To achieve greatness: start where you are use what you have, do what you can.Arthur Ashe

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To achieve greatness start where you are use
what you have, do what you can. Arthur Ashe
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Learning into Action

• Presented by
• LIA Coordinator Pam Church, Director Career
  Services

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WHAT IS LEARNING INTO ACTION?
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?A General Education course requirement for
completion of a Transfer Degree from SVC

• A 30-hour (1 credit) applied learning project,
  individually designed by the student

? Potentially, a real world experience in a
career interest area

• Experience for a resume or scholarship
  applications

? A part of your career development

• An opportunity to network with those in your
  career interest area

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WHY is LEARNING INTO ACTION Required?
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Program Goals
Identify, integrate and apply specific skills,
knowledge technologies through an independent
project.
Apply general education skills in the area of
communication, quantitative reasoning and
critical thinking.
Design your own independent project related to
career exploration, research and travel.
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Getting started
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Decide on a project
Get a faculty sponsor
Choose a placement
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Complete the Learning Contract

• Write out learning objectives
• Get signatures (approval) from faculty and site
  supervisor
• Get LIA coordinators signature

Register Get line Code from LIA Coordinator
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Decide on a project
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• What will you major in, and what is your career
  goal at this time? Can you find a LIA project
  that will put you in the real world setting of
  this career?

2. If you are unsure, but are considering a
couple of different fields, you might want to
explore a practicum in one of these fields in
order to check it out.
3. If you dont have a clue as to what you will
major in at the university, come to the Career
Center to do some career exploration.
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GREAT RESOURCES FOR LIA PROJECTS

• Take an inventory of what you are doing already.
• Working or volunteering at a community based
  agency?
• Are you active in student government?
• Planning a purposeful travel?
• Involved in a campus based organization?
• Employed in a work study project related to
  major?
• These types of activities may be appropriate for
  LIA credit.

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MORE RESOURCES

• Checkout the LIA Opportunity Board in the hallway
  by the Career and Counseling Center for placement
  opportunities.
• Checkout the LIA website for Syllabus Packet
  and Forms page. Click the link for LIA Placement
  Database

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MORE RESOURCES...

• Talk to a faculty member about assisting with
  special projects.
• Collaborate with other students for ideas. You
  may propose a group or individual project.
• Make an appointment with the LIA Coordinator.

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Next...
Select a placement Site Supervisor
Get a faculty sponsor
NOTE These three things often go on
simultaneously or in any order that works for
you, the student.
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Typical components of a Learning Into Action
project

• A completed Learning Contract
• Reflective Journals (weekly)
• Seminar Participation or alternatives
• Self Evaluation
• Time Sheet(s)
• Site Supervisor Evaluation
• Summary/ Analytical paper

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Complete the Learning Contract

• Write out learning objectives
• Get signatures (approval) from faculty and site
  supervisor
• Get LIA coordinators signature

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The learning contract
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Learning Objectives Worksheet

• 1. Job Description Write a brief description of
  your role and
• specific duties as it pertains to your project
  or placement. Use action verbs.

2. Performance Objectives What will you have
demonstrated, learned, and accomplished
by the end of the quarter? What is your
goal or intended outcome for learning?

• Type up objectives with activities and have
  supervisors sponsors sign the learning
  contract, showing that they approve of the
  objectives and activities.

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SAMPLE LEARNING OBJECTIVE FOR EDUC 299

• I will demonstrate my knowledge and further my
  skills in classroom leadership and management.

• Activities to meet objective
• Lead small and large group activities
• Lead reading groups
• Instruct a small science group

• I will design and carry out small group
  lessons in science

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SAMPLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
? (Drama) I will apply and expand my leadership
skills by coaching students through class
exercises and during rehearsals.

• (PE) I will develop my ability to motivate
  others and explain tasks for others physical
  fitness.

• (Art) I will use and develop further my
  interpersonal communications skills by
  facilitating groups of students in an art project
  for their classroom.

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Sample Objectives

• (History) I will expand my knowledge and skill
  in the research process by preparing a
  research paper on this topic.
• I will demonstrate knowledge and skills in
  formal oral presentations.
• (Accounting) I will apply accounting principles
  to collection of funds and calculations of income
  through the following activities
• Create documents in Excel to track pledges
• Track payments in database called PDS
• Create a plan to pursue delinquent pledges

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Sample Objectives (CS) I will gain experience
reviewing programs and identifying errors and
problems in code. (CS) I will improve my
programming skills and knowledge of the C
language by developing a program that
demonstrates my understanding of advanced
concepts. (BA) I will learn about the different
departments and organizational structure of the
company where I am working. (POSC) I will
advance my knowledge of the budgeting process of
student government here at SVC by participating
in the S A budget committee. (Spanish) I will
further my Spanish language skills by tutoring a
child within a home where Spanish is the primary
language.
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Samples of Learning Objectives

• I will design and teach a fifteen minute lesson
  plan for reading based on the inclusion of the
  following parts Introduction to the topic,
  involvement activity, and summary of the lesson.
• I will recruit fifteen volunteer workshop
  presenters by ____(date) .
• I will demonstrate my knowledge of lab techniques
  including cover slipping, setting up pipettes,
  and cutting tissues by_____.
• I will demonstrate and advance my interpersonal
  communication skills with adolescents.

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• I will develop an environmental curriculum and
  demonstrate my teaching abilities in a fourth
  grade class.
• Activities I will observe teaching methods and
  the childrens learning styles. I will help
  students set up a recycling center in their
  classroom.
• I will tutor in the math center and demonstrate
  my abilities in advanced mathematics.
• I will practice and develop further my small
  group facilitation skills by leading middle
  school student in conflict resolution sessions.

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Reflective journals
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What is a Reflective Journal?
A Reflective Journal summarizes what you
experienced and provides a personal response to
the experience. For example, it might involve
analyzing or critiquing the experience in light
of earlier learning or future goals. It is not
just a summary of what happened. Include in your
journals how you are using knowledge and skills
that you gained in college coursework
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Ideas for Reflective Journals

• Write about the best thing that happened this
  week
• Whats the most difficult part of your work?
• What do you do on a typical day at your placement?

• What thing(s) did you dislike most this week?
  Why?
• If you were in charge of the place where you
  volunteer, what would you do to improve it?
• If you were the supervisor, would you have the
  volunteers do anything differently from what you
  are doing?

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ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
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Enrichment Activities/Alternatives to Seminars
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OTHER ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
You may also watch a video, read a chapter in a
book on the list, or listen to an audio tape
listed in upcoming slides. Each video or audio
tape or chapter counts as one hour. Write a
one-page summary for each video and/or chapter
you read.
For more information, contact Pam
Church Learning Into Action Coordinator Office
CS-9 (in Counseling Center) Phone
[phone] or 416-7654 email
church_at_skagit.ctc.edu
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forms

Forms can be printed from pdf file at LIA web
page LIA Syllabus Requirements
http//www.skagit.edu/news.asp_Q_pagenumber_E_340
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LEARNING CONTRACT
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STUDENT SELF-EVALUATION
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SUPERVISOR EVALUATION
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TIME SHEET
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What do I do next?

• Complete the Applied Skills Learning Contract
  with your Faculty Sponsor and Site
  Supervisor signatures.

• Meet with the LIA Coordinator by coming in on
  Drop-in times or make an appointment to see Pam
  Church by calling or coming by the Counseling
  Center (416-7654).

• REGISTER online for _____299, (e.g., HIST 299,
  PSYCH 299, BA 299, EDUC 299), by getting an entry
  code and item number from Pam Church.
• You will need an ADD form after the first week
  of school.

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How do I finish up LIA and get a passing grade?
1. Submit weekly journals, as required.
2. Complete your Time Sheet. (Make sure it has
been signed by your Site Supervisor.)
3. Complete the 3-page LIA Analytical Paper
(typed) plus any other products required by your
faculty sponsor. Turn it into your faculty
sponsor by his/her due date.
4. Turn in the completed Site Supervisor
Evaluation, if required. Make sure your
supervisor has plenty of time to fill out the
form.
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What is turned into LIA Coordinator for your
permanent LIA file at the end of the quarter?

• Copy of graded analytical paper
• Student Self-evaluation
• Signed time sheet

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grading
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Grading Criteria are determined by the Faculty
Sponsor
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LIA FACTS
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The first LIA credit requires 3
learning objectives
Each LIA credit requires 30 hrs.
Each LIA credit requires at least 30 hrs. of
project work.
Each credit after the first LIA credit
requires one additional learning objective
Every credit beyond the first LIA credit, is a
gray area elective
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WATCH FOR DUE DATES!
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• LIA Checklist
• Plan your project independently or in
  collaboration with a faculty sponsor and/or site
  supervisor
• Complete an Applied Learning Contract with
  signatures of faculty sponsor and site supervisor
• Take to LIA Coordinator for her signature and
  get registration information
• Register and pay for credit
• Record activities and times on time sheet
• Submit weekly reflective journals to your
  faculty sponsor (six during Fall, Winter and
  Spring quarters four Summer Qt.)
• Have Site Supervisor complete his/her evaluation
  of your work (if it fits your project), and have
  him/her sign your timesheet, thus, verifying
  hours
• Write final analytical, summary paper, which
  demonstrates college-level composition and
  writing skills (see Syllabus Packet for
  guidelines)
• Submit to faculty sponsor your paper, a copy
  of signed timesheet, and Site Supervisor
  evaluation
• Submit signed timesheet, Self-Evaluation, and
  copy of graded paper to LIA Coordinator (This
  proof of completion will be stored for six years)

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Time Sheet(s), verified by Site 10
Supervisor or other authority Site
Supervisor Evaluation 10 TOTAL
Possible Points 100
BEST WISHES FOR AN EXCITING LEARNING
EXPERIENCE