Service-Learning Service-Learning BenefitsBenefits

Benefits of Service-Learning

• Match the Benefit to the Category– Youth– Community– School or Organization

• Discuss and Share Your Answers

Service-LearningYouth Benefits

• Personal Development– Responsibility– More Socially Competent– Caring– Self-Esteem– Reduced Behavior Problems

• Responsibility

• More Socially Competent

• Caring

• Self-Esteem

Service-LearningYouth Benefits

• Civic Responsibility– Greater Ethic for Service– Increased Understanding of

Government– More Likely to Think About Policies– Understood Social Change

• Greater Service Ethic

• Increased Understanding of Government

• More Likely to Think About Politics

• Understand Social Change

Service-LearningYouth Benefits

• Academic – Improved Problem Solving Skills– Higher Attendance Rates– Higher State Basic Test Scores– Increased Language and Reading

Achievement Test Scores– Higher Grades– Sense of Educational

Accomplishment

• Improved Problem Solving

• Higher Attendance Rates

• Higher Test Scores and Grades

• Sense of Educational Accomplishment

Service-LearningCommunity Benefits

• Meet Direct Community Needs

• Provide Additional Resources

• Empowerment

• Active Citizenship

• Improving Community Assets

• Understanding and Appreciation of Diversity

• Meet Community Needs

• Provide Additional Resources

• Understanding and Appreciation for Diversity

• Active Citizenship

Service-LearningOrganizational Benefits

• Paradigm Shift with New Roles • Motivated Learners • Engagement in Significant Work • Cooperative Learning Environment • Reflective Practitioners • Collaborative Decision-making • Positive, Caring Organizational Climate • Community Involvement Resources

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• Paradigm Shift with New Roles

• Cooperative Learning Environment

• Collaborative Decision-Making

• Positive Organizational Climate