1. Service-Learning and Indiana Academic Standards: Engaging Students and Creating Leaders of Tomorrow with a Heart for Others
Joan – Introductions and welcome - 3 minutes

2. Resource Introductions
We are a grant funded program facilitated by the IASP (Indiana Association of School Principals) and the IMLEA (Indiana Middle Level Education Association) to support and assist educators and youth development professionals in Indiana with FREE service, service-learning, and philanthropy education lessons and resources from generationOn and Learning to Give.
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generationOn
Our vision: A world where all young people have the opportunity to make a positive mark on the world.
Our mission: To provide programs and resources that support the development of caring, compassionate and capable kids and teens through service, empowering them to become changemakers in their communities and the world.
Learning to Give
Our mission is to provide quality, inspirational, and field tested tools to help K-12 teachers educate, equip, and empower their students to be giving and caring citizens. Imagine a world where all youth are knowledgeable and equipped for lifelong engagement in philanthropy as givers of time, talent, and treasure for the common good. 

3. Staff Introductions
Joan Belschwender -  Director
Retired teacher in 2010 – Taught 34 years in MSD Warren Twp. , Indpls.  
Beth Smith – Indiana School Consultant  
Teacher for 31 years in private, faith based school; inner city public school; suburban public schools 
Team Leader;  building autism coordinator; gifted and talented education; special education license; general education license; Teacher of the Year for IPS; State of Indiana Teacher of the Year Finalist
Darlene Short – Teacher Castle North M.S/ Southern IN Field Rep
Jack Birmingham – Asst. Superintendent Union Twp. Schools/ Northern IN Field Rep
Lisa Crick – Counselor West Noble Elementary/ NE IN Field Rep.
Emily Hatton- Ass’t Principal Highland Middle School/ SE IN Field Rep.
Todd Bess- Executive Director IASP and facilitator
Shirley Wright – Executive Director IMLEA and facilitator and co-coordinator

4. Why Philanthropy Education
Students exhibit more charitable beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors
Builds ownership and “Why Serve?” of service-learning
Gives a deeper purpose for learning – students recognize talents and skills to “make a difference”
Increases student motivation to attend school
Improves school culture
Community sees youth as an asset rather than a liability
Practice different habits of life-long philanthropy
Broadens perspectives or career opportunities
Develops critical thinking and leadership 

5. Share these videos!
Here is a GREAT way to introduce your students to the idea of philanthropy and its importance!
What is Philanthropy? This energetic whiteboard video defines, describes, and provides examples of philanthropy and service-learning perfect to educate and inspire any K-12 classroom.
Understanding Advocacy and Action: In this video we provide examples of the power of advocacy and action. By incorporating and infusing philanthropy education and service-learning into regular curriculum students learn there are many ways to make a difference; and that they have the strength and power to give time, talent, or treasure for the common good.
Connecting Skills and Interests to Community Needs: What are your interests and skills? These can be used in meeting community needs as you take action for the common good.
Stages of Service-Learning: Service-learning connects learning to needs in the community. Follow the steps in the process outlined here to make successful plans with your students.

6. Service, Service-Learning: What is the difference?
Service-Learning is…
Service is…
a research-based teaching and learning strategy that engages youth in service to meet learning objectives and address real- world issues through service.
volunteer action to meet the needs of others or for the common good.
generationOn Schools support the development of 21st century skills and social responsibility through the teaching strategy of service-learning. Now, many schools have a long tradition of doing service projects to benefit their community or an organization. Often school-based service takes the form of fundraising or drives. While certainly valuable, service, or volunteer action to meet the needs of others or for the common good, does not in itself contribute in a significant way to the goals of a school, namely academic student learning.
Service-learning, on the other hand, is a research-based teaching and learning strategy that engages youth in service to meet learning objectives and address real-world issues through service. Service-learning is not an add-on, but just good teaching – meeting academic standards, providing opportunities for real-world applications of learning and contributing to students socio-emotional development.

7. What are the Benefits of Service-Learning?
Students gain
Critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, collaboration, and communication skills
Real world experience linked to academic subjects
Increased self-efficacy as they address community needs
Schools gain
Deeper connection between academic knowledge and real-world applications
Increased pro-social behavior and student engagement
Communities gain
Opportunities to build positive relationships between community and schools
New generation of caring and experienced citizens with an awareness of key issues

8. 175 and 5: How Does Service-learning Affect Student Performance?
Of the 180 instructional days, about FIVE are spent in standardized testing. How can we make the other 175 days more productive and meaningful? Service-learning is an important component in improving academic achievement!
Students who are more civically engaged perform better in reading, mathematics, history, and science and are more apt to complete high school
Low socio-economic students who participate in service-learning scored higher in achievement, motivation, grades, and attendance than their similar peers who had no involvement

9. Problem Based Learning (PBL)
What is PBL?
Students work to solve an identified problem and demonstrate their solution to an audience.
Students:
Identify the problem through research
Investigate possible solutions
Create a plan of action
Determine criteria for success
Demonstrate results
Reflect on the process and the results

10. PBL Benefits Students are challenged to explore real-world issues
Students see the connection between what they are learning and real- world application
Greater student engagement and achievement
Students are actively involved in research and problem-solving
Students are using higher- level critical thinking skills
Students feel a sense of achievement
Students are engaged with community and create
community partners
Students develop valuable leadership skills

11. Universal Design for Learning/ Service-Learning
Representation: UDL offers information in more than one format. Hands-on learning through service-learning projects gives all kids a chance to access academic material in whichever way is best suited to their learning strengths
Action and expression: UDL gives kids more than one way to interact with the material and to show what they’ve learned: oral presentations, group projects, etc., embedded into their service- learning projects.
Engagement: UDL looks for different ways to motivate students. Letting kids make choices and giving them assignments that feel relevant to their lives is an important element in UDL and service- learning.

12. Service Learning and eLearning
LTG lessons cross all curricular subjects and areas of study
Lessons can be part of a unit or “stand alone” as one day lessons
Students use technology to research and plan service-learning experiences
Students make a “real-world” connection to their eLearning
Students experience a greater level of achievement and engagement
Students learn that they can make a difference

13. Service-Learning and
Service-learning uses the IPARDE process which directly mirrors the Engineering Design Process used in STEM education.
By simply involving students in a service-learning project that employs the IPARDE process, students in ANY content area are engaged in STEM.
LTG lessons cover STEM content and incorporate STEM- related projects

14. Service-Learning and Indiana Standards
Service-learning is a part of the new Graduation Pathways
Existing content from all disciplines can be tied to service-learning through Learning to Give lessons and projects on generationOn
Educators can utilize lessons to introduce, reinforce, reteach, or expand upon Indiana Standards
Search for lessons can be drilled down to the minutia (6.2.1)

15. Service Learning and the IEP
Service-learning provides:
Opportunities for academic, social, and life skills instruction in a real-world setting
Opportunities for community-based instruction in an inclusive setting
Natural setting for character education and social skills acquisition and practice
Opportunities for functional activities that are inherent in many of the service-learning opportunities: i.e. – a clothing drive allows for students to sort, wash, fold and iron the donated items for distribution
Incorporates and improves technology skills

16. Community Partners Engage students in outreach!
Assess your current resources- who is already involved/invested
Look for additional resources and take the first step – reach out
Look for long-term relationships and partnerships
Don’t count anyone out
Stress the benefits and the win/win scenario
Be creative and think outside of the box!
Engage students in outreach!

17. Four Types of Service
Direct Service-Learning: person-to-person, face-to-face service projects in which the students’ service directly impacts individuals who receive the service from the students.
Indirect Service-Learning: Students participate in activities that will help people. They do not work directly with the people.
Research-Based Service-Learning: gathering and presenting information on areas of interest and need–projects that find, gather, and report on information that is needed
Advocacy Service-Learning: educating others about topics of public interest–projects that aim to create awareness and action on some issue that impacts the community.

18. The Six Steps of Service-Learning *
Investigation: Matching student passions and community needs.
Preparation: Getting ready for service through learning.
Action: Service – Direct, Indirect, Advocacy or Research
Reflection: Making meaning through multiple modes.
Used throughout the process
Demonstration: Public display of the process and impact of service-learning.
Evaluation: Assessing students’ learning and service.
There are professional development modules and documents on the website that explain these steps in detail. Downloadable and Printable templates to use with your students.
* The IPARDE steps mirror the Engineering Design Process used in STEM. Utilizing the IPARDE steps in any content area engages students in the STEM process.
Beth – 3 minutes highlighting the process IPARDE - As you see, service-learning is not a one-off service project, but a process. This process is known by the acronym IPARDE. There are six stages to the service-learning process, each important in its own way, and each contributing to academic learning, skill building and the development of citizenship, social responsibility and a sense of empowerment. While the stages are typically represented linearly, they do not necessarily go in order – in fact many times the stages happen concurrently.
Let’s quickly see what those stages are (click for stages to fade in). Investigation, Preparation, Action, Reflection, Demonstration and Evaluation. You can see the quick definition for each of these stages here. We’ll take each on and provide a little more detail in the following slides.
Distribute IPARDE handout

19. generationOn Online Resources
Dashboard – Manage projects and submit reports For Classrooms and Schools- School Directory, Resources for Educators (IPARDE), Links to LTG Projects and Causes – Project Ideation -Search for projects by issue areas or age category Resources – Fact Sheets, Thematic Books, Do Your Own Thing Guides Clubs for Kids and Teens

20. Learning to Give Online Resources – www.learningtogive.org
Google Search Box on LTG main page - Search over 1700 K-12 philanthropy education lessons
Search Lessons by Key Word, Grade level, Subject, and more filters.
Check out the main page and the 4 main tabs
Teach - Issue Areas, Lessons, Courses for Independent Schools, Youth Activities, Briefing Papers, Literature Guides
Get Started - Teach One, Plan Giving Instruction, Mini Grants, Inspiration, Fisher Online Institute- mini courses
About - Why Philanthropy Education and about LTG
Partners -Resources
Current Events
Free e-newsletter sign up
Trending – LTG news
Create an Account to share your stories with LTG

21. Nonprofit Meets a Need for Refugees
What is the need Mr. Kayongo addressed?
In refugee camps, families had to choose between food and soap because $1 for soap was a significant portion of their money. What do you think was the effect of not using soap? 
Do you think his solution was simple? What makes it sustainable? 
What are some needs you are aware of in your school and community?

22. Beneficial Bees – Science, LA, Technology (K-12)
Students explore bees as pollinators and learn about reasons their population numbers have been declining in recent years.  They write a letter or create a handout to teach others how to help bees through planting native species.

23. Elementary School Lessons
Animals Matter (Grade 1)- Animal Welfare
Unit: Grow Involved K-2
Grades: K 1 2
The students listen and respond to a story about caring and philanthropy related to environmental stewardship and animal welfare.

24. Investigating Statistics– Sci, Math, LA, Tech, SS (9-12)
The learners explore a government website to find statistics and facts about unemployment. They look for a correlation between education, income level, and employment. After gathering information, students propose ideas for encouraging people to get further education (or dropout prevention). They choose an audience and a format for sharing statistics in an interesting and motivating way.

25. Learning to Give Toolkits
Disaster Preparation and Response Toolkit
Literacy Service-Learning Toolkit.
Justice-Related Service-Learning Toolkit
Service-Learning Toolkit Related to the Arts
Service-Learning Toolkit for Animal Projects
Inter-generational Service-Learning Toolkit
Global Issues Service-Learning Toolkit
Service-Learning Toolkit to Grow Kindness
Service-Learning Toolkit Related to Health
Disability Awareness
Environmental Service-Learning Toolkit
Refugees in Our Community Service-Learning Toolkit
The best service-learning projects are related to instruction, involve student voice and choice, address a researched need, and work with local resources.

26. LTG TeachOne – Teach one lesson about philanthropy http://www
With four TeachOne initiatives throughout the calendar year, Learning to Give makes it easy to infuse giving and community into your plans. Choose from four featured lesson plans for each initiative: 
Back to School 
GivingTuesday 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day         
Earth Day
one period lesson plans and supporting PowerPoint presentation. Each PowerPoint is equipped with links to videos, images, and content to support your teaching.

27. Plan Giving Instruction
Plan Giving Instruction through Your Calendar
Lessons and Teaching Resources by month- A calendar-based menu of resources that aligns philanthropy and service with your content and seasonal planning. Add service to your calendar and maximize teachable moments. 
August
Introduction to Philanthropy Lessons
Character Education Lessons
Establishing a Culture of Kindness / Anti-Bullying Lessons
TeachOne for Back to School
September
September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance
Grandparents Day (September 11)
Citizenship/Constitution Day (September 17)

28. Current Events
From holidays to elections to triumphs to tragedies, there is always something going on that can spark conversations about what we can do as informed, responsible and generous students
Every day there are opportunities to discuss our role in civil society and decide whether and how to get involved in current events. Involve your students' voice and action to make a difference.

29. Professional Development on Learning to Give
Earn FREE Professional Development points while learning about philanthropy education and its benefits!
Learn through Mini-Courses at Your Desktop!
The Fisher Educator Mini-Courses provide online professional training in philanthropy education and service-learning. In your own time and at your desktop, learn methods of thoughtful service-learning, history, practice, and benefits of philanthropy. Participants earn certificates that may be applied toward professional CPE credits.
Three types of courses:
Understanding Philanthropy
Service-Learning Practice and Projects
Using Website Resources

30. Benefits of registering yourself and your school:
Register yourself on and
Register your school on
Receive generationOn and LTG e-newsletters and monthly updates from genOn IN with Lesson suggestions and monthly Moments of Service  
Access and download anything on the websites. 
Eligible for mini grant opportunities 
Technical Assistance         
Joining your genOn school account will allow you access to the online Schools Service- Learning Tracker to submit service learning projects, tell your service story, measure impact, and document learning outcomes
Free service-learning PD from our grant funded progam

31. Mini-grant opportunities
Indiana mini-grants
$250 mini-grants for teachers in Indiana schools to support service-learning projects.
The LIVE LINK to this online application is ed to you from Joan Belschwender after you register. You will NOT find this on the generationOn Website
-These mini-grants are funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. and facilitated by IASP.
Mini-grant requirements:
Teacher must be registered on the genon and LTG websites so you are on our database and have a generationOn school account
Use a Learning to Give lesson with the students,
Submit the data from the project on the service- learning tracker on your generationOn school account.
LTG Mini Grants available through their website
Periodic grants opportunities on genOn
Joan speaks about the mini-grants and the application process – 5 minutes

32. generationOn Website Discovery
Register yourself under JOIN NOW
Check to see if your school is registered (Classrooms and Schools; School Directory- Join School Account
Create a School Account if one does not already exist
Search through the Projects and Causes and RESOURCES
Download the Do Your Own Thing Guide (Resources page 3)
Look at the IPARDE resource (Classrooms and schools)
Organizations and Clubs

33. Learning to Give Website Discovery
Go to the Learning to Give Website
Create an account
Check out the ISSUE AREAS (Under Teach Tab)
Search for lesson by grade and subject (Under SEARCH)
Search for a lesson by content standard
Check out the TeachOne initiative (Under the Get Started Tab)
Check out the Plan Giving Instruction Calendar (Under Get Started Tab)

34. Thank you! Joan Belschwender :Director, 317-891-9900 X201
Contact information:
Joan Belschwender :Director, X201
Beth Smith : Consultant
Hope to see YOU Registered Soon !!!
Joan wraps up the session – questions and thank yous