This workshop, led by Dr. Kristen Booker-Muttero, delves into the transformative power of service learning in elementary education. Learn about its key components—curriculum integration, reflection, and community partnerships—and discover how it connects academic goals to real-world needs. Through inspiring examples and practical tools, this session empowers educators to foster civic responsibility, collaboration, and personal growth among students while strengthening school-community relationships.

This video dives into the foundational principles of service learning, emphasizing student-centered learning, curriculum integration, reflection, and community partnerships. Discover how real-world connections boost engagement, develop critical skills like empathy and leadership, and foster collaboration. Learn about building meaningful community ties that enrich the educational experience and ensure sustainable impact. Empower your students to connect classroom learning with transformative action and become active, responsible global citizens.

This video explores how to align service learning projects with state and national curriculum standards, ensuring they integrate key academic skills. Learn how to link service projects with science, math, language arts, and social studies objectives, creating authentic, interdisciplinary learning experiences. Through practical examples and actionable tips, this module guides educators in designing impactful projects that meet academic goals while fostering community engagement and real-world problem-solving.

This video explores methods for identifying and addressing community needs through student-led service learning projects. Learn how to use surveys, interviews, community meetings, and social media polls to assess local issues. Discover practical strategies to engage students in needs assessment, fostering leadership and ownership. From leading focus groups to conducting community walks and stakeholder interviews, this module equips educators to create meaningful, student-driven community projects.

This video highlights strategies for designing service learning projects that align with the developmental stages of K-5 students. Learn to assess readiness, choose relevant topics, adapt activities, and scaffold effectively. Discover examples like creating care packages or organizing fundraisers to build empathy and leadership skills. This module emphasizes the importance of hands-on learning, parental involvement, and timely feedback, ensuring student engagement and real-world relevance in every project.

This video delves into the importance of fostering community partnerships in service learning. It covers strategies to identify potential partners, engage them through proposals, presentations, and conversations, and sustain collaborations for long-term impact. By leveraging shared resources, expertise, and relationships, these partnerships enhance project outcomes and create networking opportunities for students. The module concludes with an assignment to craft a script for engaging a potential community partner.

This video highlights the importance of reflection in service learning, emphasizing how it enhances students' understanding, personal growth, and critical thinking. It explores different types of reflection, such as oral, written, and artistic, and provides strategies for incorporating them into projects. The video also discusses the role of reflection throughout the service learning process, including the use of guiding questions to help students deepen their learning and self-awareness.

This video covers the essential logistics of implementing service learning projects, focusing on time management, resource allocation, and safety protocols. It explores the importance of creating a clear timeline, defining roles for all participants, and ensuring transportation and accessibility. The video also emphasizes risk management, including emotional and mental safety, and provides a sample timeline for successful project execution, ensuring a safe and smooth learning experience for students.

In this module, we explore strategies for engaging families and the broader school community in service learning projects. Learn how to create opportunities for meaningful participation, from volunteer roles to informational meetings and showcasing student achievements. We highlight the benefits of family involvement, including fostering a supportive environment, reinforcing learning at home, and strengthening community bonds. Practical tips for involving parents in your service learning projects are shared, along with real-world case studies.

In this module, we focus on evaluating student learning outcomes and the overall impact of service learning projects on both students and the community. You'll explore assessment methods, including rubrics, surveys, checklists, and peer evaluations. The module emphasizes the importance of setting clear goals, collecting data, and reflecting on feedback to make improvements. You'll also create your own assessment tool for evaluating your service learning project, with practical examples and strategies for effective assessment.

In this final module, we reflect on the common challenges faced in service learning projects, including limited resources, time constraints, lack of community engagement, communication barriers, varying levels of commitment, safety concerns, and assessment difficulties. The module highlights the importance of cultural sensitivity and offers strategies to navigate these obstacles. Your assignment involves identifying a challenge in your service learning project and proposing solutions, engaging with peers for collaborative learning.