. CONTRIBUTE – money and/or in-kind donations to worthy organizations or causes. Give generously. Teach others, especially children the rewards of giving.

VOLUNTEER – your time and talent to a cause or community group you are passionate about.

Make your community a better place or help others in need. Be a role model for your peers and a mentor for children.

CONTRIBUTE – money and/or in-kind donations to worthy organizations or causes. Give generously.

Teach others, especially children the rewards of giving.

COMMUNICATE – your ideas. Be receptive, respectful, responsive and responsible. Look for common ground and craft solutions, together. Keep an open dialogue with city, state and federal government officials. Know where the stand on issues of concern. VOTE – with knowledge, conviction and purpose. Be a role model. Teach others about civic responsibility and voting as the cornerstones of our democratic process. http://www.helpguide.com

COMMUNICATE – your ideas. Be receptive, respectful, responsive and responsible. Look for common ground and craft solutions, together.

Keep an open dialogue with city, state and federal government officials. Know where the stand on issues of concern.

VOTE – with knowledge, conviction and purpose.

Be a role model. Teach others about civic responsibility and voting as the cornerstones of our democratic process.

http://www.helpguide.com