Component

Component

Brief Description

Component 1

     Proposal/Preparation

·        Proposal

·        Investigation

·        Relationship to EALR’s

·        Timeline

·        Approval

  Complete

After identifying a need, investigating and analyzing it, the student proposes a project.  The proposal is a description of why the project will be meaningful, what the student plans to accomplish through the project and how the project relates to the EALR’s or essential academic learning requirements.  The student also submits a timeline/action plan showing that the project will be manageable in the time allotted.  Parents, community experts, and faculty instructor all have to approve of the project.

 Component 2

  Action

·        Develops knowledge and resources

·        Carries out plan

·        Mentor’s Student Assessment

  10 hours completed

  Midway Student Assessment

  20 hours completed

  30 hours completed

  Complete

Action is the direct result of preparation.  Solid preparation will enable the student to confidently carry out their plan of action, applying what they have learned to benefit the community.  During this stage, the student continues to develop knowledge and resources as they meet new people and interact with their environment in meaningful ways.  By taking action, the students identify themselves as community members and stakeholders and learn how to work within social institutions. 

 Component 3  

  Journal/Reflection

·        Activities logged

·        Documentation

·        Continuous reflection

  Journal 1

  Journal 2

  Journal 3

  Journal 4

  Journal 5

  Journal 6

  Journal 7

  Journal 8

  Journal 9

  Journal 10

Every activity related to the project must be logged into a journal.  Each entry notes the date, time spent on the project, a brief description on the activity and a brief reflection on the activity and what was learned.  The culminating project must include a minimum of 30 hours of activity.  Students should realize that a high quality project could easily take 50 hours or more.   

Reflection integrates learning and experience with personal growth and awareness.  Students consider how the experience, knowledge, and skills they are acquiring relate to their own lives and their communities. 

 Component 4 

 Demonstration

• Final Mentor’s Student

               Assessment

·        Public presentation-20 min.

·        Portfolio

                Title

                Proposal

                CBO Agreements

                Journals & Goals

                 Research

    Written Paper

   Annotated Bib.

                 Appendix

    Documentation

     Completed                                  

Each student will make a formal 20-minute presentation describing the project and the experience.  Demonstration provides evidence of what students have gained and accomplished through their community involvement.  Expertise is exhibited through public presentations – displays, performances, letters to the editor, class lessons – that draw on the preparation, action, and reflection stages of their experience.  In addition to the demonstration, a portfolio containing all the data collection, research, analysis, journal writing, and relationship to EALR’s will authenticate the learning of the student.

  Component 5 

 Final

• Thank you    
• Legacy          
• Reflection     

  Completed

Once the demonstration of learning has been completed, each student will review and assess the learning accomplished, the impact of the service, the planning process, the reciprocal benefits for all involved in a final reflection. Each student will write a thank you note to CBO’s and mentors who assisted in the learning.   Finally a legacy report is written so future Community Project students at FHHS will benefit.