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Service learning is a teaching and learning approach that has been documented to result in positive academic, social, civic and skills development for young people.

“Why do we have to learn this?” It’s a question asked daily in countless Georgia classrooms by students who seek connections between classroom learning and the “real world.”

The University of Georgia will host a workshop of interactive, introductory sessions on service learning for area educators on Monday, May 6, that will offer ways to make curriculum more relevant to students, engage them in meaningful learning and help them make a difference in their community.

The Service-Learning in P-12 Classrooms: Connecting Curriculum to Community workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. It is being co-hosted by UGA’s Office of Service Learning and the College of Education.

Service learning is a teaching and learning approach that has been documented to result in positive academic, social, civic and skills development for young people. Well-designed service-learning experiences can also serve as a bridge between school and community as students see how they can make a difference by applying their learning to address local issues, needs and concerns.

In the workshops, participants will:

• explore the concept of service-learning and how it relates to your grade level;
• examine project examples from local classrooms;
• learn about funding support, community partners, project ideas, and how to demonstrate the impact of the project;
• develop a plan for implementing service-learning in your own classroom; and
• learn from and work with experienced K-12 service-learning educators.

Registration cost is $175 per workshop (includes the text and companion CD, The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, and Social Action by Cathryn Kaye, as well as a resource binder with additional materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and a parking pass). Registration deadline is April 26, 2013.

For more information, or to register online visit:
www.coe.uga.edu/events/