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Summer of Service and LeadershipJessica Chethik
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
2009 Project Citizen Coordinator Conference October 9-12, 2009
Summer of Service and Leadership Program
15 Chicago Public high schools in 2009Freshman Connection Summer Program• Implementing Project Citizen • Taking part in direct service
experiences set up by Chicago Cares and MGR Foundation
• Reading and discussing Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
Objectives
1. Introduce/acclimate students to their new high school
2. Develop a cadre of student leaders for their high school
3. Build civic knowledge and skills by engaging students in service and policy analysis throughout the summer
4. Expose students to high school and college education
TimelineSpring 2009: • Chicago Public Schools recruited 15 teachers to participate• CRFC created the Summer of Service and Leadership
Curriculum
May 9, 2009:• Project Citizen training for teachers and college mentors
June 22 – July 23, 2009: Summer of Service Program• Week 1: team building, direct service, community walks,
bringing in speakers from the community, read and discuss Seedfolks
• Week 2: continue direct service and identify problem, Seedfolks
• Week 3: look at a variety of solutions to problem, Seedfolks• Weeks 4 & 5: select class policy and create and carry out
action plan, Seedfolks
July 21, 2009: • Culminating event with all participating schools
Curriculum• Scope and Sequence - Weekly Course
Outline • Daily sample activity outline including
correlations to Project Citizen text and other PC lessons
• Teambuilding, community mapping and leadership activities
• Discussion and journaling activities to be used with Seedfolks
• Reflection Section for students and teachers
Direct Service Opportunities
• Senior Centers/ Nursing Homes• Ronald McDonald House• Share Your Soles Organization• Forest Preserve of Cook County • Lincoln Park Community Shelter• Family Rescue• Organic Greenhouse• Hines VA Hospital
Implementing Project Citizen
Problems Identified Include:• High Drop-Out Rates• Peer Pressure• Local Hunger• Civil War and Genocide in Sudan• Affordable Housing• Beach Pollution• Teen Pregnancy• Neighborhood Resource Inequality
PROS of Using Project Citizen as part of Summer of Service
Program• Tapping into an existing program makes it
easy to recruit teachers and students• The direct service component helped to
inspire important community projects• Teachers don’t have to carve out time to fit
the project in their curriculum/ PC is the curriculum
• Meaningful way for freshman to learn about the community where their new school is located and to connect with other incoming students
CONS of Using Project Citizen as part of Summer of Service
Program• Process to adapt curriculum is time
consuming• Motivation and knowledge of teachers not
always optimal• Need to know that money for the program
is available• Once summer ends the program may not
carry over into the new school year• As with using Project Citizen in any
capacity, some teachers get the public policy component, some don’t
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