Service-Learning Washington Training Cadre

Professional Development Opportunities

• Clock Hours available through Heritage Institute/Antioch University or local resource by prior arrangement
  
  
• Program brought directly to your school, organization, or community site
  
  
• Program tailored to audience: teachers, national service members, coordinators, community partners, youth, etc.
  
  
• Flexible scheduling
  
  
• Year long follow-up support and consultation available

(Click Here) For Professional Development Request Form (Word Doc), complete the following information and return via e-mail to: sea@whidbey.com

We will follow-up with you to work out the details of the visit, how many staff members you would like to include in the training and other specifics of your needs regarding training development.

TOPIC AREAS TO CHOOSE FROM INCLUDE

Workshops can be developed focusing on one or a combination of the topic areas outlined below, depending on the needs, interest and level of experience of your staff:

• Research and best practices in service-learning strategies

• Development of Culminating Projects

• Authentic Program development, tailored to your classroom/building/district needs.  We provide Program framework/templates that allow instructors to build a service-learning program based on existing curriculum, or development of a new program.

• Building strong partnerships with local organizations

• Provide multiple models and examples of actual service-learning projects and programs

• Risk management and liability overview and support

• Grant writing in the service-learning field

• Meeting EALRs through the use of service-learning curriculum

• Special Education and transitions

• Working with high risk youth through a vocational/career exploration/pathways project

• Developing themes and essential questions for your projects

• Using service-learning as an integration tool

Service-Learning Washington Training Cadre Coordinators/Instructors' Bios   (Click Here)