Soc 261 intro

1. “…a teaching and learning
approach that integrates
community service with
academic study to enrich
learning, teach civic
responsibility, and
strengthen communities.”
~National Commission on
Service-Learning
www.servicelearning.org
WHAT IS SERVICE-LEARNING?
Simon Corson, H’16 meets with
City Manager Matt Horn and
Town Supervisor Mark Venuti
Students from Prof. Ted Aub’s Intro
to Arch. Design built a bridge at the
Geneva Garden Apartments

2.  Happiness House is an educational,
residential, health and human service
organization that excels in providing the
highest quality, innovative and cost
effective services to children and adults
with and without disabilities through
collaboration with families and partners
throughout the Finger Lakes
community.
 Our belief in the principles of equal
opportunity, independence and
realization of individual potential is the
cornerstone of who we are and what we
do. We believe “What Happens Here
Changes Lives Forever”.
 We envision every community being
ready to welcome and utilize the talents
and abilities of all individuals.
 http://www.happinesshouse.org/
 Service-Learners need:
 To be available between 8am – 3pm M-F
 Completed Volunteer Application
 Unofficial HWS transcript copy
 Signed Confidentiality Agreement
 Signed Code of Conduct Statement
 Completed & Signed Criminal Conviction
Statement (volunteering less than 20 hours
does not require additional finger-printing)
 Completed and Signed Statewide Central
Register Database Form - must provide all
current and prior addresses
 TB Test / Physical @ Hubbs (within 6
months) Orientation

3.  Cozy Days is our Pre-
School for 3 and 4 year old
children offering a
Christian environment in a
pleasant, cozy setting.
 https://sites.google.com/s
ite/zionlutherangeneva/c
ozy-days
 Service Learners
need:
 Availability
between 8:830-
11:45
 Carpool / drive to
Snell Rd location
(near Belhurst)

4.  Agri-Business Child Development
(ABCD), founded in 1946, is committed to
providing the highest quality early
childhood education and social services to
farm worker and other eligible families
across New York State.
 As a non-profit provider of high quality
culturally and linguistically diverse child
development services for infants, toddlers
and pre-schoolers, Agri-Business Child
Development ensures that each child
receives comprehensive educational,
health and social services.
 http://www.abcdny.org/about
 Service-Learners need
 To be organized (paperwork /
appointments)
 Bilingual skills welcome!
 Availability 8am-noon M-F
 Carpool/drive to Goodman
Street location
 Physical / TB test @ Hubbs
 State Central Registry (list where
you have lived for 28 years)
 Finger prints
(no cost/bring photo ID)
 Self Criminal Conviction
Statement

5.  Geneva City School District (GCSD) Head Start offers a
first rate preschool education to preschool age students
throughout Ontario County. GCSD is the grantee for
the Head Start program in Ontario County, serving 153
children throughout the county. This includes 85
children enrolled at Geneva West Street School Head
Start. Our delegate sites are located at Canandaigua
Happiness House and Clifton Springs Our Children's
Place Child Care Center, each program serves 34
children
 Our program serves children who will be three or four
years old by Dec. 1 and meet the Head Start eligibility
requirements. Head Start works with Geneva schools
and families to promote school readiness as children
transition to kindergarten. This free program focuses on
all aspects of healthy development for each child,
including social, emotional, cognitive and physical
development.
 http://www.genevacsd.org/headstart.cfm?
subpage=1926251
 Service Learners
need:
 Availability M-F 9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
for 4-year-olds and Monday through
Thursday 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. or
12:15 to 3:45 p.m. for 3-year-olds.
 Carpool / Drive to West Street
 Review Volunteer Handbook and sign
last page
 Fill out Geneva Head Start Volunteer
Application Form (including
confidentiality and volunteer consent
form)
 No flip flops…

6.  Geneva Lakefront Childcare
Center seeks to provide the
best possible child care at an
affordable cost to families
around Geneva.
 High Quality care for children
from 6 weeks to 12 years
 Breakfast/lunch/ afternoon
snack provided
 http://www.genevalakefront
childcarecenter.com/
 Service-Learners
need:
 Availability
between 7 – 12:30
or 3-5:45
 Walking distance
to campus
 No paperwork

7.  The Jim Dooley Center for
Early Learning currently serves both
employees of Finger Lakes Health and
residents of the community. Programs
include infant care through after-school
care, for ages 6 weeks through 6th grade.
 These programs, based on age and
development, are supervised by a registered
nurse and teachers with college degrees in
early childhood education. The Jim Dooley
Center for Early Learning is licensed by the
New York State Department of Social
Services. The Center was the first local child
care facility to earn accreditation in 1997
and again in 2007 by the National
Association for the Education of Young
Children for exceeding standards in early
childhood education.
 http://www.flhealth.org/child-care-center
 Service Learners Need:
 Availability between 7am – 6pm
Mon-Fri
 Carpool / drive to Hospital location
 TB Test / Physical from Hubbs
 Review Dress Code Policy and
Student Information Handbook and
sign
 Student Information Sheet
 Student/Intern Commitment and
Confidentiality Agreement
 Take “Student Orientation Test”
(information available in handbook)

8.  West Street School PAWS Night is
an afterschool program for students
and families on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 3:15 to 7 p.m.
 Children must be accompanied by
an adult. PAWS Night activities
focus on health and wellness,
academic and technology
connections, family connections
and homework support. Special
workshops using technology,
literacy and math games, and game
time in the gym are just some of the
activities offered.
 http://www.genevacsd.org/West.
cfm?subpage=936412

 Volunteers need to:
 Role model “PAWS
behavior”
P – Patience and Kindness
A – Academic Excellence
W – Working Together
S – Safe and In Control ​
 Tues or Thurs 3:15-7pm

9. What’s next?
1.CCESL will confirm your schedule with the
community partners
2.CCESL will send you a placement email to confirm
details (days/times, transportation, directions)
3.Be sure to SAVE this email – which may include
directions on additional steps needed for your
placement (volunteer application, TB test, etc.)
4.IMPRESS your community partner! You’re a
reflection of HWS and your professor, and ask
when a good time would be to have the SL Contract
signed

10. The Service-Learning Colleague will be responsible for communication
between the community partner(s), The Center for Community Engagement
and Service-Learning (CCESL), and the faculty member. The Colleague’s
ability to serve as a liaison is key to ensuring students have a successful
service-learning experience.
 Service-Learning Colleagues:
 Support them in making connections with their site partners
 Discuss their service-learning experience
 Encourage them to talk directly to the professor about their experience
 Discuss any issues they might be having and how they can be handled
 Assist them in making their experience more meaningful
 Assist with paperwork distribution and collection:
 Service-learning contract
 Service-learning hours – and CollegiateLink Facilitation
 Send your resume to kflowers@hws.edu
SERVICE-LEARNING COLLEAGUE

11. FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY
PARTNERS
We often receive
glowing feedback
about you!
But sometimes…

12. Did you know
that the SJSP
Minors requires
2 Service-LearningClasses?

13. QUESTIONS?
Service-Learning
Classes represent about
25% of what CCESL
does to promote student
civic engagement…
America Reads,
Community Service
House, Alternative
Spring Break, 4 Days of
Service, Big Brother Big
Sisters, etc.
PowerPoint on
CCESL webpage of
other opportunities
and check out the bi-
weekly “Compass
Times”
We love
visitors!