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LINKS TO
EDUCATIONAL
STANDARDS:
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
STATE
FUNCTION 1: POWER
CAPACITY- WIDESPREAD USE SYSTEMIC
BUILDING & SUPPORT INTEGRATION
Service is seen as an extra add-on
that cannot demonstrate student
mastery of standards because it is
viewed solely as a feel-good
activity that prevents attention
from being given to “real”
learning.
Administrators and school board
members are skeptical about the
role of service in improving
academic performance, though
they may support it for other
reasons.
Service is not included as a state
performance standard. Schooland
community-based
practitioners, trainers, and experts
examine notions about what
makes practice effective.
Service is seen as a way to reach
“alternative” or poor performing
learners, or it is offered for extra
credit. It is graded, is used to assess
affective student characteristics, and
begins to be viewed as a sound
method of demonstrating
performance.
School decision-makers see a
positive correlation between service
and learning, and begin to develop
guidelines for including service as
an example of how to achieve
district objectives regarding the
standards.
Service is identified and perhaps
articulated as a way to meet certain
performance standards. Informal
agreements of some of the elements
of quality practice are made, and are
supported by state Learn and Serve
coordinators.
STAGES OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION
Service is a popular method of helping
students meet the educational standards
at each grade level. Activities address a
wide variety of emotional, social and
intellectual skills in a way that proves to
the student and teacher that learning is
occurring.
Administrators and board members
endorse service learning as a way to
meet content and performance standards
either through official policy or other
district materials.
Service is written into all performance
standards and highlighted as a sound
pedagogical approach. There is also
written articulation of state standards of
high quality practice, endorsed by state
board and departments of education and
state experts, trainers, Learn and Serve
coordinator, and practitioners.
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