Service Learning and the Leadership Development Institute

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Service Learning and the Leadership Development
Institute
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Why engage Service-Learning?
It will create awareness that shakes you and
awakens creative thinking. Your experiences
uncover tensions that move you to use the course
to learn the material better.

• You will LEARN more in this course because of the
  SERVICE you do

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The Founders Stories as examples
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The Founders Stories as examples
Catherine McAuley was a youth in Dublin 150 years
ago during the Potato Famine and Plague. She
was given a place to live, but looked out at the
homeless women she was unable to help. When she
inherited money, she built a house and took them
in.

• The women who helped her became the Sisters of
  Mercy, now serving in hundreds of hospitals and
  schools worldwide, especially with women and
  children.

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The Founders Stories as examples
Ignatius, as a wealthy young man in Loyola, Spain
500 years ago, lived a life of conquest and
pleasure. . . Until he broke his leg. With time
to reflect, he noticed the poor and helpless, and
the heroism of those who helped them. Determined
to preach the Gospel and serve the poor, he was
required to pursue a degree.

• The men who followed him in his zeal for
  education, service, and preaching became the
  Jesuits, who teach and serve around the world.

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Engaging Vision
How does our Mission Statement relate to
Service-Learning?
The University of Detroit Mercy, a Catholic
university in the Jesuit and Mercy traditions,
exists to provide excellent student-centered
undergraduate and graduate education in an urban
context. A UDM education seeks to integrate the
intellectual, spiritual, ethical, and social
development of students.
The University of Detroit Mercy will be
recognized as a premier private university in the
Great Lakes region, distinguished by graduates
who lead and serve in their communities
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Service-Learning
Concrete Experience

• Trying something

• Sensing, feeling

• Taking in other information, looking for
  patterns, meaning, implications

Active Experimentation
Reflective Observation

• Stopping, Standing back, Thinking about it

Abstract Conceptualization
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Service-Learning
Concrete Experience
Active Experimentation
Reflective Observation
Abstract Conceptualization
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The urban context of DETROIT
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Why DETROIT?
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A City In Need
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Kolbs Learning Cycle Service-Learning
Concrete Experience Direct service to someone in
need right here in Detroit
Active Experimentation As you are go back and
serve repeatedly while in the course, you return
having reflected and analyzed, to apply what you
have learned. How can you, now or later in your
life, make a lasting change?
Reflective ObservationAttentiveness seeing,
feeling, being aware of what is happening inside
you while you serve reflecting on it afterward,
(writing down reflections in a journal) as well.
Abstract ConceptualizationBringing back to this
class your own experience in service who is the
person what is their situation what are the
social justice issues involved how does it
relate to this course, and how does this course
shed light on your humanization through education?
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UDM Student Testimonials

• I learned that I still have it in me to be
  compassionate to those in need.
• I was able to bond with some of the kids (at my
  placement).
• Most encouraging was seeing the positive impact
  the center has on families.

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Concrete Steps for Choosing Your Community Service

• What kind of Community Service would your
  professor like you to provide?
• Are specific agencies or types of agencies
  required?
• Are team projects allowed or encouraged?
• How many hours of service?

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Concrete Steps for Choosing Your Community Service

• 5. Finding Agencies for Service
• http//www.udmercy.edu/ldi
• and click Service-Learning
• Call your contact, compare their needs with your
  teachers.
• If it sounds good, agree on a starting date
  within a week or two.
• Write down agency, Volunteer Coordinator name,
  number, and fill in your teachers SL2 Roster by
  the 5th week or _________?

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Some Tips for Finding Service

• Do something you CARE about!
• Start earlyTODAY!!!
• Remember that you are calling a staff-stressed
  agency! Try different times and email to make
  contact.

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Service-Learning
Timeline for learning in this course

• Week 1-3 find your agency, get set Sign up on
  your teachers SL2 Service Roster.
• Weeks 3-5 start doing your service, and bringing
  the experience to class
• Weeks 6-12 complete your service, fill out your
  SL3 . . .

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• SL3 - Service Verification form
• Before Starting Why? How will you relate it to
  this course?
• Tally hours
• When you finish your service, complete SL3 and
  review it with your contact, and obtain a their
  signature and verification of hours.
• Bring it TO YOUR TEACHER by the Week 12, or your
  teachers deadline_____

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All forms, agency contacts, etc. are on the
webpage www.udmercy.edu/ldi