Monday, August 27, 2012

New Position ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SERVICE-LEARNING BGSU, closes Sept 6

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Dear Colleagues,

Please help spread the word about this new position in service-learning at BGSU. This position has a specific focus on work with curricular programs, faculty development, and academic related programming. Closing date September 6, 2012. Please refer potential candidates to the university website.
Jane

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SERVICE-LEARNING
Office of Service Learning ( reporting to the Provost), Bowling Green State University The Associate Director of the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) provides university wide leadership in the development and implementation of programs and services related to service-learning and community/civic engagement, including faculty programs, curriculum development, and initiatives that engage BGSU students in high impact experiential learning opportunities and has many related duties

Full-time, Administrative staff position available. For a complete job description including recruitment dates for this search (J-62391) please visit http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ohr/employment/page96280.html
or contact the Office of Human Resources at (419) 372-8421 or ohr@bgsu.edu. BGSU is an AA/EO employer/educator. 

'If you have come to help me you can go home again. But if you see my struggle as part of your own survival then perhaps we can work together.'     Australian Aboriginal Women

Jane Rosser, PhD                                              
Director of Service-Learning
Office of the Provost
315 University Hall
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419 372 9865

Opportunity to join conversation about research on service-learning and community engagement

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) invites you to join in conversation with fellow researchers and practitioner-scholars through their second annual conference Proceedings, now available online at http://bit.ly/SpozUO

The Proceedings is an online, interactive publication that provides summaries and references for the over 175 sessions to be facilitated by scholars from around the world at the 12th annual conference this fall (Sep.
23 – 25th, Baltimore, MD). It is intended to increase the public visibility of research related to service-learning and community engagement and to facilitate communication and collaboration among researchers and practitioner-scholars.

How might you use the Proceedings?

~ Discover the exciting range of current research on service-learning and community engagement.
~ Connect with colleagues.
~ Plan your participation at the conference.
~ Engage in conversation before, during, and after the conference.
~ Find new resources and references to support your own scholarship and enhance your own practice.

You do not need to be a member of the Proceedings wiki in order to access information on the conference sessions. However, you do need to be a member in order to post comments or questions. Requesting membership is quick and easy - see instructions on the wiki.

The Proceedings is co-created and produced by an international team of graduate student Editorial Fellows, supported by co-editors Patti Clayton (IUPUI & UNCG, USA) and Billy O'Steen (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), sponsored by Stylus Publishing and PHC Ventures.

For more information about the IARSLCE annual conference, including lodging and registration, please visit http://bit.ly/MrncQi

Thanks,

Rahma Osman
CCPH Program Assistant

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Curriculum Guide for Service-Learning & Sustainability

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for K-12, to Higher Education, to Community Based Programs

THE COMPLETE CURRICULUM RESOURCE
for SERVICE-LEARNING and SUSTAINABILITY


NOW IN USE BY THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS AROUND THE WORLD!
Connecting Service Learning to the Curriculum:
A Workbook for Teachers and Administrators

EXPANDED & REVISED THIRD EDITION learn more l order online

Just in time for 2012-13 curriculum and program planning, a curriculum resource that supports integrating service-learning in a deep, substantial, and lasting way.

Whether you in the start-up phase, working to enhance an existing service-learning program, or seeking to move beyond a community service approach, CWI's Workbook will support your efforts, at both the instructional and site level.

CWI's resources, publications, and events have been a favorites of K-16 educators across the U.S. and internationally for nearly two decades.

IDEAL FOR Curriculum Planning l Professional Development l Program Enhancement

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS Service-Learning as an Integrated Teaching Strategy; Best Practices for Service-Learning; Service-Learning and Education for Sustainability; Best Practices for Education for Sustainability; Curriculum Exemplars and Assessment Strategies; Site Level Planning & Evaluation Guide; Instructional Planning & Evaluation Guide; completed Examples of Both Guides; A Form for Collecting & Sharing Activities

How To Order:
www.communityworksinstitute.org
For special shipment needs, email or call us direct at 909-480-3966 (M-F 9-5pm PST) *

**BULK ORDER DISCOUNTS UP TO 10% for EDUCATORS***
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“This publication conveys so clearly the voices of teachers talking to other teachers; that’s a real pleasure. It not only offers the products of shared work and reflection among teachers, it models it. The Workbook’s message in the medium is: You can do this too.”
Martha Rich, Head of School
Thetford Academy
National Service-Learning Leader School
 
"I learned so much—vocabulary, points of entry, excellent information and practical application. I feel like I can really get started and run with my own plan. Thank you all very much !!”
Tad Benedict,
4th Grade Lead Teacher
The Westminster Schools
Atlanta, Georgia


Now in use by thousands of educators across the U.S. and abroad. Includes a NEW section on Education for Sustainability, along with an expanded series of exemplarsCreated by teachers for teachers.The Workbook is a comprehensive resource designed to equip educators with tools and strategies for implementing an effective service-learning program and integrating it into school curricula. The Workbook uses a best practice based approach to service-learning and education for sustainability, including curriculum exemplars, detailed planning and evaluation guides, at both the instructional and site level, and activity collection-sharing forms.

"The organizational support of the Instructional and Site Level Best Guides
will make my planning easier and more productive.”

Julie Metzler, DirectorCareer Services, Community Arts, and S-L
Kansas City Art Institute, MO

Why The Workbook is Effective

A comprehensive resource created by teachers for teachers, Connecting Service-Learning to the Curriculum supports K-16 educators and community based programs seeking to integrate service-learning and education for sustainability. Whether you are simply curious about service-learning and education for sustainability, at an intermediate stage, or an experienced practitioner, you will find useful discussion accompanied by invaluable planning tools, examples, and resources.  

The Workbook is an excellent tool for creating a faculty development and training process that supports school or program wide integration of service-learning.
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Using this Book
Connecting Service-Learning to the Curriculum is ideal for district and program training events, and as an educator's planning and evaluation resource. It is also an excellent teaching tool with older students (grades 9-16)

Overview of the Book The book is composed of six sections. An introduction gives a rationale and road map for its use. Section II contains a brief history and overview of service-learning, defines service-learning terminology, and describes best practices for service-learning, at both the site and instructional level. Section III provides a engaging introduction to education for sustainability (EFS) and rationale for using sustainability as an umbrella goal for service-learning. This section provides best practices for incorporating EFS in the classroom and at the site level. Section IV, “From Experience: Service Learning in Action,” provides twelve case studies of service projects planned and implemented by elementary, middle, high school, and university students. Some of these case studies offer formal descriptions of programs and activities; others are more reflective in nature. Section five provides assessment tools. Section V contains instructional and site level guides.
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"Fabulous tools and tips!”
Anick Leclerc, Teacher
Gault Institute,Quebec


Guides for Classroom, Program, and Schoolwide Planning
The last section includes two distinct detailed planning and evaluation guides (for site and instructional level) as well as completed examples of these guides. Also included is a helpful project example form that can be used as a documentation and sharing tool. The guides in the book have been used and refined for more than a decade by K-16 participants at CWI's nationally acclaimed Institute on Service-Learning.
“The planning guides contained in Connecting Service-Learning helped our sub-grantees (teachers and administrators) see into their own world....and then helped for them to communicate to us more about their real world....By the time we finished, they understood their own successes and challenges much better, and felt the originally begrudged time was well spent, insightful and productive—that they were the better for it….what you have done for the service-learning community you may never be adequately rewarded for, but we thank you.”
Kurt Parks, Coordinator
Service-Learning Arizona

 
Site Based Support Is Avaliable!
CWI's veteran teaching team will provide site support for your school or organization addressing your specific needs: Professional Development Trainings; Teacher Planning; and Program Growth and Enhancement

How To Order The Workbook:
www.communityworksinstitute.org
For special shipment needs, email or call us direct at 909-480-3966 (M-F 9-5pm PST) *

**BULK ORDER DISCOUNTS UP TO 10% for EDUCATORS***


Community Works Institute (CWI)
PO Box 6968
975 Atlantic Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90022
United States

Products of community-engaged scholarship in refugee & immigrant health

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Dear community-engaged scholarship colleagues,

CES4Health has peer-reviewed & published 10 products on Refugee & Immigrant Health, including 4 from our special call for products on the topic.  Download a one-page handout that contains titles and links to them all:
http://bit.ly/Qm2WE3 (also posted in the "hot topics" section of the CES4Health homepage at http://CES4Health.info).

CES4Health is a free online portal designed to widely disseminate high quality products of community-engaged scholarship that can improve the health of communities and "count" in the faculty promotion and tenure process.  Any product except a journal manuscript is considered, with peer review by community and academic experts in the content and format.  If it's accepted, the Editor sends an email about the publication and the rigorous peer review process to people that authors identify, such as deans, department chairs and supervisors.  CES4Health also tracks how many times a product is downloaded and can follow-up with users to find out how it was used - important data that can be included in promotion and tenure dossiers and grant proposals.  CES4Health does not retain copyright for any of the products it publishes.

Learn more about CES4Health at http://CES4Health.info and follow the latest developments on twitter at http://twitter.com/CES4Health

Thanks!

Rahma Osman
CCPH Program Assistant

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