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SBSCLI Site Advocate Overview
The Santa Barbara County Service Learning Initiative (SBCSLI) is a partnership of 15 districts funded in part by a grant through the California Department of Education and implemented as a program of the Center for Community Education. SBCSLI is in its third year. Coordinators Irene Falzone and Kathy Kelly support and train more than 37 teachers who acts as Service Learning Advocates in their respective schools. SBCSLI's goal is to create a network within each district where Service Learning reinforces and extends student learning.
Site Advocates:
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Use Service Learning as a teaching strategy to engage students
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Assist other teachers in understanding how to link standards to service
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Help assess community, district, school and student needs (from data provided)
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Attend individual and/or group meetings during the school year. (Trainings are held as needed at school sites or at locations convenient to most participants)
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Fill out a Project Description and report results of their work on a short Evaluation Form. All required forms are available online at www.sbcsli.org and in a hard copy format.
Each Site Advocate receives a modest SBCSLI stipend.
Service Learning incorporates California Standards at each K-12 grade level. Emphasis is placed on areas where teachers are challenged in helping students meet California Standards such as: Literacy in grades K-3, Science in grades 4-8, and Civic Engagement in grades 9-12. The SBCSLI practitioners understand the importance of civic engagement in lifelong learning. SBCSLI maintains a website (www.sbcsli.org) as a resource for all educators and partners. The website includes an online assessment tool and other resources for use by teacher and community partners.
The SBCSLI is committed to helping students achieve academic standards through service.
Goals for SBCSLI's Third Year
- Create an environment that nurtures and acknowledges the academic impact of service to community
- Assist in engaging youth with local school boards to build awareness of how Service Learning improves academic engagement.
- Develop engaged youth leaders who remain active in civic participation
- Establish networks within each district that include community partners, administrators, and teachers who help support Service Learning work
- Gather data as needed for State and National Assessments
- Work towards inclusion of Service Learning in school board policy, board resolutions, and/or school site plans
Contact information:
Kathy Kelly or Irene Falzone
sbcsli@hotmail.com
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