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Cultivating Strong Civic Purpose through Service Learning

Cultivating Strong Civic Purpose through Service Learning. Bellevue School District Patty Shelton – K-12 Social Studies Developer Amber Anderson – Elementary Instruction Technology and Curriculum Leader. Back Story. Collective d istrict v ision for s tudents to engage with community

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Cultivating Strong Civic Purpose through Service Learning

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  1. Cultivating Strong Civic Purpose through Service Learning Bellevue School District Patty Shelton – K-12 Social Studies Developer Amber Anderson – Elementary Instruction Technology and Curriculum Leader

  2. Back Story • Collective district vision for students to engage with community • District Positive & Productive Life Initiative • Academic shift with the C3 Framework “Students need the intellectual power to recognize societal problems; ask good questions and develop robust investigations into them… and communicate and act upon what they learn.” • State and District Graduation Requirements Change • WA State Civics Initiativeendorsed and affirmed mission

  3. Bellevue School District Instructional Initiatives Preparing students for a positive and productive life through the development of interpersonal skills and a commitment to the community.

  4. Cultivating Untapped Civics Learning Opportunities Civics Curriculum-knowledgeable teachers studied the C3 Framework to critique current curriculum • Teacher teams developed civics focused lessons from current lesson using the C3 Framework & Inquiry Arc • Teacher teams incorporated Service Learning EQUITY

  5. Primary Essential/Driving Questions

  6. Intermediate Essential/Driving Questions

  7. Essential/Driving Questions

  8. Kindergarten: What’s in my neighborhood? Essential/Driving Question: How can I work and play with others? Evolved To This! Started With This . . Inviting Students to Solve Problems Taking on a Role Celebrating Civic Learning Collaborating to Solve Problems

  9. Grade 6 – Human Geography Tyee raised $13,000 for global concerns Evolved To This! Started With This . . Essential/Driving Questions: What does it mean to be an informed global citizen? What challenges do communities face? Culminating Field Trip

  10. Medical Teams International

  11. Student Feedback The [MTI] field trip helped me understand how bad people living in poverty have it. It also gave me an idea on how I can help people living in poverty. Because I never have ever seen poverty. On Friday, though, I finally know what they are going through. Now I really want to help. It really changed my thinking in what it would be like to live in extreme poverty, and also what it truly means to be an informed global citizen.

  12. Grade 7 Driving/Essential Question: How do communities address the challenges that affect their water systems in a sustainable way? Started With This . . Evolved To This! 1 Secondary School Raised $3000 for Water 1st International

  13. Building Agency I am most proud that we worked together to inspire change! I hope this project continues for years to come so more 6th graders can make a change and so I can help my younger sister with it. I am proud that even though I lost my USB with my project, I still remembered everything about my goal and my project so I could teach the adults last night. I am proud that I taught an adult about Amazon Smile and he is going use that to continue to support Global Goals. Kindergarteners see themselves having a responsibility to a community. 3rd Grade students are leading Cultural Nights at their Schools 6th Grade students are positively contributing to local and global communities.

  14. High School Service Opportunities Evolved To This! Started With This . . .

  15. High School Service Reflection Agency Contact Reflection Student Reflection Prompts

  16. Authentic Engagement and Service

  17. Journey…. Not the Destination Goals Continued Challenges Instructional Shift – getting everyone on board Technical aspects of changing Student Information Systems • Consistent Pre- and Post-Civics Assessments with Essential Questions • Developing greater opportunities for Student Voice • Worked to incorporate Social Emotional Learning, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning and Equity

  18. BSD P-5 SEL Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.

  19. BSD 6-12 SEL Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.

  20. Community Partnerships

  21. So, what’s the winning formula? • Solid district support • Clear mission for K-12 civics • Essential questions for each grade • Don’t reinvent the wheel – Embed civics/community lessons into already existing curriculum • Enlist eager teachers and leaders who are willing to build civics/community lessons with a “take action” component • Reach students’ hearts and sense of justice by showing the needs of our local and world communities • Collaboration with Social and Emotional Learning colleagues • Build strong relationships with community partners

  22. Next Steps Thread service component throughout school year instead of culminating event Civics standards integrated through all social studies learning Shift from what do we want them to know? to . . . Who do we want them to be?

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