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Washington Best Practices in Service Learning

Goal 4: Connecting learning, life and work

Units: Senior projects, Freshman Study Skills and Career Exploration

Subject area: Multidisciplinary
Integrated subjects: SCAN skills
Teacher: Sandra Kint, (360) 374-6262 ext. 260
skaye@mail.wavcc.org
School: Forks High School, Quillayute Valley School District
Grade level: 9-12

Abstract: The career coordinator has developed strong connections between service-learning and career readiness. The following (diagrams) show how they have thoughtfully built connections to service-learning and job readiness skills for several learning projects in their school.

Senior Project Assessment: All Seniors are required to complete a Senior Project if they are to graduate. After completing their 20 hours of community service, they are graded on the following:

Research a topic through a variety of sources and present that in an in-depth paper.
Create and complete a 20- 30 hour community service project which has a direct correlation to the paper.
Organize their time and document the 20-30 hours service.
Present a 15-20 minute oral and visual summary, to include the use of technology, of the results and findings of the community service project before a panel of judges.
School year 99-00, 25% of the Senior Projects incorporated service-learning via the classroom curriculum.

Essential Learning

Writing 1.1 develop concept and design
Writing 1.2 use style appropriate to the audience and purpose
Writing 3.1 prewrite
Writing 3.3 revise
Writing 3.4 edit

Communication 1.2 listen and observe to obtain and interpret information
Communication 2.2 develop content and ideas
Communication 2.3 use effective delivery
Communication 3.1 effectively use action, sound, and/or images to support presentations

Math 1.4 understand and apply concepts and procedures from probability and statistics
Math 2.1 investigate situations
Math 3.1 analyze information
Math 3.3 draw conclusions and verify results
Math 4.1 gather information

Science 2.2 think logically, analytically, and creatively
Science 5.4 examine the relationships among science, society, and the workplace

History 4.1 understand how ideas and technological developments influence people, resources, and culture

Civics 4.1 understand individual rights and their accompanying responsibilities

SCAN Skills

Career Exploration

Awareness/personal interest
Goal setting
Exploration
Work-based experiences
Student Behavior Expectations
Awareness
Personal responsibility
Sociability
Self-management

Technology

Select tools
Applies to task

Interpersonal

Teaching others
Serving clients
Operatives effectively within an organization

Information

Acquires and evaluates information
Organizes and maintains information
Interprets and communicates properly

Systems

Understands systems
Monitors and corrects system performance

Freshman Study Skills Class Assessment: In the 1999-2000 school year 25% of the students in this class participated in a service-learning project that is linked to their personal and career interests. Those interests will be used to develop activities that address actual community needs and will include the following elements:

An essay of interest
A biography
Research of a social, political, cultural, or economic issue facing the occupation today
A career path preparation
A presentation

Essential Learnings

Writing 1.1 develop concept and design
Writing 1.2 use style appropriate to the audience and purpose
Writing 3.1 prewrite
Writing 3.3 revise
Writing 3.4 edit

Communication 1.2 listen and observe to obtain and interpret information
Communication 2.2 develop content and ideas
Communication 2.3 use effective delivery
Communication 3.1 effectively use action, sound, and/or images to support presentations

Math 1.4 understand and apply concepts and procedures from probability and statistics
Math 2.1 investigate situations
Math 3.1 analyze information
Math 3.3 draw conclusions and verify results
Math 4.1 gather information

Science 2.2 think logically, analytically, and creatively
Science 5.4 examine the relationships among science, society, and the workplace

History 4.1 understand how ideas and technological developments influence people, resources, and culture

Civics 4.1 understand individual rights and their accompanying responsibilities

SCAN Skills

Career Exploration

Awareness/personal interest
Goal setting
Exploration
Work-based experiences

Student Behavior Expectations
a. Awareness
b. Personal responsibility
c. Sociability
d. Self-management

Technology
a. Select tools
b. Applies to task

Interpersonal
a. Teaching others
b. Serving clients
c. Operatives effectively within an organization

Information
a. Acquires and evaluates information
b. Organizes and maintains information
c. Interprets and communicates properly

Systems
a. Understands systems
b. Monitors and corrects system performance

Personal and Career Exploration

Assessment

School year 99-00, 25% of students in this class will participate in a servicelearning project that is linked
to their personal and career interests. Those interests will be used to develop activities that address actual
community needs and will include the following elements:

• An essay of interest
• A biography
• A research of a social political, cultural, or economic issue facing the occupation today
• A career path preparation
• A presentation

Essential Learnings

Reading 3.4 read for career applications
Reading 4.3 develop interests and share reading experiences

Writing 1.1 develop concept and design
Writing 1.2 use style appropriate to the audience and purpose
Writing 3.1 prewrite
Writing 3.3 revise
Writing 3.4 edit

Communication 2.2 develop content and ideas
Communication 2.5 effectively use action, sound, and/or images to support presentations

Math 1.4 understand and apply concepts and procedures from probability and statistics
Math 2.2 formulate questions and define the problem
Math 3.1 analyze information
Math 3.3 draw conclusions and verify results
Math 4.1 gather information

Science 2.2 think logically, analytically, and creatively
Science 5.4 examine the relationships among science, society, and the workplace

History 2.1 investigate and research
History 3.3 understand how ideas and technological developments influence people, resources, and culture.

Economics 1.2 observe major forms of business and related careers

Art 1.1 understand and apply arts concepts and communicate ideas

Health/Fitness 4.2 assess needs and resources

SKAN Skills

Career Exploration
a. Awareness/personal interest
b. Goal setting
c. Exploration
d. Work-based experiences

Student Behavior Expectations
a. Awareness
b. Personal responsibility
c. Sociability
d. Self-management

Technology
a. Select tools
b. Applies to task

Interpersonal
a. Teaching others
b. Serving clients
c. Operatives effectively within an organization

Information
a. Acquires and evaluates information
b. Organizes and maintains information
c. Interprets and communicates properly

Systems
a. Understands systems
b. Monitors and corrects system performance