Orange County Public Schools District Service Learning Program Special Initiative

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Orange County Public SchoolsDistrict Service
Learning ProgramSpecial Initiative

• Wendy L. Doromal
• OCPS Service Learning Coordinator

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• The primary goal of the OCPS Service Learning
  Program is to provide opportunities for every
  OCPS student to participate in quality
  service-learning projects connected to curriculum
  and standards in collaboration with community
  partners to meet genuine school and community
  needs.

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• To institutionalize service learning in Orange
  County will need people in power and
  decision-makers to support the program not just
  in word, but financially. Both administrators and
  educators need to understand the benefits of
  service learning and how it contributes to
  academic success. We also need teachers to adopt
  service-learning as a means of teaching.
  Therefore, the initiative focuses on training,
  education, and providing seed money through
  mini-grants for service learning projects and
  expansion.

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Goal One

• 1. Create service learning training materials and
  workshops for OCPS teachers.
• Trainers will be provided with Power points and
  handouts so they can train other teachers in
  their schools and communities.

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Goal 2

• 2. Sponsor a training for OCPS service Learning
  Liaisons
• The training will help liaisons understand
  service-learning basics, grant opportunities,
  getting started with projects and how to promote
  service learning at their schools.

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Goal Three

• 3. Advanced training for Service Learning
  Academy teachers and OCPS Service Learning
  Trainers
• Encourage teachers to attend FLS Conference by
  providing substitutes, and bring in Robert
  Schumer for an all-day training session.

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Goal Four

• 4. Provide mini-grants of up to 2,000 for
  teachers in 6 area learning communities to
  establish service learning councils and provide
  training for council facilitators.
• Mini-grant council application sent out in late
  September. Due November 8, 2007.

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Goal Five

• 5. Provide service learning literature for OCPS
  School board members, Superintendent, 6 Area
  Superintendents, and the OCPS Curriculum
  Administrator
• Purchased copies of The Complete Guide to
  Service Learning and am preparing copies of 4
  Resources for linking the Sunshine State
  Standards and Service Learning.

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Goal Six

• 6. Conduct a service learning training for
  principals and administrators
• Am planning this now with my principal and area
  superintendents. Making packets and will be
  giving each principal A Complete Guide to Service
  Learning and a packet at a principals meeting in
  different learning communities.

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Goal Seven

• 7. Provide trainers with resource materials and
  books
• Ordering trainers books and materials.

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Goal Eight

• 8. Update the OCPS Web-site
• This has been updated and is now online!

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Goal Nine

• 9. Provide mini-grant funds to OCPS teachers to
  create service learning projects and establish
  service learning at 15 new OCPS school sites
• 24 applicants responded

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Goal Ten

• 10. Identify OCPS schools for UCF EDG 4323
  course students to apply service learning
  classroom knowledge in a k-12 setting.
• Sites are set. Contacted Trey to see if he would
  like to partner for this!

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IMPACT

• Estimated number of students serving in councils
  and district mini-grant and other service
  learning sites 6,580
• Average number of service-learning hours
• 50 for elementary and middle, 75 for high
• 169,000 elementary/middle hours
• 121,600 high school hours

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IMPACT

• Estimated Number of Recipients
• 8,500 Pre-K elementary
• 22,000 Middle school
• 60,000 High School
• 21 Higher Education
• 120,000 Other Adults and community members

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IMPACT

• All OCPS service learning projects are
• linked to curriculum and are required to have a
  reading element
• are linked to the SSS, NBPTS and OCPS CAAP
  standards
• are assessed using civic pre and post tests, FCAT
  pre and post test, with student-generated surveys
  or with statistical data
• require student voice and choice.

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