2018 CCS Service-Learning/PBL Workshop

This interactive graduate course is designed to help Columbus City Schools teachers more effectively integrate service-learning/PBL, 21st Century Skills, and career development to inspire a "sense of passion and purpose" in their students. This type of instruction enables young people to take charge of their learning and lives as they "create their legacies." This course was sponsored by Columbus City Schools and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation.

2018 CCS Service-Learning/PBL Workshop Details

Service-learning is an instructional strategy that directly connects community service with the school curriculum, adding rigor, relevance, and relationships to the learning process and helping students actively address significant local/global needs. It is an especially engaging form of PBL—an instructional approach that enables students to “do the work of real people” by investigating important questions and solving authentic problems.

The 2018 CCS SL/PBL Workshop will meet 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (coffee, etc. available at 8:30 a.m.), on June 26 and 27. The August 7 session will meet 8:30 am to 11:30 am (coffee, etc. available at 8:00 am). Four optional follow-up sessions will be held—September 5, October 3, Nov. 7, and Dec. 5 (4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) to ensure project continuity and support. All sessions will be held at The Graf Center (Upper Arlington Schools), 2020 Builders Place, Columbus, OH, 43204. Participants will have an option of 1-2 semester hours of graduate credit through Ashland University or CEUs.

Project Plans

Kunesh, Fian

Course Handouts

June 26, 2018 handouts
June 27, 2018 handouts
August 7, 2018 handouts
Model Projects
See Me . . . Hear My Name (Patti Niese-Human Trafficking Project, Dominion Middle School, Columbus City Schools)

Video Resources

Click here to find descriptions and links for the following videos:

The Memory Project
Learning in Deed: Mural Project
Learning in Deed: Hospital Project
Media Saves the Beach
On the Road--One of Sports' Most Bitter Rivalries Helps Boy Beat Cancer
Tracking the Iditarod . . . A Cross-Age Partnership
Cells Gone Wild
How Mattie Stepanek's Words Inspired Millions--The Oprah Winfrey Show

Calendar

2018
June 26, 27, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: (The Graf)
August 7, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: (The Graf)

OPTIONAL
September 5, 4:30 to 7:30 pm: (The Graf)
October 3, 4:30 to 7:30 pm: (The Graf)
November 7, 4:30 to 7:30 pm: (The Graf)
December 5, 4:30 to 7:30 pm: (The Graf)
December 12, 4:30 to 7:30 pm: (Snow Date -- The Graf)

To Do List

Service-Learning Project Planning Template
Life Portrait (For those attending the four sessions in the fall.)

"I want to personally thank you both for such a wonderful class. There was never a day that I didn’t want to go. Your infectious positivity rejuvenated me after a long day." -- 2017 Level 1 Participant