Changemakers

 Changemakers: Service learning.

What is service learning?

Service learning is more than volunteering or doing community service. It allows students take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to real world scenarios to help your community and people around you solve problems. This can help students with their social skills when interacting with other people, increase academic engagement and, university and college readiness.

Service Learning Steps

Service learning has a framework of 4 steps to help students meet academic learning objectives while learning about local, national and global issues and having a positive impact.

Step 1 is Investigate and Learn. Students will investigate any issue or challenge that is being faced by people in their community. For example garbage or waste on local parks, teaching people about the importance of recycling, etc.

Step 2 is Action Plan. Develop a plan to take action on this matter. For example, bringing awareness about waste and trash in local parks can have a positive impact on them. 

Step 3 is Take Action. Based on your plan, take action and do something to better the situation. Volunteering to clean public places, or placing signs about recycling near recycling cans can encourage more people to dispose their trash in the right place.

Step 4 is Report and Celebrate. Any action you take, as small as it might have been, will have a bigger impact in your community than you think. Keep track of everything you do.

Finally Record and Reflect. Keep an activity log and complete written reflections throughout your campaign.