Service-Learning Project
The service learning project has several goals
- to provide each student
with an opportunity to participate in professional interactions with
- normally aging adults
- adults living in residential care settings
- adults with disabilities or illness
- community members who serve these individuals
- to provide opportunities for students to participate in activities promoting community education and prevention (health & wellness)
- to provide needed services to the community
Students will select one or more specific projects in which to participate early in the semester. Project opportunities will be presented by Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT) representatives and by the instructor.
General Expectations
- Each student will attend
an ACT orientation session in the Table Rock room of the Student Union
on one of the following dates/times:
- Tuesday, August 30th (Table Rock Room, 2nd Floor)
3 Sessions: 2-3pm, 3:30-4:30pm, and 5-6pm - Wednesday, August 31st (Table Rock Room, 2nd Floor)
2 Sessions: 9-10am and 10:30-11:30am - Thursday, September 1st (Table Rock Room, 2nd Floor)
3 Sessions: 9:30-10:30am, 11am-12noon, and 12:30-1:30pm - Friday, September 2nd (Table Rock Room, 2nd Floor)
2 Sessions: 12-1pm and 1:30-2:30pm - Tuesday, September 6th (Table Rock Room, 2nd Floor)
2 Sessions: 11am-12noon and 12:30-1:30pm - Wednesday, September 7th (Table Rock Room, 2nd Floor)
3 Sessions: 1:30-2:30pm, 3-4pm, and 4:30-5:30pm
- Tuesday, August 30th (Table Rock Room, 2nd Floor)
- Each student will commit no less than 20 hours to the project(s)
- For group projects, each student will participate fully in the group, including planning, execution, and evaluation
- Each student will write
a reflection of the service experience (3 - 5 double-space pages)
- summarizing the nature of the service activity, including the planning, execution, and evaluation processes
- identifying the outcomes of the project for the student, the community, and/or other appropriate groups
- reflecting on how the project contributed to the student's professional development and how the experience might have been modified to be more effective
