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San Jacinto College

INRW and Service Learning

Engaging Students in Real World Activities On and Off Campus

By Carol Chance, Ed. D. and Professor Allyson Marceau

Purpose - Objectives

 Provide professors with examples of ways to

integrate INRW assignments with Service Learning projects in the community.

 Reveal avenues to connect inter-college

departments/programs and community partners through collaborative planning.

 Encourage professors to identify possible

Service Learning partners, purposes, and projects.

Process:

Identify SLOs that lend themselves to S.L. projects and coordination with other programs. Identify students’ interests, concerns, passions. Identify campus/community programs and purposes that relate to curriculum and connect with students’ areas of interest and concern.

ESOL CULTURAL AWARENESS SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT

 Collaborative activity involving a class of Academic ESOL

students in an Intermediate Reading and Writing class

 Developed questions on the topic of American culture to

ask students in the class of American students

 The Student Learning Objective was to write an expository ,

descriptive or narrative paragraph

 The Service Learning objective was to increase

multicultural awareness between students and in the campus community.

Activity

 Students developed questions related to

culture as defined by the students through a class discussion

 Classes were mixed, and students randomly

assigned to interview each other about their culture, traditions and lifestyle

 After the interviews, students used their

interview notes to write paragraphs about the person they interviewed

 The paragraphs were shared publicly

Benefits to the ESOL Students

 Linguistic Benefits—An opportunity to use the

English language with an American student

 Increased confidence  A feeling of greater inclusion in the college

community

 A close, personal look at American culture  An enjoyable activity that engaged students

in ―real‖ meaningful communication in English

Partners:

On-campus Partners

 ESOL Professors and

International Students, Cosmetology, Sociology Students

 SJC Child Care

Centers

 SJC Veterans

Centers

 Others???

Community Partners

 Houston Food Bank  Habitat for Humanity  De George and

American Legion & Auxiliary

 MADD  The Bridge

Products – benefits to students, college, and community

 Expands students’ real-life experiences for reading,

research, and writing,

 Increases students’ awareness and involvement in

college and community issues and needs,

 Promotes problem-solving skill development.  Provides for career exploration,  Results in higher retention and pass rates,  Builds an interactive learning community and

college-community connection,

 Gives SJC community recognition,  Provides needed services to community partners.