Apply to the Race Against Waste (RAW) Program!
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Application Deadline:
Monday, November 4
For middle and high school teachers (grades 6-12) who want to run an after-school program focused on reducing and reusing waste for 15-30 students that meets weekly from December through May. The club must be co-led by two teachers who apply as a pair.
Apply today
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Participants can look forward to:
· four days of professional learning on December 12, January 15, March 3, and April 29;
· up to 20 hours of per session for time spent outside of regular school hours planning for and facilitating the after-school club; and
·support for leading students through an environmental service-learning project
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On Thursday, October 17, Service in Schools (SIS) hosted its seventh annual Partner Fair at American Airlines Theatre, the home of Roundabout Theatre Company. At this year’s event, SIS and 18 partner organizations met with educators and administrators from across the city to share strategies and resources to support service-learning activities in New York City public schools.
The fair enabled educators to learn about the many ways that students of all ages can make a positive impact on communities at the local, national, and global levels. Partners provided information to support participants in guiding students to address community needs, such as environmental sustainability, cancer research, fighting hunger, and more. Teachers explored how to incorporate service into the classroom setting.
SIS extends many thanks to our participating partner organizations:
NYC Service
,
Youth Advocacy Corps
,
DOROT
,
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
,
NYC Parks GreenThumb
,
Animal Care Centers of NYC
,
Generation Citizen
,
Cafeteria Culture
,
Reading Partners
,
GlamourGals
,
East Harlem Tutorial Program
,
Lead4Change
,
the GO Project
,
Room to Grow
,
Multiplying Good
,
The Bronx River Alliance
,
Green Beetz
, and
Roundabout Theatre Company
.
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The 2019-20 Service-Learning Institute has Kicked Off!
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On Wednesday, October 16, SIS kicked off the 2019-20 Service-Learning Institute, bringing together 49 educators from across the city for the first of four full days of professional learning focused on implementing service-learning in their classrooms.
During this first session, participants learned the foundations of service-learning as well as engaging techniques and activities for connecting service to classroom instruction. Teachers engaged in literature circles on the topics of homelessness, hunger, and the environment and utilized the MISO method (Media, Interview, Survey, Observation). Everyone enjoyed learning about these new techniques and had a lot of fun in the process.
We are very excited to see the service-learning projects our participants and their students will undertake!
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P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School - Queens
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Project Summary:
Kids Action Team members raised awareness about the importance of adopting animals and collected donations to support a local animal shelter.
Investigation:
The P.S. 214 Kids Action Team chose animal welfare as the focus of their service. Through reading articles and completing a root cause analysis, they identified the reasons that animals end up homeless, such as overbreeding and lack of room in overcrowded shelters. This only made them want to help more!
Planning:
To learn more about the issue of animal welfare and identify ways they could help the issue, students met with two animal rescue organizations. Workers at the organizations answered their questions about what supplies they needed most. Students also spent time with animals in shelters and got to experience the joy of connecting with cats and dogs. Then they got to work preparing a donation drive and informational booth for the upcoming parent-teacher conferences.
Action:
The Kids Action Team members ran their animal welfare booth during` parent-teacher conferences. They discussed and handed out information on how families can support animals in local shelters. They displayed a cardboard dog house where families could leave supplies to promote the donation drive to support the local rescue organizations. When the donation drive was complete, students delivered the goods to the organizations.
Demonstration:
Student members presented their accomplishments at the Kids Action Team Celebration of Service on May 30, 2019.
Reflection:
Students took pride in educating their families about animal welfare and were thrilled that supplies they collected would go directly to animals in need. Some of them now hope to adopt a cat or dog one day!
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Current and Upcoming Opportunities
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Part of the Solution (POTS)
Ongoing Opportunity for High School Students (ages 14 and up)
POTS
is a Bronx-based organization that
provides social services
in a ‘one-stop shop’ model. Volunteers utilize their skills and talents in order to make a difference for the clients that POTS serves. Volunteers are able to give back to the community through serving meals in the Community Dining Room, organizing a clothing and goods drive, or providing one-on-one tutoring for children in the POTS Family Club. For more information about volunteer opportunities contact
Stephanie Caban
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Reading Partners
Ongoing Opportunity for High School Students (ages 14 and up)
Reading Partners helps children to become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results. Volunteers can make a lifelong difference for kids that are struggling with reading and literacy skills. Volunteers follow a structured curriculum to help students learn specific skills to improve their reading skills. To learn more about
volunteer opportunities
for high school students to serve as reading partners, contact
volunteerny@readingpartners.org
.
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Project Sunshine
Ongoing Opportunity for Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
Project Sunshine
is a nonprofit organization that works with medical centers across the US to transform hospitals, outpatient centers, and long-term care facilities into cheerful places for pediatric patients and families. Project Sunshine operates programs in five countries, impacts over 150,000 pediatric patients and their families, and provides meaningful community service opportunities to over 18,000 volunteers.
The Kids for Kids volunteer program
at Project Sunshine provides children and teens the opportunity to volunteer and give back in a meaningful way. Kids for Kids volunteers help out by fundraising or assembling creative arts and crafts kits to send to hospitalized children. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact
info@projectsunshine.org.
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WE Schools
Service-Learning Curriculum and Lesson Plans
WE Schools
is a series of experiential service-learning programs that engage educators and youth globally to empower them with the skills, knowledge, and motivation to bring positive change in themselves and the world. WE Schools operates in 18,000 schools globally and can increase civic engagement. Review their
modules and service learning resources
for educators.
WE Teachers
offers professional learning materials, including educational resources and an
introductory module
for trauma-informed classrooms.
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Green Beetz
Sustainability Curriculum and Lesson Plans
Green Beetz
empowers elementary and middle school students to navigate the modern food system and to make healthy and sustainable food choices. Green Beetz provides teachers with a ready-to-teach curriculum that encourages students to think holistically about the modern food system. Through innovative video and hands-on activities, students learn about how their food choices matter—not just for the health of their bodies but also for the health of the planet. The curriculum is STEM-based and Next Generation-aligned so that teachers can integrate it into their classrooms. Review the
curriculum
to get more ideas for service-learning lessons.
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Contact the Service in Schools Team
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Invite the Service in Schools team to visit your service project. We want to see your students and school community in action. Email the Service in Schools team at
ServiceinSchools@schools.nyc.gov
with two weeks’ notice, and we’ll schedule a visit to your school to learn about your project and see the impact you’re making on the community.
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Follow
@ServicenSchools
on Twitter and
@ServiceinSchools
on Instagram
to receive program updates, upcoming service opportunities, resources, and more. We encourage students who use social media and are interested in service opportunities to follow us.
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Mission:
Service in Schools
strives to expand the number of NYC students engaged in transformative community service and service-learning experiences that enable them to use their voice, skills, and critical thinking to strengthen communities.
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