Empowering Youth & Your Nonprofit Through Service Learning (In Person or Online)

Does your organization provide rich, meaningful volunteer opportunities? Do you want to be integral in shaping how our community's youth approach civic responsibility? Now is the time to start planning your service learning projects for the summer. 

Level

Introductory/Intermediate

Learning Objectives

• Understand the difference between a volunteer project and a service learning project
• Identify the key elements of a service learning project
• Know what students and schools want

Description

Local schools and post-secondary institutions are incorporating service learning as a way to integrate community service with instruction to enrich the learning experience.  Join us to learn more about how to create a mutually beneficial service learning project.

Available through live streaming--participate from your computer or mobile device.  Engage during the training by emailing comments and questions.

Audience

Volunteer managers and staff who work with volunteers

Presenters

Marjori M. Krebs is an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico.  She teaches in the College of Education, specifically in teacher preparation and graduate education.  She also is a Presidential Fellow in the UNM President's Office focusing her work on K-12 education.  Marjori has been a teacher for 25 years, from public school through the University.  She also is a consultant with Partnerships Make a Difference, providing professional development workshops for teachers about service-learning and project-based learning.

Stephanie Becker is the Director of Community Engagement at Amy Biehl High, a public charter school dedicated to graduating college-ready and civic-minded young people. She oversees the service-learning program, in which school-wide community engagement requires that all students participate in service projects from ninth through twelfth grade. In their senior year, students create and carry out a 100 hour service project centered on the students' passions to make a difference in their communities. Additionally, Stephanie teaches Heritage Spanish and Civics. She has been in the classroom for over twenty years both in high schools and universities. On Saturdays, you can find her teaching film at University of New Mexico.