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Seasons of Service Engaging Youth in Service-Learning Throughout the Year Seasons of Service Engaging Youth in SErvicE-LEarning throughout thE YEar By Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor YMCA Center for Asset Development Seasons of Service: Engaging Youth in Service-Learning Throughout the Year Copyright © 2012 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development. Seasons of Service How to USe Engaging Youth in SErvicE this Document throughout thE YEar The Contents of this By Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor document are listed on pages 4–5. Copyright © 2012 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset This document is Development. organized into 5 pages of front matter All rights reserved. All materials are available for noncommercial, educa- followed by 7 indi- tional use as part of the SEASONS OF SERVICE curriculum. For additional vidual sections, most of which have their permission, write to [email protected]. own section Contents pages. At the time of publication, all facts and figures cited herein are the most current available; all telephone numbers, addresses, and website URLs Clicking on the “go to section contents” are accurate and active; all publications, organizations, websites, and button at the lower other resources exist as described in this curriculum; and all efforts have right of any page been made to verify them. The authors make no warranty or guarantee will take you to the Contents page for concerning the information and materials given out by organizations or the section you’re content found at websites that are cited herein, and we are not responsible currently browsing, for any changes that occur after this book’s publication. If you find an error which is labelled in bold type on the or believe that a resource listed herein is not as described, please email bottom of every page. [email protected]. All other hotlinks in YMCA Center for Asset Development this document are displayed in under- 1000 Church Street lined, blue-colored Nashville, TN 37146 type. Clicking on a www.TheAssetEdge.net hotlink will take you to a new page in this Blog: http://theassetedge.net/blog/ PDF, a page in your 615-262-9676 default web browser Twitter @TheAssetEdge if the hotlink is a URL, or a new mail message LinkedIn with Ann Saylor or Susan Ragsdale in your default e-mail application if the Editor: Crystal Zinkiewicz hotlink is an e-mail Design and Production: Mighty Media address. Seasons of Service: Engaging Youth in Service-Learning Throughout the Year Copyright © 2012 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development. Visit our blog at http://theassetedge.net/blog/ to find more resources for service-learning and youth development, and read how other people are using the SEASONS OF SERVICE (SOS) curriculum. Share your story and your favorite service-learning projects! We’d like to feature your service-learning stories on our blog. Tell us how you are using the SOS curriculum to inspire youth to serve. Send a press release and picture to [email protected]. About the YMCA Center for Asset Development Our mission is to empower youth and adults to live authentic lives of char- acter, service, and leadership. Find out more at www.TheAssetEdge.net. Licensing and Copyright The individual activities in SEASONS OF SERVICE curriculum may be copied as needed. For each copy, please respect the following guidelines: Do not remove, alter, or obscure the credit and copyright information on any page. Clearly differentiate any material you add for local distribution from material in the curriculum. Do not alter the curriculum material in content or meaning. Do not resell copies of the curriculum for profit. Include the specific activity name in the following attribution when you use the same information in other formats for promotional or educational purposes: [Activity name] is reprinted with permission from Seasons of Service, by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor. Copyright © 2011 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development, Nashville, TN, 615-262- 9676, www.TheAssetEdge.net. All rights reserved. The content of this curriculum has been reviewed by a number of educa- tors and youth professionals. Every effort has been made to provide sound direction for each activity described herein. The authors and reviewers take no responsibility for the use or misuse of any materials or methods described in this curriculum and will not be held liable for any injuries caused by participating in activities and games from this curriculum. Please use prudent judgment and take appropriate safety precautions when participating in all activities and games. This material is based upon work supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service under Learn and Serve America Grant No. 09KCSTN001. Opinions or points of view expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Corpora- tion or the Learn and Serve America Program. This project is funded under an agreement with the Department of Finance and Administration, Volunteer Tennessee Seasons of Service: Engaging Youth in Service-Learning Throughout the Year Copyright © 2012 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development. contents Section 1 Page 6 Seasons of Service—an overview This section introduces the three asset-based curriculum resources, plus the journal, to use to engage middle and high school youth in making a differ- ence in the world. To print this section, enter page numbers from 6 to 8 in the print command field. Section 2 Page 9 about Service-Learning and assets Service-learning and Developmental Assets® are the foundational blocks undergirding the three curriculum pieces. Find out more about them in this section. To print this section, enter page numbers from 9 to 35 in the print command field. Section 3 Page 36 change Your World This 12-session curriculum engages youth in service-learning, helps them learn its principles, and intentionally builds their leadership skills so they can continue to change their world. To print this section, enter page numbers from 36 to 125 in the print command field. Section 4 Page 126 MLK Day: a Day on, not a Day off These three half-day experiences for developing a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event help youth engage in activism at three levels as they also explore the meaning of serving, equity, leadership, and justice through advocacy. To print this section, enter page numbers from 126 to 166 in the print command field. Seasons of Service: Engaging Youth in Service-Learning Throughout the Year Copyright © 2012 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development. Contents Page4 Section 5 Page 167 Service Sampler: Finding Your Place to Serve This sampling of 11 different three-to-four hour experiences within the community provides options with thorough instructions as well as inspira- tion for creating service-learning experiences that best fit your youth, your organization, and your community. To print this section, enter page numbers from 167 to 219 in the print command field. Section 6 Page 220 Looking Deeper: My Service Journey This reflection journal becomes the participants’ personal record of their journey, deepening their learning and helping them see how they are indeed making the world around them a better place. Use this valuable tool with any or all of the three service-learning experiences. To print this section, enter page numbers from 220 to 230 in the print command field. Section 7 Page 231 credits and thanks A resource this comprehensive is the product of the work of many creative and generous people. Seasons of Service: Engaging Youth in Service-Learning Throughout the Year Copyright © 2012 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, YMCA Center for Asset Development. Contents Page5 SEction 1 Seasons of Service— an overview Welcome! Within these pages are three distinct curricular pieces designed to keep your youth team inspired and actively engaged in changing the world. Use one, use them all, weave pieces of them together, or let the ideas here spark new ideas—it’s your choice. The intent is to provide you with an adaptable framework that you can easily integrate into your programming schedule to more readily “bump up” youth engagement as leaders in the community through service. What does that mean in plain English? It means that this guide holds within its pages ideas and activities to help you get started (or take your current efforts up a notch) in involving middle and high school youth in making a difference in the world. It provides the framework and tools to host a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, run a sampling of service activities (camp, field days, volunteer days, and so forth), and train youth through the CHANGE YOUR WORLD curriculum in the skills necessary to run the their own service- learning days, camps, or retreats. It provides you with three core pieces (CHANGE YOUR WORLD, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY: A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF, and SERVICE SAMPLER: FINDING YOUR PLACE TO SERVE), plus a reflection journal (LOOKING DEEPER: MY SERVICE JOURNEY), to help create what we call the SEASONS OF SERVICE boosters—elements that can boost the energy, imagination, leadership, and action of your youth group all through the year. And as you keep your youth group focused, energized, and actively imag- ining the possibilities, there’s no telling what solutions they may discover as they go to work! CHANGE YOUR WORLD The first piece, and the most comprehensive, is CHANGE YOUR WORLD. It can be offered in a retreat setting or broken down into a series of sessions used in whatever manner fits best with your youth group’s schedule (once a week, once a day, bi-weekly, monthly, for example).
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